Classroom+Lessons

When I introduce students to ArcGIS there is a gradual progression of skills that I take them through. It starts with a series of activities that start off with basic tasks to more complicated concepts.

Note: The instructions for these activities are written for ArcView 3.3 but can easily can be adapted for ArcGIS 9.1. I am working on updating the instructions and will place them on this site as soon as I can. The lessons are located in zip files. To access the lesson and data, download the zip file to your hard drive and extract the files.

Lesson 1: Earthquake! . This lesson begins with students interacting with a map by marking locations on a world map where they have heard Earthquakes have occured. Students then analyze for connections between Earthquake locations with population, altitude and finally plate techtonics.

Lesson 2: Business Location. In this activity, students can discover the power of a query.

Lesson 3: Crime Scene Investigation Analyze crime by state, by county and at the local level.

Lesson 4: Urban Sprawl. Analyze a local trend and compare it to other places along the East coast.