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Three Schools – Three Different Plans
• Cox High School, VA
• Oxford High School, MS
• Potomac High School, MD
http://www.educonnect.org/gis
Cox High SchoolVirginia Beach, VA
• Mapping Lesson – Scatter Plot
• Traveling Salesman Lesson
• Oyster Project
Traditional Mapping Taught 2 Ways
• Latitude, Longitude, Scale, Projection
• 3 classes with Arcview
• 1 class without Arcview
ArcView
• GIS software- geographical information system
• a great tool to create a model of TSP!
• Topic--Using ArcView, create a graph to model the transportation of students between high schools and look for an efficient route.
Oxford High School, Oxford, MS
• Students in the Lab
• GIS Course
• Partnership with University of MS
Successes of MS
• More kids did GIS than any other school.• Developed and approved GIS course for
next year. Taught as a team• Developed partnerships:
University of Mississippi
Town of Oxford (Tree Project)
LESSONS LEARNED
• Shadow Teaching• High Motivational Level• Provide datasets in useable form • Plunge In – it will get better• Partnerships • Internships
– County Council – redistricting maps
– Maryland National Park and Planning Division
CONTACTS
• Rhanson422@aol.com (Rhonda Hanson)
• Mvidell@hotmail.com (Mike Videll)
• Mjrowe@vbcps.k12.va.us (Joanne Rowe)
• Heidtjr@olems.edu (Duke Eidt)
• Judynicholas@hotmail.com (Judy Nicholas)
• Kkeranen@bellatlantic.net (K Keranen)
• Brian@watervalley.net (Jane Metzger)
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