Using GIS across different disciplines in Danish gymnasiums

Using GIS across different disciplines in Danish gymnasiums (High Schools) GIS is being introduced in the following subjects n Geography n Physics n Biology n History n Social Science n ICT Torben P. Jensen torbenpj@inet. uni 2. dk More information http: //www. gogis. dk/

Our Sources of Inspiration n n Informi GIS ESRI, CA and Study Trip to ESRI 2003 Danish Ministry of Education Danish Association of Geographers Geografforlaget and GOGIS

In-service Training in Denmark 2002

In-service Training and Diffusion of GIS Competence and Arc. View National Geography courses n Regional Geography courses 2002 >> n Schools buy GIS n GIS-DAY – 2004 http: //www. langkaer. dk/om/arkiv/04/gisday n

Using GIS across different disciplines in Danish gymnasiums (High School) n Educational framework – Student participation Desktop-based GIS n Field-based GIS n Web-based GIS n

GIS and student participation Good ICT-functionality and knowledge sharing n Teaching teams cooperating closely and openly n Well-structured teaching models wíth subcategories n

Teaching model Problem n Background n Exercises n Links n

Learning categories n n n Experience Insights Source Methods Express Exercise

Ortho photo in GIS can show Ortho photo in a Geographical Information System n Example from Klim n

Ortho photo with GIS analysis by students A GIS project can visualize the collected data in a map n On top of an Ortho photo the students may draw the outlines of a building and add new information about every location. n

Ortho photo with GIS-data The same GIS project again n Not the map, but part of the data base made by the students is shown here n

Wells and polluted areas – using ”Intersect” The Municipality of Aarhus

Environmental pollution at Mundelstrup n The 1980 s: 20 sites were depolluted. Toxic soil was removed and new soil put on (20 million DKK)

Map of the fertilizer factory - the source of pollution Fertilizer factory (1888 -1924) n Map from about 1900 n

Field-based GIS i. PAQ og Arc. Pad used to collect and store data from the satellites n The data were used in the GIS programs. n

Web-based GIS with local data n Digital Atlas – Local area: Students often quickly realize the possibilities in GIS

GIS query - wind mills n Find the best locations for wind mills

Calculate distances from wind mills

Land Cover

Example of Land Use Map

Hjelm Heath Foto: Ditte Nan Hansen, DMU

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Videnskabernes selskabs kort 1768 -1805 (Association of the Sciences Map)