School GIS
Online GIS teaching resources
If you are doing some teaching in the classroom and some online and you are finding "blended teaching" overwhelming, this task is designed for asynchronous self study.
This task was initially given to Grade 10, 11 and 12s in Lockdown Level 4 so they could create a map of their 5km exercise buffer. The idea is that they digitse their home and local communities on OpenStreetMap (OSM), see the cheat sheet before they begin. Please feel free to watch these movies and make your own.
- Projections
- How to bring in an OpenStreetMap (OSM) layer into GIS
- How to add a vector point layer
- Geoprocessing task: How to add a buffer to QGIS
Students must download QGIS first, it's free and open and works on all devices except for iPads.
How to download QGIS, thank you Brandon Louw, or go straight to qgis.org.
Compiled by Bridget Fleming
Links to articles pertaining to GIS in secondary education:
School GIS links - Documents that may be of Interest:
- National Curriculum Statement Grades 10-12 (General) Geography
- Maximising the potential for GIS to Enhance Education
- GIS in the geography curriculum
- Deon Scheepers, Ashton Secondary School and University of the Western Cape
- Presentation to the ESRI User Conference 2003
- The next step with GIS in the curriculum: Approaching the question of GIS and classroom pedagogy.
- Using GIS to Create an Exhibit for the Escondido (CA) Children’s Museum: “Your Community,” Putting GIS into Young Learner's Hands
- 'Map Aware' for those who don't have computers the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has a number of teaching aids.
