Using GIS in your Science Classrooms - A University of Northern Iowa Science Education Graduate Class Techniques for Science Teachers
News/comments - Under construction, getting ready for the next offering of this course
Welcome to my University of Northern Iowa on-line course! The primary course goals are to help you: 1. Develop the necessary content knowledge and confidence to begin using GIS in your classrooms; B. Learn where and how to access, free, GIS data that is pertinent to your local schools/areas, and C. Empower you with the skills to collect, share, and engage your students with your own relevant GIS data!
Disscussed documents and/or websites...
Google Earth :-) Links (week 8)
Previous liniks...
Iowa Geological and Water Survey
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Climate Change 2013 - The Physical Science Basis)
This website is excellent too, please check it out !!! www.understandingscience.org
Lecture slides
Lecture 2 (Coordinate Systems)
Lecture 3 (Getting to know Quantum GIS software)
Lecture 4 (Gathering data via the internet)
Lecture 5 (Maps - The Good, Bad, and Ugly)
Lecture 6 (Teaching geology with GIS)
Lecture 7 - Working with QGIS2
Lecture 8 Google Earth and Science Classrooms
Lecture 9 - Using GPS/GIS to teach topographic maps
Lecture 10 = Environmental Science and GIS
Lecture 121 = The Geology of Iowa (Content)
Link to class presentations = http://univnia.adobeconnect.com/p2bp0tn5iu3/
Homework
Homeworks are in a word document (not .docx) you should be able to save it (right click then SAVE LINK/Target As), write your responses, and e-mail back to me at chad.heinzel@uni.edu by the following Monday.
Week 1 (none)
Week 2 (Due via e-mail to chad.heinzel@uni.edu by 8pm on Monday Sept. 9)
Week 3 (download QGIS software)
Week 4 (GIS data via the Web, due by Saturday Sept. 29)
Week 5 (none, meeting on the UNI campus)
Week 6 ( Developing a Geology Themed project and Map)
Week 7 ( QGIS, we should be flexible and change, Homework is to download v. 3.8)
Week 8 Google Earth Lesson Plan Development
Week 9 - Design a Topographic Map activity with or without a scientific theme Nothing due, but here are some files you can try to download and play with...
Files for week 9 (1. Iowa counties , 2 . Bedrock surface elevation , 3 . Surface topography , 4. NED 10m 5. Cedar Falls Quad, 6. 1930's airphoto of Black Hawk Co. 7. DEM of Blk Hawk Co. 8. A USGS 1:100,000 Quad of your choice (see video below if you need help downloading it from the IA DNR site...
Week 10 Options
Week 11 None
Week 12 - Final Project selection statement...
Links
QGIS (User manual, large doc. AND a What is GIS reading)
Video assistance
The video vault (previous homework assistance)
Untitled from Explore Iowa's Geology (IGEIN) on Vimeo.