Radar reflectivity analysis using GIS
Hari Kandel, Lake Superior State University
This exercise is about visualizing and analyzing radar reflectivity data for a hurricane event using GIS. Radar, an acronym for radio detection and ranging, is an active remote sensor that uses radio waves to ...

Karst Hydrogeology: A virtual field introduction using Google Earth and GIS
Rachel Bosch, Northern Kentucky University
Students will have the opportunity to select and virtually explore the hydrogeology and geomorphology of a karst landscape using Google Earth, lidar data-sourced DEM(s) and geologic maps, and GIS software (QGIS) ...

GIS Resource Portfolio
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
A peer-reviewed teaching activity page detailing a semester-long GIS course assignment where students create a personalized, organized, and future-useful GIS resource portfolio, including data sources, software projects, and annotated references, assessed via iterative rubric-based evaluations. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

GIS course final project
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
Instructional activity page detailing a final project for an entry-level GIS course where students design and conduct independent geospatial analyses and develop teachable classroom activities based on their work, emphasizing higher-order thinking, data evaluation, and pedagogical design, part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching collection. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology: A virtual field experience using Google Earth, GIS, and TAK
Rachel Bosch, Northern Kentucky University
Students will have the opportunity to select and virtually explore the hydrogeology and geomorphology of a karst landscape using Google Earth (or perhaps Google Mars or Google Moon if they so choose), lidar ...

Conservation Biology GIS lab exploration
Rose McKenney, Pacific Lutheran University
Educational resource page offering a peer-reviewed, exemplary GIS lab activity for conservation biology, designed for upper-division undergraduate students, featuring downloadable teaching materials and data sets to explore geospatial analysis in environmental management contexts. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Finding and predicting hurricane activity through GIS
Jennifer Gebelein, Florida International University
Students must be able to search for, find, download, display, query and map hurricane and other relevant GIS data. Hurricane data spans 1851-2008 and is from: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp ...

Stream Gages and GIS
Brian Welch, Saint Olaf College
Utilize the online GIS of the USGS real-time stream gage network to introduce basic concepts of data-driven maps and GIS. This exercise can be used independently or with other hydrology exercises. -

Investigating Earthquakes: GIS Mapping and Analysis (College Level)
Brian Welch, Saint Olaf College
This is a college-level adaptation of a chapter from the Earth Exploration Toolbook. The students download global quake data over a time range and use GIS to interpret the tectonic context. -

Cyclone Science: A GIS-based Curriculum on Tropical Cyclones
Michael Mayhew, Science Education Solutions, Inc.
Cyclone Science is a four-unit GIS-based curriculum, with exercises using the easy-to-use, open source QGIS software. Detailed instructions guide students through the exercises. The curricular units contain ...