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ESRI is promoting the use of SpatiaLABS, a series of lessons using GIS to teach geography and solve geography problems. These lessons sound interesting and educational. I especially support the emphasis of GIS as a tool and the main thing to learn.
ESRI describes the project as
SpatiaLABS are standalone activities designed to promote spatial reasoning and analysis skills. Covering a wide variety of subject matter useful in standard computer-lab sessions and longer term projects, SpatiaLABS illuminate relationships, patterns and complexities while answering provocative questions like "How might visibility have affected political boundaries in ancient civilizations?" or "Is there a connection between ethnicity and exposure to industrial toxins?" or "How worried should I be about the stagnant pond a quarter mile away?"
So what's the role of geographic information systems, GIS, in SpatiaLABS? GIS is merely a tool for revealing those illuminating relationships, patterns and complexities. Students will undoubtedly develop GIS and cartography skills while performing SpatiaLABS, but these are secondary outcomes. SpatiaLABS concentrate on introducing, developing and reinforcing spatial reasoning and analysis skills. Levels of labs
You'll find instructional materials in Microsoft Word and other common formats. Go ahead, change or add self-assessment questions, tweak the context for the analysis, rework the lab to use local data. Customize SpatiaLABS to suit your non-commercial needs.
Available lessons are
INDEPENDENT TOPICS
ESRI is promoting the use of SpatiaLABS, a series of lessons using GIS to teach geography and solve geography problems. These lessons sound interesting and educational. I especially support the emphasis of GIS as a tool and the main thing to learn.
ESRI describes the project as
SpatiaLABS are standalone activities designed to promote spatial reasoning and analysis skills. Covering a wide variety of subject matter useful in standard computer-lab sessions and longer term projects, SpatiaLABS illuminate relationships, patterns and complexities while answering provocative questions like "How might visibility have affected political boundaries in ancient civilizations?" or "Is there a connection between ethnicity and exposure to industrial toxins?" or "How worried should I be about the stagnant pond a quarter mile away?"
You'll find instructional materials in Microsoft Word and other common formats. Go ahead, change or add self-assessment questions, tweak the context for the analysis, rework the lab to use local data. Customize SpatiaLABS to suit your non-commercial needs.
Available lessons are
INDEPENDENT TOPICS
- Delineation of Watersheds: Adirondack Park, New York
- Groundwater for Many People: The spatial science of a shared resource
- The Spatial Distribution of Poverty: A geographically weighted regression (GWR)
- Change in the Right Direction: Monitoring land-cover change by satellite
- Early Childhood Education: Distribution of Pre-K facilities and children under five years old
- Educational Performance and Family Income: Diamonds on the soles of scholarship?
- Glimpses of the Past: Investigating settlement sites of prehistoric humans-stream proximity
- Glimpses of the Past: Investigating settlement sites of prehistoric humans- slope and aspect
- Environmental Equity and Air Toxics
- Does Green Go with Gold? Environmental assessment vs. economic development in the United States
- High School Dropouts The effect of neighborhood characteristics
- Street Kids: Geography and risks for homelessness
- Analyzing Ancient (Yoruba) Political Power and Urbanization Patterns Water & Weather
- Assessing Nonpoint Groundwater Contamination: Florida caves
- Assessing Point Groundwater Contamination Potential: Florida caves
- Assessing Point Groundwater Contamination Potential: The Floridan Aquifer
- Creating and Analyzing a Phoenician Navigational Safety Zone
- Impacts of Sea Level Rise and Storms on Manhattan
- Hurricane Katrina Understanding physical and social vulnerability
- Assessing Risk and Accessibility to Search and Rescue Teams
- Timber Harvest Planning Using GIS
- Predicting West Nile Virus Outbreaks
- Population Mapping and Modeling for Manhattan
- The Global Oil Market
- Finding Market Opportunities Understanding the Market Environment Spatially
- Creating Sales Territories Sales territory design and balancing
- Retail Site Selection Identifying the optimal location for a business
- Assessing Global Markets Identifying international market opportunities
- Customer Profiling Demographic and lifestyle segmentation Advanced (Business) Projects
- Finding Market Opportunities: Understanding the market environment spatially (using online software)
- Finding Market Opportunities: Understanding the market environment spatially (using desktop software)
- Customer Profiling: Understanding customers to identify penetration and expansion opportunities
- Initial Site Selection: Finding the best location for a new business
- Sales Territory Design Creating Balanced Territories for the Sales Force
- Initial Site Selection Finding the Best Location for a New Business
- Retail Site Location Identifying Optimal Location for a Business
- Business Trade Area Market Analysis Lessons Set
- Customer Profiling Demographic and Lifestyle Segmentation
- Point Patterns in Forest Fires
- Forest Inventory Analysis
- Forest Planning for Sensitive Wildlife Species
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