MAP+IT!+Using+Geospatial+Technologies+for+Scientific+Inquiry

= = = 2010 Spring Conference =

**Session Title: // “MAP IT! Using Geospatial Technologies for Scientific Inquiry” //**


 * Guest Speaker:** Lyn Malone, RI Geography Education Alliance

__ Suggested Audience – Middle, High School __ Geospatial Technologies - Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Remote Sensing - are fundamentally changing science education today. The same tools that government agencies, businesses, environmental groups, and health care industries are using to solve problems and make decisions can now be employed by students to conduct investigations from their classroom. The use of geospatial technologies fosters data literacy – the ability to identify, organize, present, and analyze data to answer questions and make decisions. This presentation will provide an overview of these technologies and examples of their power to foster meaningful scientific inquiry in the classroom.
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