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MapTEACH Students at professional conferences

2007 Alaskan Teachers Course at UAF

2007 Teacher Course Photo Gallery

 

News: MapTEACH Curriculum Available

Contact Sidney Stephens at UAF for more information.

What is MapTEACH?
MapTEACH is a hands-on education program for middle and high school students in Alaska focused on understanding the local landscape from multiple perspectives and on learning to make and use computer-based maps of scientific, cultural and personal significance. The project emphasizes the integration of: geoscience, local landscape knowledge, geography and geospatial technology (GPS, GIS and remotely sensed imagery), and it draws upon the combined expertise of teachers, education researchers, remote sensing specialists, geoscience professionals, Native elders, and others with traditions-based knowledge

 

 

Participants work directly with local experts and DGGS geologists to authentically emulate scientific activities at a novice level, using real data in a real-world setting. Students and teachers have access to locally and culturally relevant geospatial IT curriculum facilitated by web-served imagery, geographic information systems data, analysis tools, and field resources.

Malaspina Glacier

 

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers ESI-0322980, ESI-0322958 and ESI-0323191. MapTeach is a collaborative ITEST Project (Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) originally funded by NSF with the name "Place-Based Geospatial Science Learning and Applications in Rural Alaska".

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MapTEACH began as a collaboration between Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, along with the
University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Environmental Remote Sensing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
It is now a central component of the University of Alaska Geography Program (UAGP), K-12 education network.
This website is maintained at UAGP.
Website Questions: Katie Kennedy     Project Questions: Sidney Stephens

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