GIS Investigations

Name: GIS Investigations
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ISBN: 9781418065973

ISBN-10: 1418065978

ISBN-13: 9781418065973

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michelle K. Hall, Anne Huth, Larry P. Kendall, C. Scott Walker, Jennifer A. Weeks

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In GIS Investigations: Earth Science, students use powerful, state-of-the-art GIS software and data backed by current scientific research to investigate a wide variety of topics in the Earth Sciences. Scientists use GIS technology as a tool for organizing, visualizing, and analyzing scientific data. This real-world data provides new insights into the traditional concepts taught in the Earth Science classroom, and motivates students to ?discover? key scientific concepts. The investigations are written by scientists and educators in an engaging style, and have been extensively tested, and are in use in classrooms across the country. These investigations do not require teachers or students to…

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List price: $1,563.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 5/29/2007
Binding: Looseleaf - sheets only
Pages: 712
Size: 12.00" wide x 11.25" long x 2.75" tall
Weight: 5.632
Language: English

Michelle Hall and The SAGUARO Project team have developed a series of four GIS INVESTIGATIONS over the course of the last few years. These materials have been extensively class-tested at both the college and high-school level using funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).



Tropical Cyclones



Recipe for a Cyclone



The Life of a Cyclone



Hurricane Hazards



Hurricanes in the Big Apple Dynamic Earth



Searching for Evidence



Exploring Plate Tectonics



Earthquake Hazards



Volcano Hazards



Tsunami Hazards The Ocean Environment



The Ocean Basins



Ocean Currents



Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions



Marine Productivity Wheres the Water?



Where in the World?



The Renewable Resource



Using Water



Water for a Desert City