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Curriculum Links: Be a Geographer!

By participating in Be a Geographer!, students have an opportunity to (direct connections are shown in bold):

A1.1 describe various ways in which people have responded to challenges and opportunities ...environment (urban habitat improvement and flood control)
A2.2 gather and organize data and information using various technologies on the impact of human activities (primary data collection)
A2.3 analyze and construct maps as part of their investigations into the impacts of human activities that change the physical environment (create and analyze thematic maps)
B3.1 identify Earth’s renewable and non-renewable and flow resources (plants, animals, water)
B3.5 describe some responses to environmental challenges (water conservation, animal habitat improvement)
B3.6 demonstrate the ability to extract information from, analyze and construct GIS maps (use of ArcGIS Online to create annotated maps)

use spreadsheets, computer generated charts and graphs for specific purposes (e.g. to convey data) (completed map)
use different styles of type appropriately for specific purposes (following typographic rules in completing layout of finished map)
work with members of their group to establish purposes & procedures for completing projects (during the field work and while working at the computers to complete their map)

collect data by conducting a survey (during field survey)
collect and organize categorical, discrete, or continuous primary data (during field survey)
select and appropriate type of graph to represent a set of data (when creating map)
identify bias in data collection methods (if Follow-up Activities are completed)

read, interpret, and draw conclusions from primary data (if Follow-up Activities are completed)
make inferences and convincing arguments that are based on the analysis of charts, tables, and graphs (in Follow-up Activities)

Feel free to use these comments when completing reports.

During the Be a Geographer program at TUSC, *name* worked as part of a team to investigate and assess the environmental impact of a variety of residential properties. *He/She* used ArcGIS Online to map the results of a survey they conducted and identify specific effects that residential property owners can have on urban water management. *name* also came to a deeper understanding of the role people play as environmental stewards.