NGA Releases Guide to Building a STEM Education Agenda
“NGA has released a guide, Building A Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Agenda (PDF), focused on strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Economic growth in the 21st century will be driven by our nation’s ability to both generate ideas and translate them into innovative products and services. Governors have been working to increase the proficiency of all students in these areas and grow the number of students who pursue STEM careers and advanced studies.”
Left Hanging on Flickr.
On a recent trip to DeSoto, MO.
Map Stories (Webmap series)
Stories come alive through maps: Cellular Explosion, Election Year Primary Calendar, New Madrid, Roots & Shoots, American Jobs Act, House Prices, and more.
I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I’m gonna put pins into all the locations that I’ve traveled to. But first, I’m gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won’t fall down.
Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.
ArcGIS Explorer Online (Webmap series)
“In addition to basic mapping, users can conduct queries of feature data. Users can create map notes with special symbology and content, then save “map frames” with title text, and strung together as a presentation of dynamic maps.”
Sketch-A-Map (Webmap series)
“Sketch-A-Map allows you to draw shapes or annotate on top of a map. Pick from several base maps and any geographic extent and begin drawing points, lines, polygons and more. You can then save the map to an image file (JPG) or print it!”
MotionX - GPS (Mobile series)
A great app for iOS or Android to record your location as a track and export to a GIS or other mapping application. The app is cheap but powerful so if your students have smartphones usable in BYOD classrooms, it’s a great GPS solution.
Zipcode Lookup (Webmap Series)
“This app shows US demographic data summarized by ZIP Code boundaries, atop maps of other scale, with expandable charts showing data in additional ways. This app shows a lot of info in separate boxes.”
Landsat Viewers (Webmap series)
“Explore change around the world 1975-2005 using data from Landsat. There are two web apps for working directly with the data; apps are based on Javascript so work on all browsers. ”
A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams.
Sleepy on Flickr.
From a short visit to Australia a year ago…
Sharing my personal interests in STEM education, technology, photography, and all things geo.
