Mapping from National Geographic
National Geographic has a depth of cartographic resources online! We’ve been browsing their selection of educational content and found several free resources we thought you would enjoy sharing with your students. Location and Place in Your Classroom Introduction...
Global Selfie Day
GISetc is wishing all a Happy Earth Day! Today we will post several pics on this blog and our social network channels to NASA to “create an image of Earth from the ground up.” Get outside today and take your#GlobalSelfie, help NASA and put yourself on...
Happy National Parks Week!
Tomorrow National Parks week opens! To kick off the celebration, enjoy FREE access to any national park this weekend. Find a National Park near you and explore all the maps the National Park Service has to offer. Follow this link to view the NPS’ geospatial map...
Maps & Taxes
Happy tax day! (Is that an oxymoron?) We hope your taxes are filed & you’re reading our blog, leisurely, with your feet up, eating bonbons. OR maybe you logged on for a break from sorting receipts and searching for an extension form… Either way –...
Add Yourself to the Map
Interactive maps are wonderful tools to explore data. Ever use them to find others like you in your field? Today we’re sharing a list of links to interactive maps, full of people like YOU. Whether you’re a geospatial professional, teacher or student...
The Maps of Game of Thrones
Maps aren’t just for the geography classroom anymore! More and more, maps are being used to round out other subject matters by communicating data and stimulating critical thinking. Never more so than in the English Language Arts classroom. Some of us are...
It’s April – So Read a Road Map!
This month kicked off with National Read a Road Map Week! In this day & age it’s so easy to look up directions in a phone or program them into a GPS, reading a road map is more of an art to kids these days than an essential skill. I may be dating myself...
Springtime: It’s for the Birds
It’s officially springtime, and after thinking of plants and blooms, our thoughts turn to our feathered friends returning from warmer climes. Ask your students if they’ve noticed more birds lately. Research bird migration patterns in your area and take...
Spring Has Sprung
Today, on the first day of Spring, we want to share maps of springtime. What better way to map the spring than to follow the planting maps? Here in Texas, we’ve had some lovely spring interludes already. What’s it like today where you are? If you...