1. GIS in Education & Data Access Visualizations, Models and OnLine Data Workshop Amherst, MA February 10-12, 2008 David Smith, GLOBE Program Office Boulder, Colorado

2. What’s the Big Deal About GIS? The promise of GIS for education: Engage students in real scientific inquiry that will enable them to:Engage students in real scientific inquiry that will enable them to: learn science learn science learn scientific practices learn scientific practices Three important scientific inquiry practices supported by GIS:Three important scientific inquiry practices supported by GIS: 1.Visualization 2.Data Analysis 3.Communication

3. 1. Data Visualization Geographic (spatial) representation of geographic phenomena Geographic (spatial) representation of geographic phenomena Interactive Interactive Dynamic Dynamic Customizable Customizable

4. 2. Data Analysis By relational and spatial queries By relational and spatial queries Earthquakes deeper than 100 km Earthquakes within 10 km of a fault By spatial operations By spatial operations Define a 50m buffer on either side of a stream By quantitative operations By quantitative operations Difference between July 1982 sea surface temp and average july By computational modeling By computational modeling Compute downhill path for runoff from point A

5. 3. Communication Generate representations to use as evidence to support a finding or argument

6. Software Suitable for Education: My World GIS GIS software designed specifically for educational use: Accessible to novice users (students and teachers) Accessible to novice users (students and teachers) Supports learning Supports learning Supports teaching Supports teaching Compatible with practical constraints of educational settings Compatible with practical constraints of educational settings Developed by the GEODE Initiative at Northwestern University

7. 1. Accessible to novice users (students and teachers) Automated data cataloguing

8. 2. Supports learning Scaffolded operations

9. 3. Supports teaching Integration with curriculum materials Pre-constructed project files with embedded multimedia materials, instructions Pre-constructed project files with embedded multimedia materials, instructions

10. 4. Access OnLine Data Demonstration Accessing THREDDS Libraries

11. 4. Access OnLine Data Demonstration SST Data Anomaly Detection