Data
Strategic Data
ArcGIS Online Maps Ready-to-Use
- Countries, States and Counties: good for local, regional or national projects
- Street map and live traffic: normal city projects
- Rivers and landscape relief: great for watershed projects
- USA Topographic maps: will appear once you’ve zoomed in
- U.S. Soils, Crops and Boundaries: good agriculture projects (Important: need to be logged into your Organization to use this data)
- Some starting data for climate projects: agricultural, imagery, precipitation, temps, drought (Important: need to be logged into your Organization to use this data)
- Combined layers from which you can remove what you don’t want: turn layers on and off by clicking the box to the left of the layer (Important: need to be logged into your Organization to use this data)
Historical Data
- Boston Public Library – Leventhal Map Center Teacher Page
- David Rumsey Historical Maps on ArcGIS Online
- World Globe Historical Images – 1790, 1812
- United States, U.S. Northwest – 1786, 1816, 1823, 1862, 1879
- Random Cities – Click the middle button at the top of the Legend pane to display layers
- New York 1836
- Washington 1851
- San Francisco 1859
- Chicago 1869
- Denver 1879
- Los Angeles 1880
- Yosemite 1883
- John Snow’s Cholera activity – National Geographic John Snow Cholera Activity
Surveys
- Survey123 – Sign up for ConnectED school Organization account first
- Survey123 Instructions – Setting up your first Survey123 Web
MAPPING TOOLS
National Geographic
Tile Map Kits – Download, print and assemble tile maps
- Interactive map with layers
- Can save map
- Create bookmarks
- Basic drawing
- Latitude/longitude
- Text, photos, videos
ArcGIS Online
Free school license: http://www.esri.com/schools
- National Geographic stories are available in the Voyager feature under the “education” tab
- Inspire students with National Geographic’s Google Earth resources
- Click on “sandwich” on top left
- Right click to “Measure Point”
- Get coordinates – right click “What’s here”
- Search Nearby
- Street view from the past
- Satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities
Probeware
- Pasco Scientific – Temperature probe
- Pasco SPARKvue – Free App for iPhone and Android
Presentations
NCGE 2017 National Geographic Visualize Presentation by Roger and Anita Palmer