SOME WEB RESOURCES FOR GIS K-12 EDUCATION

LOTS OF LINKS

Berrien County (?) Intermediate School District http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bcisd/classres/gis.htmK-12 GIS Teaching Resources - State of Maryland    http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/elit/geography.htm#teaching
North Carolina State University  http://www.ncsu.edu/gisined/otherresource.htm
Wisconsin Watershed Connection http://danenet.wicip.org/gisedu/gisreslist.htm# K-12%20GIS%20in%20Education%20Projects

SPECIFIC LESSONS

ESRI Arc Lessons Site - many are for Arc Voyager but can be reconfigured for ArcView 3.3   http://gis.esri.com/industries/education/arclessons/arclessons.cfm
Geomatics for High School Students (Canada)    http://www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/woodsweb/geoindex/english.html
    For grade 12, two modules - one on the global economy and one on sustainable development (global - not Canadian)

GIS EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS http://www.amproductions.com/videos/gis/

SOME COMPLETED PROJECTS http://danenet.wicip.org/gisedu/gisreslist.htm# K-12%20GIS%20in%20Education%20Projects

RESEARCH ON THE UTILITY OF GIS IN K-12 EDUCATION

The Effectiveness of GIS in High School Education   Steve Wanner Joseph J. Kerski

http://www.bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/boulderhigh/departments/socialstudies/P203.htm

TWO BOOKS TO GET TOM TO BUY FOR YOU

Malone, Palmer and Voight. Mapping our World - GIS Lessons for Educators.  ISBN: 1-58948-022-8    2002   564 pages   $79.95 ESRI Press.
Getting to Know ArcView GIS.  ESRI Press, 1996-1998,  (make sure you get the 3.x version)