Teaching 7th Graders the GPS experience

If you were able to go to Boone, Iowa with us on May 1, reflect on the experience. What went well in the process? What needs to be changed in the process of instructing students in the use of GPS? What comments did you receive about the teaching you did or the activities we planned? How did spatial thinking play a role in what you did and what the students did during the activities?

Got Flooding?

Yesterday and last night we experienced heavy rain in the Cedar Valley. 4.71 inches of rain fell in the past 24 hours. As a consequence Dry Run Creek just south of the school left it's banks. How could we use GPS, GIS or other technologies to help us map the highest level of the flooding? What do we need to consider? How can we apply what we have learned in class to better understand the flood waters and their behaviors?

Spatial Thinking Revisited

At the beginning of the semester we discussed and completed activities that asked you to use spatial thinking skills. How have you used your spatial thinking skills since our initial activities. Has your awareness of spatial thinking skills changed the way you do things in your everyday life? How can you use spatial thinking skills to enhance your education at NU High?

Frequently Visited Places Activity

This weekend choose ten places that you frequently visit. These could be grocery stores, worship centers, parks, businesses, or other establishments that you visit frequently. Go to each place and create a waypoint mark with your GPS. Give the waypoint a name and then take a digital picture of the location. Make sure the 10 places are saved on your GPS.

List the ten places you visited here on the blog before class on Monday (4/7).

Good luck and have fun!