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Resource Materials
Resource Materials for Advisors Counselors
Resource Materials for Teachers
Curriculum Development
- Foundation for Geospatial Technology Competency Model
- GIS & T Body of Knowledge Topics in NOVA GIS Courses
- My World GIS - GIS software designed specifically for use in educational settings from middle school through college
- ESRI GIS Education Community – GIS educators share experiences and resources
- Thrill Your Students With Virtual Geography - A Guide to Digital Learning
- Virginia Geographic Alliance - Resources for Geography teachers
- My Wonderful World - A Geography website for parents, educators, kids and teens
- Project GeoSim - Geography education software
Resource Materials for GIS Users
Free GIS and Related Software links:
- GEODa Center - Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences
- ArcGIS Explorer - Free, downloadable, GIS viewer
- Google Earth
- AcrExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE) - Free, downloadable, lightweight GIS tool for exploring geographic data
- http://www.tatukgis.com/Home/home.aspx - GIS Software products and solutions
- Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) - Free GIS software
- The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) - Free software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring
Data Websites
Resource Materials for Geography
- Outline Maps
- General Information
- Zoom-In Maps
- Atlas
- Current Issues Via World Atlas
- Cultural Geography Article on Globalization
- World Population
- World Cities
World Geography Information on Countries
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/refmaps.html
- http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/ (then click on Information)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
- http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm
Environmental Science/Geography Global
- Change Master Directory
- GEO/GIS American Association of Geographers (AAG)
- National Geographic Society
- Google Earth
- U.S. Census Bureau
- George Mason University - Geography and Geoinformation Science
- James Madison University – Department of Integrated Science and Technology: Geographic Science
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)