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| Institution: | Hopkinton High School |
| Name: | R. Scott Semmens [contact for more info] |
| Learner Age: | 16-18 |
| Topic: |
Map & GIS Concepts GIS Software Skills Life Sciences Multidisciplinary Community/Service |
| Software used: |
ArcView/ArcGIS ArcGIS Extensions ArcGIS Explorer |
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| Date submitted: | Nov 08, 2008 |
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Ten years ago I created a high school course on Natural Resource Management, utilizing GIS software. In this course students gather data from the field and combined with state digital data the have generated a series of maps. During the last five years I have created a manual that develops students' GIS skills and outlines the QA/QC protocols for collecting the natural resource data. The idea here is to have quality data that can be archived and serve as baseline data for future research.