Working with ArcGIS

What has surprised you as you have been working with the ArcGIS software?

Google Earth Activity

Record the responses to your tour of the Grand Canyon in Google Earth.

Map Projection

Discuss two points from the lesson on map projections (class 10/23) that you found interesting.

Making Maps with ArcGIS

In one paragraph describe something that you have learned about making a map with ArcGIS.

What did you learn?

Today you were given a choice of how to use your GPS. What did you choose to do? What did you learn?

GPS Tracking

Think of three ways that you could use the track function on the GPS. List them and explain their use.

Sequence Game Strategy

Describe your strategy for winning the Sequence Game. Did your strategy work? Why or why not?

Optical Illusions

In the optical illusion assignment you were asked to describe optical illusions in a paragraph form. Then you were to compare what you saw in the pictures with what a classmate saw in the same picture.

What did you learn from this experience about how people see things?
What was difficult about this assignment? Why was it difficult and how could the assignment be changed for the better?

Spatial Thinking Game

While you were playing a spatial literacy game with the fifth graders, what did you notice about their spatial thinking skills?