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February 14, 2024

2024 Indiana Middle & High School Story Map Competition

Geography & GIS: INspired by YOUR Place View Flyer Benefits to Participation: better understanding of the history of Indiana...your Place, refine...
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November 13, 2023

Geography Awareness Week 2023

November 12-18 Geography: INspired by YOUR PlaceWhat is PLACE to you? How do you identify your PLACE? Place includes human...
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May 20, 2023

Indiana 2023 ArcGIS Online Middle & High School Story Map Competition Winners…

Indiana's Underground Railroad Story Map 2023 CONGRATULATIONSNavaira TylerDeKalb High SchoolDeKalb, IndianaFirst Place THANK YOU...to Mrs. Christina Lapham of DeKalb High...
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May 2, 2023

Indiana Geography Awareness Week 2022 Postcard Contest Top 3

Geography - A World of Possibilities in YOUR Own Backyard FIRST PlaceBrady @Wea Ridge Middle School“A beautiful morning in the...
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November 24, 2022

Great Decisions 2023

Topics Announced & Book Sales Now Open! You are invited to join the dialogue about America's future! The Foreign Policy...
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June 7, 2022

Indiana’s top high school 2022 ArcGIS Online Story Map Competition awardees 

1st Place - "The Blooming Flower Industry" by Evelyne, DeKalb High School 2nd Place -  "Murderous Hoosiers" by Harmony  and Orpheus,...
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February 7, 2022

2022 Indiana StoryMap Competition Announced / Grades 4-12 / Deadline May 9 2022

Cartographies of Indiana: Dynamics of Environment and Society THE NATIONAL COMPETITION Middle and high school students and their teachers across...
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August 21, 2021

Texas State University’s 100% Online PhD Program in Geography Education

Texas State University wishes to announce the availability of a 100% Online PhD program in Geography Education.  This academic program could prepare...
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March 5, 2021

2021 Middle & High School (Grades 4-12) ARCGIS ONLINE STORY MAP COMPETITION – Mapping Indiana: Past, Present and New Realities

THE NATIONAL COMPETITION Middle and high school students and their teachers across the U.S. are invited to explore their world...
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Academic WorldQuest 2024

Events

Event Information:

  • Sun
    14
    Nov
    2021
    Sat
    20
    Nov
    2021

    GeoWeek 2021

    GeoWeek 2021

    (November 14-20)

    &

    GIS Day

    (Wednesday November 17)

    Primary/Elementary School
    (books + activities)

    How
    to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman

    (K-5)

    Monday - read the book and practice using a grid system

    (label ABC-P/123-9) on the books map indicating ingredient locations

    Tuesday - cook apples in the classroom or cafeteria

    follow with
    The
    Tiny Seed
    by Eric Carle (1-5)

    Wednesday - read the book and add soil to a clear container; discuss soil types

    Thursday - plant seeds in the soil (some close to the sides of the cup); discuss what helps a seed to grow (compare to the book). Create a spreadsheet to track seed growth,
    water, and sunlight (3 columns; many rows - week 1, week 2, week 3...); practice using a ruler

    follow with
    HERE WE ARE: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

    by Oliver Jeffers (P-4)

    Friday - practice "beach ball globe toss"...right thumb on land or water; create a tally chart; create a human bar graph

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    Middle/High School
    (book, activities + professionals)

    Lindsey
    the GIS Professional

    online book (4-12)

    Monday - read the online book and start a few activities

    Lindsey the GIS Professional
    (K-5/8)

    Tuesday - invite local GIS Professionals (via county surveyor's/assessor's/auditor's offices, post-secondary institutions, utilities and private entities)

    Wednesday -

    GIS DAY 2021: Maps, Music and More!
    LIVE with Joseph Kerski

    5-6 p.m. EST;

    M&M Community Map
    activity

    Thursday -

    Landforms Greatest Hits! Interactive Story Map

    (middle/high+)

    Friday - Enrich literacy by EXPLORING Indiana data & imagery via

    IndianaMap
    and
    IndianaView

    For more ideas, contact the GENI office at 317.274.8879 or

    geni@iupui.edu