CalSpace at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

Earthguide is an educational resource in Earth and Environmental science for both students and teachers, sponsored by the California Space Institute at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

This module contains an exercise in which students are asked to examine the frequency and distribution of earthquake epicenters and compare these epicenters to the distribution of plate boundaries and cities. Students download earthquake epicenters for the last several days and for an entire year from the Internet, and map the information using ArcView geographic information system (GIS), and analyze the patterns that become evident.

GEODESY is a comprehensive and integrated application of remote sensing and geographic information systems for K-12 schools. Its objective is to enhance the relationship between computer literacy and geographic awareness, allowing students to widen their vision of the Earth's inter-related systems through the use of digital geographic data.

Students and teachers using GEODESY learn to interpret and analyze geographic information about their local community. The program is embedded within a graphical-user interface that organizes and presents geographic tools and data within the construct of the National Geography for Life Standards. Students will be empowered to answer relevant questions about WHERE they are, WHY they are there, and HOW they can enhance the quality of life of their community, and ultimately, in our world.

The GLIN Information Center serves up Great Lakes news, a regional events calendar, a laws and policy reference guide, and links to current job opportunities and funding sources. TEACH Great Lakes features mini-lessons on many Great Lakes topics: environment, history & culture, geography, pollution and careers & business. Geared for elementary through high school students, the modules are continually expanded and updated and include links to a glossary to help explain scientific terms and acronyms. This site has four major parts: GIS Datasets, Online Mapping, Map Gallery, and Resources. Users can search for datasets by topic, geographic regions, organizations, or at the GLIN Data Access (GLINDA) Clearinghouse.

Journey North tracks wildlife migration during the different seasons of the year.
The journeys of a dozen migratory species are tracked each spring. Students share their own field observations with classrooms across the Hemisphere. In addition, students are linked with scientists who provide their expertise directly to the classroom. Several migrations are tracked by satellite telemetry, providing live coverage of individual animals as they migrate. As the spring season sweeps across the Hemisphere, students note changes in daylight, temperatures, & all living things as the food chain comes back to life. Over 7,500 schools, representing more than 370,000 students, participated in the 2002 Journey North Program. These students are from all 50 U.S. States and 7 Canadian Provinces

Mapping Our City is a two-year project in which middle school teachers and students in Boston explore the uses of GIS in project-based science, environmental education, and geography. This paper is a progress report on how those students are creating and using spatial data to analyze an urban river. Key findings include the use of maps to focus student attention on spatial aspects of the data, the use of GIS to organize and store students data, and making GIS technology earlier to use.

Mapping our environment is a curriculum of the Missouri Botanical Garden. It has an excellent overview and intro to GIS skills, then provides projects in climate, natural history and elevation.

Mapping Our School Site (MOSS) using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a project in which teachers and their students monitor a 10-meter by 10-meter site on their school campuses. The data collected is used to formulate and analyze the relationships between the abiotic and biotic components of the environment. Problem questions formulated by student research groups are analyzed using GIS, phenomena are modeled, and results are communicated.

The project addresses the critical national need to improve the quality of both science and geography education and literacy. This need is especially acute in the areas of physical geography and environment-society relations because an informed citizenry is vital for confronting issues related to global environmental change and economic, political, and social change related to resource scarcity

NatureMapping teaches students how to monitor and report the wildlife they observe and the habitats they observe them in. This can include wildlife at a backyard feeder, on a woodland or prairie hike, in a school yard, or at your place of employment... anywhere you observe wildlife. The data you collect is reported to us via this website so that it can be used and viewed by participants or anyone else that has an interest in wildlife and habitats.

NatureMapping allows humans to learn more about fellow living beings with whom we share this earth. It helps us find out "who's out there" and where they live. NatureMapping is a perfect way to use your appreciation of nature and contribute much needed information about common wildlife species.

A very dynamic program with a long history, well develop GIS projects including: Keeping An Eye on Ozone, Stream Monitoring, UVB and DNA, Global Warming, Winter Bird Survey, Lichens and SO2, Digital Monarch Watch, Amphibian Biomonitoring, Particulate Monitoring and Construction Function.

This project will enable SCIENCE and SOCIAL SCIENCE teachers in grades 9-12 to integrate science and use technology to elucidate interdisciplinary linkages by incorporating Targeted Investigations in Environmental Science – TIES.   The TIES project examines humankind's use and disposal of chemicals, including the impact of decision-making on the environment and health.  These issues center on linkages among: scientific content; concepts of data analysis; sociological concerns; economic considerations; and political perspectives.

Water on the Web (WOW) offers unique opportunities for high school and first year college students to learn basic science through hands-on science activities, in the lab and in the field, and by working with state-of-the-art technologies accessible through a free web site. Teacher and student lesson plans can be found on the site under the headings "Teacher" and "Student". Real water quality data, provided in real-time and archived formats, is obtained through the project's Remote Underwater Sampling Stations (RUSS).

This K-12 curriculum guide is a 250-page manual incorporating a wide variety of experience-based activities exploring current water issues and terminology. Diverse enough to be used in academic studies ranging from social studies, math, economics, language arts and all of the sciences, to drama and art. Although this guide focuses on the water supplies of New York City throughout its seven chapters: hydrology, geology, ecology, pollution sources, development, technology and water conservation, the lessons may be easily adapted to other regions.

The WorldWatcher High School Curriculum Project is a yearlong, inquiry-based, visually intensive environmental science curriculum centered on three key issues: The relationship between population growth and resource availability; Electricity generation and meeting the demand for energy; Managing water resources for agricultural use and human consumption. In the first unit, students are introduced to the investigation techniques that they will use throughout the curriculum. They begin to wrestle with the problems of sustainability as they investigate the growth in human population and resource usage.