Search Tips

You can find lessons that match your needs using the Search tools to show you only the lessons that address a certain topic (e.g. Social Studies), or only those that use a specific software package (e.g., ArcView Spatial Analyst). You can search by title, topic, software used, level of GIS expertise, geographic scale, keyword, or any combination of these criteria.

You can select multiple search criteria using this tool (e.g., Topic=Earth Science, GIS Level=Beginner, Software Needed=ArcView); this will find lessons that meet ALL the selected criteria (Earth Science AND Beginner AND ArcView).

If your search does not return any results, you might want simplify your search (e.g., Topic=Earth Science, Software Needed=ArcView).

The Keyword search can be very helpful for finding lessons on a particular issue (e.g., earthquakes, census, climate, etc.)