Hi Chris,


I can help with Part A of your request: I just did a presentation to two high school classes this week and here is a list of some of the interactive maps I used as examples.

The Racial Dot Map (I zoomed into our city, asked how many were living here in 2010 and then wowed them with the fact they are on the map)

https://demographics.virginia.edu/DotMap/

Where to live if you want to survive a zombie apocalypse (Zombies might be last week, but this is a really good example of how GIS can weight layers)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/10/09/the-definitive-guide-to-where-to-live-if-you-want-to-survive-a-zombie-apocalypse-the-definitive-guide/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5b35817aa4d6

America’s Favorite Jelly Beans by State

https://www.candystore.com/blog/facts-trivia/jelly-beans-flavor-rankings/

Census maps

https://www.census.gov/geography/interactive-maps.html

CDC Atlas Plus (if you are brave enough, it gets their attention)

https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/nchhstpatlas/maps.html

Sea Level Rise Viewer from NOAA

https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slr

USGS National Water Information System: Mapper

https://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/index.html


Good Luck!

Meagan


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Subject: Intro GIS for high schoolers
 
Hi all,

I am doing a presentation regarding GIS to high school students.  I have 45-60 minutes.  Besides talking about general concepts, I wanted the presentation to be interactive.

I am looking for 2 DIFFERENT things:

1)  Websites that use GIS data and can be interactive.  I do NOT want static maps.  I want them to look at some websites were they can turn layers off & on.  It would be wonderful to find something where analysis is done by playing with the layers.

2)  websites highlighting GIS-base projects done by high school students.  I want to show the students I am teaching that some of their peers have done meaningful work using GIS.

Please reply directly to me.

Many thanks in advance.

Christopher J.J. Thiry
Map & GIS Librarian
Academic Outreach Coordinator
Colorado School of Mines
Arthur Lakes Library
1400 Illinois
Golden, CO 80401
p. 303-273-3697
f. 303-273-3199
http://www.mines.edu/library/