Educational Activities and Lessons Activities and lessons built around USGS products and services--maps, aerial photographs, satellite imagery, real-time hazards and streamflow data, and more.
Online map catalog featuring 200 of the most useful USGS scientific maps for education listed by 12 themes--topography, image, national park, history, geology, earthquake, and more.
What is all the excitement about concerning the use of Geographic Information Systems in education? Follow this link for lessons, data, and information about the use of GIS in science, history, math, environmental studies, and geography courses.
Guidelines and information about how to download, format, and use USGS and other digital spatial data within Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.
Guidelines and information about how to use USGS maps with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) receivers and compasses.
Online GIS Course at Sinte Gleska University A two-semester, full year course: Lakota Studies 400/600: Special Topics: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Science, containing data, lessons, readings, and assignments.
Discover the variety of workshops, conferences, and projects all over the world involving the USGS education program.
Educational Columns and Articles Published columns and articles about educational research, methods, and teaching resources.
News and announcements about new maps, data, events, lessons, tools, and more.
Resources for science, history, and geography education from primary through university level.
Volunteer and contribute to the USGS Education and Communications program!
Find out who the USGS education program partners with.
Discover USGS educational resources for teaching about Lewis and Clark, who explored the Northwestern USA from 1803 to 1806.
Map of the Denver Metropolitan Area with the USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
Map of the Denver Federal Campus Maps to the USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center and the Denver Federal Center campus, Colorado, USA. Educational Activities Calendar Find out where the USGS is conducting exhibits and workshops on the wide variety of USGS products, tools, and services, and on geography, science, and technology (GIS, Remote Sensing, and GPS).
Digital Geographic Data Resources Sources for computerized, geographic and cartographic data -- scanned topographic maps, aerial photographs, roads, rivers, boundaries, land use, contours, satellite images, digital elevation models, and more!
Take a tour of the USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center, where you'll find over 50 million maps, as well as books, CDs, customer service personnel, geographic research, and map production.
Educator Professional Development and In-Classroom Workshops Teacher inservices in geography and science with an emphasis on educational technology such as geographic information systems and global positioning systems. List of over 40 hands-on lesson topics for students, that teachers or USGS scientists could run in the classroom.
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The mission of the U.S. Geological Survey's Education Program is to educate and inform data users in the use and application of USGS products and services. These data users include those in:
In support of that mission, the program at the USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center:
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Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Maintainer: webmaster@rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov URL: http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/ Last modified: 7 September 2005 |