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Early exposure to geography, spatial thinking, and GIS helps students learn more about the world around them. With this first volume in the Our World GIS Education series, teachers and students use geographic tools—maps, geographic data, and GIS—to progress from a basic understanding of spatial concepts toward recognizing patterns and analyzing map trends. Students reinforce and improve their basic map-reading skills and continue to sharpen those skills as the book prompts them to analyze and think critically about the data. Developed primarily for grades 3 – 6, this book contains teacher materials, lesson plans, a resource CD with exercises, and ArcExplorer™ Java™ Edition for Education software.
About the authors:
After receiving her master’s degree in geography, Eileen J. Napoleon went to work as a geographer, first for the U.S. Forest Service, and later for ESRI, where she has worked in GIS education for the last 15 years. Napoleon remains passionate about geography and education and especially enjoys teaching GIS and geographic concepts to those who are new to the subject.
After graduating with a degree in geography and GIS, Erin A. Brook spent five years working for ESRI Canada Limited as the K–12 industry manager. While there, she helped market and develop ESRI’s education programs for students in kindergarten through grade 12. She incorporated GIS directly into the required geography curriculum and made GIS technology available to students across Canada. Brook currently works at ESRI in Redlands, California as an education specialist and looks forward to continuing work on educational materials for both teachers and students.
ISBN: 978-1-58948-180-0 2008 120 pages $49.95 |
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