Snack Tectonics
Happy summer from GISetc! We’re slowing down our blogging over the summer months, but keep checking back for shared fun summer resources, maps & activities! Step-by-step instructions to create a tasty model that illustrates plate tectonic motions. Children can...
PBS’ Guide to Summer Science Projects
Happy summer from GISetc! We’re slowing down our blogging over the summer months, but keep checking back for shared fun summer resources, maps & activities! We found a great piece on incorporating science into your summer routine from PBS. Be sure to follow the...
Summer Reading: Mapping Places in Books
Happy summer from GISetc! We’re slowing down our blogging over the summer months, but keep checking back for shared fun summer resources, maps & activities! This might be fun to combine with your summer reading list! An interesting Google Maps feature animates...
Maps of Panem: the Hunger Games
Happy summer from GISetc! We’re slowing down our blogging over the summer months, but keep checking back for shared fun summer resources, maps & activities! If you or your students are big fans of The Hunger Games trilogy, set in a futuristic redistricted United...
The Maps We Wandered Into As Kids
Happy summer from GISetc! We’re slowing down our blogging over the summer months, but keep checking back for shared fun summer resources, maps & activities! Maps and books – two of our favorite things in the world. Explore the wonderful world of fictional...
The FRIES that Bind Us Together
Once a month we’re sharing a week of MUST SEE MAPS…just because they’re amazing and sometimes the really cool stuff doesn’t fit into one of our tidy theme weeks. Maps can display data in many ways – but french fries vs. coffee??? Now this is an epic...
Apps We Love: Map of the Dead – Zombie Apocalypse Survival
There’s a “fifth week” of blogging this month. We know, it’s technically a week spanning over April and May. We’re seizing the opportunity to declare this a WEEK OF GEO-FUN!!! Every link this week will feature something fun and unexpected, relating to geography...
Map Pops! Nom, Nom, Nom
There’s a “fifth week” of blogging this month. We know, it’s technically a week spanning over April and May. We’re seizing the opportunity to declare this a WEEK OF GEO-FUN!!! Every link this week will feature something fun and unexpected, relating to geography...
Made from a Map: Recycled Road Map Cork Board
There’s a “fifth week” of blogging this month. We know, it’s technically a week spanning over April and May. We’re seizing the opportunity to declare this a WEEK OF GEO-FUN!!! Every link this week will feature something fun and unexpected, relating to geography...How A LEGO Shuttle Got To Space
In honor of NSTA (the National Science Teacher’s Association Show) this month, we’re sharing a fun science link every day this week! We love LEGOS. We love space. There’s a GPS unit involved…This story is magical: “Raul Oaida, 18-years-old,...April Fools! 5 Hilarious Fake Scientific Breakthroughs
Once a month we’re sharing MUST SEE MAPS…just because they’re cool and sometimes the really cool stuff doesn’t fit into one of our tidy theme weeks. For April Fool’s Day we found a link to five hilarious science pranks from April Fool’s Days from the...