YouTube video by Tom Baker - GIS education

YouTube video by Tom Baker - GIS education

Teaching topography and topographic maps are important in Earth science and physical geography; it builds a foundation for understanding how the surface of the Earth shapes natural processes, ecosyste...

Faculty at the University of North Georgia developed a program called GeoEd, introducing high school STEM and SPED teachers and students to GIS and geoscience.

As spring rolls across the northern hemisphere, many students (and teachers) long to get outdoors.  It’s a great opportunity to engage kids in field data work.  +++ Ask the question Whether the teache...

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This funding opportunity supports projects that identify a challenge related to a specific place and its unique conditions and leverages an educational solution using spatial thinking to enable people...

The ArcGIS Tutorials team has created a series of modules that when completed, provide a great introduction to understanding the functionality of the National Geographic MapMaker. The series is suitab...

Dr. Erika Klose, a geologist turned educator, brings GIS technology to West Virginia’s K–12 students, enhancing learning and real-world data understanding.

Join us for the Esri Education Summit in San Diego, CA. Find innovative strategies for teaching and discover how institutions are employing GIS in classrooms and across campuses.

See the role of GIS in computer science CTE. Use the spatial lens of GIS to help students in the career cluster for information technology understand data processing, display customization, and websit...

Over the summer, Esri announced that the iNaturalist observations are now available in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World with over 800,000 naturalists who have recorded over 90 million observations...

The Earth Sciences Foundation is creating a real-time map of dinosaur bone locations with RFID tagging and GIS mapping.

Resources for K-12 STEM & CTE educators using UASs

CSEdWeek is an annual call to action to inspire K-12 students to learn computer science, advocate for equity, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners to the field.

GeoInquiries are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks. Each activity is designed using a common inquiry model & can be presented qu...

Do you know where each of these Turkey Day staples is grown?

Rutgers University geography alum used indoor GIS to create a map of the university’s most confusing building. His work demonstrated how indoor wayfinding could help students find classrooms, elevator...

GeoInquiries are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks. Each activity is designed using a common inquiry model & can be presented qu...

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K12 Earth science student activities that use VR or AR to teach standards-based content with maps.