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Digital Mapping: Esri ArcGIS

Provided by: Roots and Shoots |Published on: June 17, 2022

Graphs/Tables Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

This detailed mapping activity will get your students involved in observing your community, reflecting, mapping, analyzing, refining, and planning for future action.
It is meant to be a multi-day or week-long project and will provide students with a learning path that results in increased community awareness and mapping skills.

Subjects: Civics, Geography

Authors: Roots and Shoots

Region: Global

Languages: English

Positives

This project includes several options for extension and will work with students at various levels.
This inquiry approach to learning is extremely engaging.

Additional Prerequisites

A free 60-day trial to arcgis.com is necessary to complete a map on the site.
Physical materials needed include: markers or crayons, large sheets of white paper, glue or tape, stickers, a community map, and a camera or photos of your community.

Differentiation

This resource would work equally well in a science or social studies class; a creative idea would to be to work together between science and social studies classrooms to complete this project and the ensuing environmental campaign together.
Cross-curricular connections could be made in art classes by adding more artistic components to the mapping project and creating art to get the community involved in future campaigns.
This project would work well as a whole group project for smaller classes or as a large group project for larger class sizes. Students will likely need to work together over several classes in order to complete the mapping activity.

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