1. GIS in Education K-12 University of Missouri St. Louis Jose I. Pareja, May 01, 2002 Jose I. Pareja, May 01, 2002

2. It Stands for: Geographic Information System It Stands for: Geographic Information System It’s a system designed for displaying, querying, analyzing, modifying, and storing spatial data It’s a system designed for displaying, querying, analyzing, modifying, and storing spatial data Every one location on Earth has many different attributes. Every one location on Earth has many different attributes. What is GIS?

3. Components of a GIS 1- Computer hardware 2- Software tools (E.g. Arc Voyager or Arc View 3.2) 4- A thinking explorer (Teacher/ Student) 3- Geographic Data

4. How do People Use GIS? 1- For Mapping countries and their attributes.

5. 2- OUTLINE CONSERVATION AREAS- WWF/ National Geographic URL: http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld /http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld / Manu National Park, Peru Photograph by © WWF-Canon/André BÄRTSCHI Manu National Park, Peru Photograph by © Wendy P. Tori Tree frog (Phyllomedusa craspedopus), Cocha Cashu, Rio Manu, Peru Photograph by L. H. Emmons

6. 3- WEATHER MAPPING AND FORECAST FROM THE WEATHER CHANNEL URL: http://www.weather.com/weather/local/PEXX0011?letter=L&y=4&x=12http://www.weather.com/weather/local/PEXX0011?letter=L&y=4&x=12

7. VIEWING TORNADO PATTERNS

8. 5- EMERGENCY RESPONSE DAMAGE EVALUATION (TWIN TOWERS) Thermal Evaluation of Zone to view potential gaps and fires and possible places to find survivors Aerial photo for Damage Assessment on WTC Proposal for New WTC

9. Health and Emergency Responses Health and Emergency Responses Fastest Routes for Police, Ambulance, or Firemen Fastest Routes for Police, Ambulance, or Firemen Health care (Locating Epidemics, sources, and relations) Health care (Locating Epidemics, sources, and relations) Evaluating potential business sites Evaluating potential business sites Theatre Placement Theatre Placement Commercial Center (Accessibility, Population type, area, costs, etc) Commercial Center (Accessibility, Population type, area, costs, etc) Military Intelligence- Espionage Military Intelligence- Espionage Infrared satellite monitoring Infrared satellite monitoring Surveillance or Terrorist attacks (E.g. Japan Embassy, twin towers, etc) Surveillance or Terrorist attacks (E.g. Japan Embassy, twin towers, etc) Environmental Monitoring Environmental Monitoring Oil spills (Currents, potential sites to clean-up) Oil spills (Currents, potential sites to clean-up) Air and Water pollution (Cases) Air and Water pollution (Cases) City Planning City Planning Road maintenance, city growth projections, Utilities Road maintenance, city growth projections, Utilities OTHER EXAMPLES

10. Tools of the Trade ESRI ESRI ArcExplorer 2 ArcExplorer 2 ArcExplorer 3 ArcExplorer 3 ArcReader ArcReader ArcVoyager ArcVoyager ArcVoyager SE ArcVoyager SE ArcView 3.x ArcView 3.x Spatial Analyst Spatial Analyst 3D Analyst 3D Analyst ARCGIS-8.x ARCGIS-8.x Intergraph GeoMedia WorldWatcher Idrisi AutoCAD MFWorks Internet-based

11. A project to Develop Language Arts: Language Arts: Cultural Landmarks and Brochures for Peru. Role playing of a person that will use the program Cultural Landmarks and Brochures for Peru. Role playing of a person that will use the program Forensic Science: Forensic Science: Mapping crime on street map using past years newspapers and analyzing trends considering land use, income, socio-economic indicators, etc. (Lima) Mapping crime on street map using past years newspapers and analyzing trends considering land use, income, socio-economic indicators, etc. (Lima) Writing a police report to your boss. Writing a police report to your boss. Sciences in General: Sciences in General: Eco-regions, flora and fauna distribution. Eco-regions, flora and fauna distribution. Population Ecology: Demographics of the world (Steve) Population Ecology: Demographics of the world (Steve) Administration and Economics Administration and Economics E. Wong, movie theatre site location and development. Where will you place a future location? E. Wong, movie theatre site location and development. Where will you place a future location? Computers, Mathematics Computers, Mathematics Mapping the schools network, Math: Tornados analysis (Jenny) Mapping the schools network, Math: Tornados analysis (Jenny) Geography Geography Disasters (Bob C.), Climate patterns, Volcanism, Earthquakes. (Carl) Disasters (Bob C.), Climate patterns, Volcanism, Earthquakes. (Carl)

12. PATTERNS OF HIV AROUND THE COUNTRY

14. POPULATION GROWTH IN THE US