Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing Research Into the Secondary Science Classroom

将GIS和遥感研究融入中学科学课堂

• 批准号: 9809704
• 负责人: Michelle Hall
• 金额: $ 5.93万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9809704&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; GIS; Remote; Sensing; Research

WALLACE 9809704 Successful computer based educational programs have impact in K-12 science education because students become investigators of a wide range of scientific disciplines while applying computer technology developed in (and previously limited to) research laboratories. Students are most likely to become engaged by a new technology when the subject of investigation is familiar. A computer technology with tremendous potential in K-12 education is Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS software with global and national data packaged for K-12 educational uses has been developed and is available to schools at affordable prices. The Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) K-12 Schools and Libraries Program has provided an effective model for a graduated introduction to GIS and for organization of GIS coverages in their Arc Voyager package. What is not readily available is locally derived GIS coverages which can provide hooks for grabbing the attention of K-12 students. Through the efforts of professional GIS experts, a wealth of GIS coverages are available for Tucson, Pima County, and the State of Arizona. This award will make these immense and varied GIS data coverages accessible to K-12 teachers and their students. Most of the locally derived GIS datasets are too large and complex for the level of the learner and the level of computing power available in the K-12 environment. The initial task will be to transform the most relevant available GIS coverages into datasets readily usable on computers generally found in the classroom. Using the adapted local data, a small set of pilot GIS activities for the high school classroom will be developed. Working with high school teachers the P.I.'s will perform classroom testing and assessment of the modules. Assessment will address: 1) student learning behavior and the different ways students use GIS to solve problems, 2) student learning and response to locally focused versus regionally focused activit ies, 3) institutional and pedagogical obstacles for integrating GIS in the classroom. The processes and exercises can serve as models to guide others in bringing local GIS coverages to K-12 classrooms across the country.

华莱士9809704 成功的基于计算机的教育计划在K-12科学教育的影响，因为学生成为广泛的科学学科的研究人员，同时应用计算机技术开发（以前仅限于）研究实验室。 学生最有可能成为一个新的技术时，调查的主题是熟悉的。 在K-12教育中具有巨大潜力的计算机技术是地理信息系统（GIS）。 已开发出供K-12教育使用的全球和国家数据GIS软件，并以负担得起的价格向学校提供。 环境系统研究所（ESRI）的K-12学校和图书馆计划为GIS的分级介绍以及在其Arc Voyager软件包中组织GIS覆盖范围提供了一个有效的模型。 什么是不容易获得的是当地派生的GIS覆盖，可以提供钩抓住K-12学生的注意力。 通过专业GIS专家的努力，图森、皮马县和亚利桑那州都有丰富的GIS覆盖范围。 该奖项将使这些巨大的和各种各样的GIS数据覆盖访问K-12教师和他们的学生。 大多数本地衍生的GIS数据集对于学习者的水平和K-12环境中可用的计算能力水平来说过于庞大和复杂。 最初的任务将是将最相关的现有地理信息系统覆盖范围转换为易于在教室中常见的计算机上使用的数据集。 将利用经过调整的当地数据，为高中课堂开发一套小型的地理信息系统试点活动。 与高中教师合作。的将进行课堂测试和评估的模块。 评估将涉及：1）学生的学习行为和学生使用GIS解决问题的不同方式，2）学生的学习和反应，以当地为重点与区域为重点的活动，3）制度和教学障碍，将GIS融入课堂。 这些流程和练习可以作为模型，指导其他人将本地GIS覆盖范围带入全国各地的K-12教室。