Course: GIS & MAPMAKING: Every picture tells a story

Dates:  April 28 and May 5, 2011

Time:  4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Location:  Passaic Valley Regional High School, 100 E. Main St., Little Falls, NJ 07424

Instructor:  Billy Goodman, environmental science teacher, PVHS

Help your students investigate any place-based questions with online mapping tools.  You and your students can do what professionals do: find internet-based data, ask—and answer—geographical questions about that data, and create maps to tell your story.  Participants will get an evaluation copy of the leading GIS software as well as pointers to many online mapping tools and lessons.  We’ll also explore how to use a GPS devise to map your own data. 

Best for teachers of science, social studies, geography, research, grades 6-12.

Related NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards:  Language Arts 3.5; Science 5.1,  5.4; Social Studies 6.1, 6.2, 6.3; Technology 8.1, 8.2

To register for this course, click here. 

This mini course meets for two sessions, April 28 and May 5

MSUNER is a registered provider of Professional Development for the state's 100-hour requirement. You must attend both sessions, April 28 and May 5, in the entirety to receive recognition of 6 professional development hours toward the state requirement. MSUNER regrets that it cannot grant any professional development hours if you are absent from any portion of the mini course.