This document provides a list of resources for using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and mapping tools in education. It includes links to the Ordnance Survey website for using GIS zone activities, Google Earth tutorials, the Umapper tool for creating custom maps, and other sites for data visualization, geological maps, earthquake simulations, and more. Instructions are provided for accessing and using many of these mapping resources and tools.

1. GI Diet – choose from the menu
STRETCH

2. GI = Geographical Information
How have teachers used GIS ?
SLN Forum discussion

3. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/gi/
Could this be used by students ?
Have a go at one of the GIS Zone activities
Which “levels” do they access ?
http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/giszone/english

4. ORDNANCE SURVEY – GIS ZONE

5. All schools received a copy of this DVD...
If you’d like another please leave me your
e-mail address....

6. http://googlearthusersguide.blogspot.com
<img src="the correct location of my photo“ width="300">
plus other HTML tags...

7. http://www.umapper
Create map and add layers: data points
and polygons...
Sign up and create a custom map
using the school grounds if you can
access a map on your school’s website

8. Create Umapper map:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_XblEniTq0

9. Many Eyes
• Register for site
• Find / produce data set
• Create visualisation using appropriate
map: World or UK
• Experiment with multiple columns /
maps

10. 1. http://www.hull.ac.uk/erosion/

11. 2. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex/beta.html
How might you use this resource ?
Geological Materials Copyright NERC. All rights reserved.
Topography Crown Copyright. All rights reserved.
BGS OS licence no. 100017897/2009

12. IDEA
The.... Earthquake
Based on Teaching Geography article....
Write some descriptions of effects at particular
locations.
Work out the Mercalli scale so that isolines can
be drawn.
Add in the faults
Possible causes of the event...

13. 3. Explore the links

14. Geography Geek: Helen Young
4. AEGIS resources

15. 5. Juicy Geography: San Francisco
http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googleearthsanfran.htm

16. 6. Noel Jenkins’ collaborative document
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dd3s53jc_46dfnx5cgx

17. 7.

18. 8. MAGIC

19. 9. http://bighugelabs.com/map.php
For simple world maps...

20. 10.
GE GRAPH
http://www.sgrillo.net/googleearth/gegraph.htm
I’LL EXPLAIN HOW TO USE THIS IF YOU
LIKE....

21. http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/ks4ict/projectideas/
and also LIVING GEOGRAPHY

22. http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/fieldwork/info/teaching-technology/

23. http://www.digitalexplorer.co.uk