Teachers' Investigations

Teachers' Investigations:

VISIT teachers have applied GIS tools, techniques, and data to a variety of problems, projects, curricula and educational purposes. These materials typically include an overview, teacher guide, instructions and worksheets for students, and data files. Click the subject area of your interest to see links to investigations and lessons in that area.

Environmental Science Earth Science Social Studies
Environmental Science
Overview Map	Lesson Title	Sources	Technology
	Toxics in Our Neighborhood	Newly developed by VISIT Co PI Beverly Hunter with assistance from VISIT teacher leaders	Beginning level, Web Browser, EPA Watershed Locator, and the Enviromapper
	Spatial Analysis in Environmental Studies: Habitat, Watershed, Forestry	Newly developed by VISIT teacher leader Fred Hohn with assistance from William Hamilton	Beginning level, Idrisi,
	Where to Stock Trout? Ecological Classification of Streams and Rivers	Newly developed by VISIT teacher leader Robert Saxton	ArcView: beginning level, Importing themes, Editing the legend, Editing the data table, Querying a database
	Rouge River Watershed	Online demonstration of an investigation process with biological oxygen demand and related water parameters, developed by Beverly Hunter	Requires only a Web browser
	Water Chemistry a spatial Viewpoint
	Cancer created from Cement?	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Janelle Kochanski	ArcView/ArcVoyager: beginning level
	HAZMAT
	Fish Kill at Newburgh Lake
	Is Global prosperity and Ecological Sustainability Possible?	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Margaret Chernosky
	Environmental Justice Lesson	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Peggy Najarian	ArcVoyager
	EI Nino	Newly developed by VISIT teacher David Armstrong
	Vernal Pool Project	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Shirley Griffin	ArcView
Top
Earth Science
	Michigan Bedrocks	Newly developed by VISIT teacher leader Ron Robinson	ArcView/ArcVoyager: beginning level
	Michigan Glaciers	Newly developed by VISIT teacher leader Ron Robinson	ArcView/ArcVoyager: beginning level
	Seismic Symphony	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Clayton McKenzie	ArcView
	Headed Toward Midnight: The Underground Railroad in Wayne County, Michigan	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Lisa Hastings	ArcView
	Ski Relief	Newly developed by VISIT teacher David Taylor & Nancy Nagurka	ArcView
	Plate Tectonics using ArcView	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Marcus Hopson	ArcView
	National Park Geology Research GIS Component	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Steve Owens	ArcView
	Geology, Plate Tectonics Activity Along Plate Boundaries and the Earthquakes and Types of Rock that result.	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Emily Bolinger	ArcView
	Comparing and Contrasting Climates using ArcVoyager	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Donald Walrath and Connie Gannon-Piacentini	ArcVoyager
	Virginia "Geos" (Geography & Geology) on watershed and rock	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Lisa McCray	ArcVoyager
Top
Social Studies
	Evolution	Newly developed by VISIT teacher leader Mark Schaap	ArcView/ArcVoyager: beginning level, charts editing, View properties
	8 Cancer	Newly developed by VISIT teacher leader Mark Schaap	ArcView: beginning level, data integration, and pie charting
	State Trend	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Rebecca Bates	Data file not completed
	Kenduskeag Stream Water Quality and Restoration Project	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Margaret Chernosky
	How far is it, really?	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Georganne Ehlert	ArcVoyager
	Learning About Chemicals and Their Use In Our Community	Newly developed by VISIT teacher Pamela McDonald	Beginning level, Web Browser, MS Excel
	Race and Ethnicity of the United States	Adapted by VISIT teacher Susan Justard	ArcVoyager
Top