This document discusses the many ways that geography concepts are relevant to science topics such as epidemiology, environmental remote sensing, plate tectonics, and oceanography. It notes how geography fosters spatial thinking through tactile, verbal, metaphorical, mathematical, hypothetical, and statistical means. The document also suggests that citizen science and geotagging can help foster spatial literacy and show students how geography applies to their studies.

1. You’ve Got Geography in
My Science
Michael N. DeMers
98th Annual NCGE Conference
Denver, Colorado August 1-4, 2013

2. Geography as Spatial Science

3. Isn’t that spatial?

4. Watson & Crick

6. Epidemiology

10. Environmental Remote Sensing

11. Geochemistry

12. Plate Tectonics

13. Analysis of Vectors

14. Gravitation

15. Math and the Adiabatic Lapse Rate

16. Fractions and Map Scale

17. Powers of Ten

18. Biogeographical Distributions

19. Ecological Patterns

20. Demographics

21. Geography and Oceanography
MARINE MAMMALS AND BATHYMETRY

22. Stream Morphometry

24. Dimensions of Spatial Thinking

25. Tactile

26. Verbal

27. Metaphorical

28. Mathematical

29. Hypothetical

30. Statistical

31. Fostering Spatial Literacy

33. Citizen Science

34. Geotagging

36. Great! How Does This Help Me?