Schools are participating in this program lend valuable assistance. This sidebar story for the NatureMapping article profiles the activities of science classes at this school in Spokane, Washington. ArcView GIS flourishes in youth services, providing aid in the classroom, in the community, and in the workplace, as demonstrated by these three case studies. Students and teachers in Minnesota are using ArcView GIS to learn about the nesting habits of the bald eagle. The project represents an effective way to use scientific and government databases.
Students use real-world data to solve authentic questions.
Their analyses and responses are evaluated by researchers and become part of the real-world study of an endangered species. This is a description of an exercise from the 1997 ESRI User Conference, and the implications that GIS has for education. The book comprises twelve chapters, each of which presents a real-world example of how people use GIS in their daily jobs. Detroit high school students, led by their teacher, are doing much more than just making the grade. Students at Seaside High School in Seaside, Oregon, take full advantage of the coastal location of their school.