Monday, February 12, 2007

Environmental Crisis Project

Currently we are finishing our presentations for the Environmental Crisis Project.

This project focuses on Environmental problems across the world. Our focus in class is on the utilization of teamwork to create a media packet. All students are part of advertising companies that will work to attempt to win the bid for the advertising campaign.

Please click on the link below to see what is involved in the Environmental Crisis Project.

Environmental Crisis Project PowerPoint

Here are some examples of the student projects:

Meggie Hotard and Steph Boulter

This project uses information provided by http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/impact.html. This project was created by Ted Gardiner.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Welcome

Welcome to the Poolesville High School GIS Page.

This page has been created to communicate to all parents and students what we have worked on and what we are currently working on in the Global Ecology GIS class here at Poolesville High School.

This page is maintained by Ted Gardiner, GIS teacher.

Biome Project

The Biome Project was a huge success when we visited the Botanical Gardens. Please click on the link below to see what was involved in the Biome Project.

Biome Project

Please click on the link below to see Warren Beecroft's finished product:

Biome Project

Please click on the link below to see Laura Brockdorff's finished product:

Biome Project PowerPoint

Biome Project Map

This project uses information provided by ESRI. This project was created by Dave Gillespie and Ted Gardiner.

Blues Project

In this project students will track the development and the progression of the Blues utilizing maps, biographies, songs, and pictures. This project is the first project where students will be able to link sound files in their ArcView maps.

Please click on the link below to see information on the project.

Blues Project

Click on the links below to see the maps the students created.

Famous Blues Artists Map   Famous Blues Cities Populations Map 1870   Famous Blues Cities Populations Map 1900   Famous Blues Cities Populations Map 1950   Famous Blues Cities Locations

Information taken from the Internet from a variety of sources. This project was created by Ed Morrell and Ted Gardiner.

Gettysburg Project

In this project students studied the Battle of Gettysburg. The culmination activity was a one hundred minute class period team taught by the US History Teacher (Ed Morrell) and the GIS teacher (Ted Gardiner) utilizing GIS information to see the historical significance of the Battle of Gettysburg. We then take a Field Study to Gettysburg National Park and visit different locations.

Please click on the link below to see information on the project.

Gettysburg Project

Click on the links below to see the maps the students created.

Day 1 Map   Day 2 Map   Day 3 Map

Information taken from the Internet from a variety of sources. This project was created by Ed Morrell and Ted Gardiner.

El Nino and La Nina

In this project students studied the climatic phenomena El Nino and La Nina by downloading images from the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) website. They will incorporate these images into an ArcView project and identify patterns and characteristics of these phenomena, then assess the impact these anomalies have on the global and local environment.

Click on the links below to see some examples of the maps students analyzed. All information provided by ESRI, and www.globe.gov.

Examples of maps coming soon.

Growing Pains Project

In this project students compared the processes and implications of population growth in the world's fastest and slowest growing regions: sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. Through the analysis of standard of living indicators in these two regions, students will explore some of the social and economic implications of rapid population growth.

Click on the links below to see some examples of the maps students analyzed. All information provided by ESRI.

Birth Rates   Death Rates   Standards of Living