GIS Day OutreachPractical Application of GIS in a 7th Grade Class Project

Previous GIS Day Outreach

• 2007– Ellicott Mills Middle School

• 2008– Dulaney High School– Pinewood Elementary School

• 2009– The Crossroads School

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Contour interval = 10 feet

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ArchaeologicalSite

Cultural Features

City

Vegetation Zones

Grassland

Swamp

Forest

Wildlife

Fish

Cranes

Deer

Frogs Snake River

2009 Year’s Project

• Using MapMe.com, created a map of historic sites around Baltimore

2010 Partners

• Dr. Todd Kenreich– Department of Secondary Education,

Towson University

• The Crossroads School 7th grade Social Studies class

GIS Day 2010

• A Newcomer’s Guide to Fells Point– From the students’ point of view, and

inventory of important places around Fells Point

– Print outs were placed at local points of interest

GIS Day 2010• Using Google Maps, CGIS helped

create a mapping component of the Newcomer’s Guide– First we created a generic gmail

account for the school– Then a document of simple step by

step instructions for the students to follow to make the map

Creating a Simple Map

Newcomer’s Guide Map

Creating a Simple Map

Kierran SutherlandCenter for GIS @ Towson Universityksutherland@towson.edu410-704-4899www.cgis.towson.edu