Update: Fixed broken QR Code. 9/15/18 6:02am If you’re eager to show your students how GIS is applied to real jobs and the real world, this is a great story […]
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Interactives: Mapping
Review: ESRI’s GeoInquiries on NatGeo’s MapMaker 4.0 Platform
If you are a friend of ESRI’s GeoInquiries, this might be for you, as things have changed. If you do not know what they are, they are worth investigating. WHAT […]
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LESSON PLAN: Remote Learning Nat’l Geo Puzzle
A couple of years ago I edited the numbers out of the National Geographic map provided by their MapKit website to make a giant floor map puzzle for the first […]
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INTERACTIVE via Luminocity3d: World Population Density Interactive Map
Explore the detailed geography of population across the globe with interactive mapping. Identify global megacity regions and the growth and diversity of urban forms. This is the closest thing that […]
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INTERACTIVE via ESRI Geoinquiry: What is a Gerrymander?
Note: The ESRI Geoinqueries that ESRI produce are amazing, the problem is that you can’t edit their PDFs to remove the pre-written answers for students. Here is a formatted version […]
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INTERACTIVE via ESRI: Migration, On the Move
Note: The ESRI Geoinqueries that ESRI produce are amazing, the problem is that you can’t edit their PDFs to remove the pre-written answers for students. Here is a formatted version […]
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INTERACTIVE: Make a Digital Choropleth Map
If you are looking for a few ways to have students make a quick digital choropleth map, you might consider the following options: Piktochart (A favorite of mine) Log in […]
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INTERACTIVES: Esri Geoinquiries
As you get more comfortable and efficient with teaching content, you might find more time for enrichment activities. As the company Esri puts it, “Esri’s GIS mapping software is the […]
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INTERACTIVE via Metrocosm.com: Map Projections
For a quick map projection morph, send your students to Metrocosm.com’s, Eight Ways of Projecting the World. Let them draw some quick conclusions about the differences and similarities between the […]
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INTERACTIVE via the New York Times: An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Election
This extremely detailed map of the 2016 election shows voter percentages using a CHOROPLETH map. VOTER PRECINCTS are depicted in shades of red and blue with detailed data when hovered. […]
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INTERACTIVE: The Carbon Map
This fun site is easy to use and visually appealing for users. A quick video gives a tutorial about CARTOGRAM MAPS and how to read it’s information. There are eleven […]
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INTERACTIVE: Compare Map Projections via Map-projections.net
If you’re looking to show your students the quick difference between conic, cylindric, and planar-look no further. This great website by Tobias Jung compares 150+ different map projections. Remember that […]
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INTERACTIVE via New York Times: Where Is America’s Heartland? Pick Your Map
Where is America’s Heartland? Pick your Map This short interactive has users choose a map that they feel best represents the “American Heartland.” After voting, they will see a tally and […]
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INTERACTIVE: Map Projection- Google and Jason Davies
Thanks to the Vsauce video, What Does the Earth Look Like, we can use a few other helpful sites to interact with map projection. The first one is Google’s Mercator Map Puzzle […]
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GAMES: Smarty Pins with Google
This game gives you clues and a zoomed in regional map to drop a pin in the correct location. Some of the clues might be a bit advanced for high […]
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