MapTEACH News
During the first half of 2011, MapTEACH staff conducted site visits to assist teachers and students with MapTEACH related activities. In March, Sidney Stephens and De Anne Stevens traveled to Hughes to work with Dawn Pomrening and her 6-12th grade students. Students participated in an Easter Egg Geocaching event where they collected GPS waypoints and created maps of the event using AEJEE GIS software.
In mid-April, Sidney Stephens accompanied Susan Paskvan to Allakaket where they worked with Principle Nancy Mason, teacher Lisa Wicke and MapTEACH students. during this site visit, students practiced working with AEJEE GIS software and participated in Easter Egg Geocaching. Students and staff also had the wonderful opportunity to work with Elder Pollock Simon who assisted students in the creation of mental maps of the area. MapTEACH staff, teachers, and students would like to thank Mr. Simon for sharing his knowledge and experiences.
April 21-22, De Anne Stevens journeyed to Huslia to work with students from the classes of second year MapTEACH teacher Sam Barney, and first year MapTEACH Teacher, Douglas Dysart. During this trip, De Anne, Doug, and his high school students learned about river types and erosion and looked at satellite imagery to calculate the average rate of erosion at Huslia. They also collected GPS waypoints and track logs of the riverbank and uploaded their GPS data into Google Earth.
That afternoon, Sam Barney and his middle school students assisted De Anne in attempting to collect aerial photographs of the area. Although the weather prevented the students from getting the kite-camera kit high enough for photos, everyone had fun flying the kite!
While in Huslia, Sam's class asked De Anne to transport frozen fish samples back to Fairbanks for analysis at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. The fish, along with GPS waypoints marking their locations, were collected by the students during a snow machine trip to the hot springs earlier in the school year. Since the students were able to use their knowledge of GPS waypoints, routes, and mapping to mark the exact locations of sample collections, the samples were of great value to the scientific community. After tissue samples are taken, the fish collected by the students and the associated information are scheduled to become part of the museum's collection. Way to go students!!!
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Last Updated April 25, 2011