Thinking Spatially Using GIS

Thinking Spatially Using GIS is a 1:1 set of instructional materials for students that use ArcGIS Online to teach basic geography concepts found in upper elementary school and above.
Each module has both a teacher and student file.

The zoo in your community is so popular and successful that it has decided to expand. After careful research, zookeepers have decided to add an exotic animal to the zoo population. They are holding a contest for visitors to guess what the new animal will be. You will use skills you have learned in classification and analysis to find what part of the world the new animal is from and then identify it.

To help you get started, the zoo has provided a list of possible animals. A list of clues will help you choose the correct answers. You will combine information you have in multiple layers of maps to find your answer.

The Thinking Spatially Using GIS home is at: http://esriurl.com/TSG

All Esri GeoInquiries can be found at: http://www.esri.com/geoinquiries

Learn how to use Admin Tools for ArcGIS Online to delete students and the content (including WebMaps and WebApps). You should be thinking about removing student and content on your schools subscription at least once a year.You should be thinking about removing students and content on your subscription at least once a year.To setup Admin Tools for ArcGIS Online on your schools account refer to https://arcg.is/0z4H4rUpdated December 2022.

There are multiple ways to get students into your group. We’ve laid out a few below. We recommend walking everyone through this process in class. The first step for all students is to create an ArcGIS account following the same instructions you followed in Step One. We have created a StoryMap to guide our students through this process , which will also be distributed to your ArcGIS account in Step 2.Once your students have accounts follow the procedure below that makes the most sense for your situation.

Esri UK is providing a digital mapping platform and expertise in biodiversity mapping for the National Education Nature Park. We are providing the Department of Education with ArcGIS Online - an extensible web-based mapping platform to provide staff and students with geospatial tools that will allow them to view, capture, store, analyse and monitor environmental and biodiversity data. We are also providing Professional Services to be delivered using an agile methodology, along with training to key stakeholders.To deploy geospatial tools to all schools, we are using the existing ArcGIS for Schools program.

Author: A Lisson, educator, Minnesota Alliance for Geographic EducationGrade/Audience: grade 8Resource type: lessonSubject topic(s): gis, geographic thinkingRegion: united statesStandards: Minnesota Social Studies Standards

Standard 1. People use geographic representations and geospatial technologies to acquire, process and report information within a spatial context.Objectives: Students will be able to:

1. Explain the difference between two types of geospatial technologies - GPS and GIS.
2. Develop basic skills to effectively manipulate and use GPS receivers and ArcGIS software.
3. Explain uses of GPS and GIS.Summary: Students use GPS coordinates to discover geocaches at a local park, and they use ArcGIS to layer maps about the park. Frontenac State park is the example, but any park or area (including school grounds) could be used. Students also investigate careers that use GIS.

Students will describe forces at work in mountain building.Other New Zealand GeoInquiry instructional material freely available at https://arcg.is/1GPDXe

Students will use ArcGIS Online to evaluate migration at the global, regional, and local scales. The activity uses a web-based map and is tied to the AP Human Geography benchmarks. Learning outcomes:Students will be able to identify and cite reasons why some regions of the world experience high and low net migration.Students will be able to analyze the relationship between Lampedusa, Italy’s relative location as it relates to refugee migration.Find more advanced human geography geoinquiries and explore all geoinquiries at http://www.esri.com/geoinquiries

If you have ever had an error message pop up in ArcGIS Online that mentions you have exceeded the user types in your account, watch this video to see how to resolve this issue.This video takes you through the steps of how to do change students and teachers user types on the rare occasion that you are required to change user types in your schools ArcGIS Online account.ArcGIS Online Administration.Video recorded - April 2020.

Lesson in ArcGIS Online to help students to develop an understanding of the spatial distribution seamounts around New Zealand. This lesson can be used to supplement existing materials you may already be teaching in the classroom especially with the new NCEA Geography 1.1 standard.It is not designed for assessment.This lesson requires students to have a username and password for the schools ArcGIS Online subscription.For assistance with adding your students into the schools ArcGIS Online subscription or to order a schools ArcGIS Online subscription free of charge contact gisinschools@eagle.co.nz

Thinking Spatially Using GIS

Thinking Spatially Using GIS is a 1:1 set of instructional materials for students that use ArcGIS Online to teach basic geography concepts found in upper elementary school and above.
Each module has both a teacher and student file.

After Christopher Columbus found the New World in 1492, Spain and Portugal were eager to conquer and claim new lands. The two world powers decided to divide the world in half by drawing a line that ran through the Atlantic Ocean. Based on this line, Spain could claim new lands in the western half of the world, and Portugal could claim lands in the eastern half.

The Thinking Spatially Using GIS home is at: http://esriurl.com/TSG

All Esri GeoInquiries can be found at http://www.esri.com/geoinquiries

This point datalayer shows the locations of schools in Massachusetts. Schools appearing in this layer are those attended by students in pre-kindergarten through high school. Categories of schools include public, private, charter, collaborative programs, and approved special education. This data was originally developed by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) GIS Program based on database information provided by the Massachusetts Department of Education (DOE). The update published on April 17th, 2009 was based on listings MassGIS obtained from the DOE as of February 9th, 2009. The layer is stored in ArcSDE and distributed as SCHOOLS_PT. Only schools located in Massachusetts are included in this layer. The DOE also provides a listing of out-of-state schools open to Massachusetts' residents, particularly for those with special learning requirements. Please see http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/outofstate.asp for details. Updated September 2018.

These exercises are designed to introduce students to analyzing real-world datasets with Matlab (4 exercises) and ArcGIS (1 exercise). The activities all require students to watch a video and complete a task before class time, during which they would follow the guide to complete several different tasks. These tasks are specific to learning about Meadowbrook Creek, a first order urban stream in the Syracuse, NY area, but could easily be developed for other places and other types of datasets.

You will need an ArcGIS Online account for this lesson plan. If you do not have one, or have forgotten your details contact your institution's IT administrator. Alternatively, email highered@esriuk.com to get in touch for further assistance.

Hi, I'm Kiaran Ratcliffe a GIS Consultant within the Education Team at Esri UK. Esri is a company that creates and distributes GIS software, and my focus is on helping schools and universities access and use this software effectively. That means helping educators bring GIS into the classroom in ways that are engaging, inclusive, and relevant. We want students to leave school or university not just knowing how to use GIS, but understanding how to apply it to make a difference—socially, environmentally, and across all kinds of industries.It’s a really rewarding role. We get to support both students and teachers, and help them use modern spatial tools to explore the world, solve problems, and tell powerful stories with data.

With the move to a Named User first model for licensing ArcGIS Pro it is important to be able to support users in all deployment environments. In this resource we look at how to license ArcGIS Pro for use offline when there will be no reliable internet connection.

This layer shows the location of Student Health Service Centres and Special Assessment Centres in Hong Kong. It is a subset of the data made available by the Department of Health under the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the “Government”) at https://DATA.GOV.HK/ (“DATA.GOV.HK”). The source data is in XLSX format and has been processed and converted into Esri File Geodatabase format and then uploaded to Esri’s ArcGIS Online platform for sharing and reference purpose. The objectives are to facilitate our Hong Kong ArcGIS Online users to use the data in a spatial ready format and save their data conversion effort.For details about the data, source format and terms of conditions of usage, please refer to the website of DATA.GOV.HK at https://data.gov.hk.

Publishing your data and maps from desktop GIS to ArcGIS Online is essential to unlock modern GIS capabilities like collaboration or sharing your projects using interactive data-driven applications. The key to unlock this connected GIS is ArcGIS Identity.With an ArcGIS Identity you are unlocking a connected GIS. You can share your maps or selected map layers as a web layer. Web layers are stored in your organization's ArcGIS Online as one of the 7 different layer types of hosted layers. Depending on the layer type, the hosted layer will be shared with different capabilities.

If your institution has implemented SSO for ArcGIS, mapping will be always at your fingertips be that in the web browser with ArcGIS Online, on your desktop machine with ArcGIS Pro, or in the field with a mobile device.SSO allows members of your institution to use ArcGIS software using the same logins they use to access your institution's internal systems like emails, blackboard, or the Microsoft suite. All you need is the URL of the your institution's ArcGIS Online portal. You may need to contact your lecturer or an admin to find out the URL.

Third grade English Language Arts (ELA) and Math test results for the 2016-2017 school year by House of Representative districts for the state of Michigan. Data Driven Detroit obtained these datasets from MI School Data, for the State of the Detroit Child tool in July 2017. Test results were originally obtained on a school level and aggregated to districts by Data Driven Detroit. Student data was suppressed when less than five students were tested per school. Click here for metadata (descriptions of the fields).

Students will explore global climatic datasets to analyze the factors that constrain and enableagricultural options.. The activity uses a web-based map and is tied to the AP Human Geography benchmarks. Learning outcomes:Students will be able to evaluate bioclimatic regions and assess their viability for agricultural production.Find more advanced human geography geoinquiries and explore all geoinquiries at http://www.esri.com/geoinquiries