Author: The Orton Family Foundation
Creator: Joseph J. Kerski
Publisher: Esri Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 570752

Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 150
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.5 x 0.5

ISBN: 1589480716
Dewey Decimal Number: 361.37
EAN: 9781589480711
ASIN: 1589480716

Publication Date: July 1, 2003
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Focusing on geographic information systems (GIS) and the global positioning system (GPS), this book is designed to bring teams of teachers and students together with community members to study resources of interest and importance to the community, such as wildlife habitats, rivers, or ski resorts. Students are shown how to gather and examine existing information, discover new facts through field investigation, map the resource using GIS/GPS tools, and interact with the community by using local experts who participate in the classroom and help with the field studies. This unique program culminates in students holding a public forum to present their work in a variety of forms, such as oral narratives and hand-drawn and GIS maps, providing a body of research to the community that can be used in community planning. The materials provided have been constructed to provide a solid foundation and flexible framework for original projects created and developed by students, their teachers, and their communities, allowing explorations and investigations of places and problems of interest and concern to them.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars

Good Ideas-shows you step by step July 19, 2005
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This book accompanied along with Community Geography: GIS in Action, make a great pair in completing community mapping projects with classrooms grades K-12. Again, like Community Geography, the books took a long time to get to me (over a month), so plan in advance.