Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Biogeochemical Posters Due & Presentations; HOMEWORK: GIS Day Prep Notes & Videos

Biogeochemical Cycle Posters Due Today!

Presentations by group ~ Each One Teach One
-Get into 5 groups 
(water, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and carbon cycle)
-While you're working with your group I'll come around and stamp your completed answers in notebook & completed poster (I'll write down names of those with completed questions and poster)

What does each group need to do?
1. Each person should have their completed poster and notebook out
2. Compare your posters and answers to questions
3. On a whiteboard, write the name of your cycle and a summarized version of the answers to 1a-g. 
4. Pick one person's poster to display on the overhead while you present.
5. Each group will present their best poster and summarized answers 
6. All posters will be displayed in groups for others students to walk around and learn from. 
7. Each student will get 5 sticky notes and post a Praise/Polish on one poster from each cycle group.
8. Each student will get a blank template packet with all 5 cycles in it to complete using information from the gallery walk and the textbook


HOMEWORK: World GIS Day Prep Notes & videos

Guest Speaker on Thursday, 11/15/18
Paul Ferro - GIS Consultant for the US Bureau of Land Management

What is GIS? Geographic Information Systems
(link to ESRI)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS): a framework for gathering, managing, and analyzing data; it analyzes spatial location and organizes layers of information into visualizations using maps and 3D scenes. ​

Video - Penn State University Geospatial Revolution (18min)

The Big One - Cascadia Earthquake news video (2min)



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