Tracy DeLibertyDepartment of GeographyUniversity of Delawaretracyd@udel.edu

302-831-4084

Making Science & Social Studies Come Alive with Web Maps

Kymberlie KellyCivil Engineering Technology Delaware Technical Community College kkelly10@dtcc.edu

302-454-3186

› Web maps are Visual and Interactive Learning Experiences

› GIS – Geographic Information Systems

– investigate a multitude of environmental, historical, economic, and other topics.

– research issues, compare data, and analyze patterns using maps

– Using today's web mapping tools students can create and modify maps

› Our goal: Work through several activities to provide examples of how web mapping and spatial analysis can enrich social studies

Introduction

ArcGIS Online: http://www.arcgis.com

› Penang: A Walk through Historyhttp://epegis.penang.gov.my/sm_penanginhistory/

› Presidential Birthplaceshttp://esripm.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=948a853492444b518993045cee0d0bad&webmap=862769ae085045f597208c05914fa3cd

› Motion of Tectonic Plateshttp://apl.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/?appid=df5f94c0050b4075adfbba54fb13eaeb

› The Story of My Fathershttp://s3.amazonaws.com/StoryOfMyFathers/index.html

Story Maps

Story Map› 5 Principles of Effective Storytelling

1. Connect with your students2. Lure students in3. Student experience supports the

story (choose an app with a user experience appropriate for your story)

› Story Map Tour› Story Map Journal› Story Map Series

4. Easy-to-read maps (simple, clear and user-friendly)

5. Strive for simplicity

– http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/five-principles/

How to Make a Story Map› Get ideas and get inspired

– Story Map Gallery - http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#s=0

› Choose a Story Map application template– Story Maps Apps - http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/app-list/

› Follow the instructions for the app you chose– Each app has a tutorial page that guides you through the authoring process.

Story Maps are part of ArcGIS Online, Esri's cloud-based mapping and GIS platform, so you'll sign in with your ArcGIS Online account to create your story.

› Publish your story map and promote it– Now that you've finished your story map, you simply share it to your

audience. You can share your story map publicly or restrict it so it can only be accessed by people in your organization. 

› ESRI Story Map Tour Tutorial - https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/app-list/map-tour/tutorial/

› ArcGIS Online Help Tutorials - http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/videos.htm

Instructor lead or Student lead

How Can I Use This in my Classroom?

› Social Studies Curriculum Model Units: http://www.doe.k12.de.us/Page/676

› Writing the Story of the past.pdf

› Summary of Unit: – Lessons to introduce the concept that documents and artifacts

give us information about the past. – Begin with students selecting “things” that would enable

another person to learn more about them, their hobbies, their families, their interests, their past.

– Then, artifact and document analysis– Childhood at the Turn of the Century (toothbrush)

› Springer Family who lived in New Castle, DE 200 years ago. http://americanhistory.si.edu/springer/

Writing the Story of the PastSocial Studies – History Standard 2&3, K-3

› Final Assessment:– A collection of artifacts and documents have been donated to

the Delaware State Archives by a Delaware family. A local museum would like to use these primary sources to create a museum exhibit focusing on the history of Delaware communities (pg 3)

› Adaptation: Compile artifacts and documents regarding their local community and provide them with URL and address/location

› Provide document with hyperlinks to additional resources

› Have students create a story map…

(Resources on bottom of page 4 in PDF)

Writing the Story of the PastSocial Studies – History Standard 2&3, K-3

› Social Studies Curriculum Model Units - http://www.doe.k12.de.us/Page/676

› Using Maps and Globes.pdf

› Summary of Unit:– Lessons to – Begins with difference between map and globe– Investigation of different types of maps and their

purpose, understanding map elements and using maps to make decisions.

Using Maps and GlobesSocial Studies, Geography Standard 1, K-3

› Final Assessment:– Students determine the best location in the state of

Delaware to build a amusement parks and explain their reasoning (pg 3)

› Adaptation of Option 1: Compile maps in ArcGIS Online and create a web map app for students to overlay, compare and evaluate maps.

› Adaptation of Option 2: Assist students with how to build a web map with the proper layers for analysis.

(Paper maps begin on pg 17 in PDF)

Using Maps and GlobesSocial Studies, Geography Standard 1, K-3

› Curriculum found under DGA homepage - http://hydro.geog.udel.edu/DGA/regional_planning.php?file=unit_plans IntroductionUnit G-1: Geographic PrinciplesUnit G-2: Humans Interact with the EnvironmentUnit G-3: Places and PerceptionsUnit G-4: Regions: Spatial Analysis and Planning

Unit Lesson - http://hydro.geog.udel.edu/DGA/resources/regional_planning/unit_plans/section4/Spatial%20Analysis%20and%20Planning%20Unit%20Plan.pdfInfant mortality maps – ready made maps

http://hydro.geog.udel.edu/DGA/unit_plans.php?file=infant_mortality&directory=section4

9th Grade Regional Planning Course

› Lesson: How do people use and define spaces to help them understand the world?– Zoom to local town. Identify and label as many types of

land use as possible, outline regional boundaries (page 7)

› Lesson: How might regional analysis help to solve societal problems?– Infant mortality. Does where you live affect your access to

prenatal care (page 8)› Find GIS maps to convey information about poverty, racial

distribution, age of mothers and other factors.

DEMO

› http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#s=0– Location analysis for supply chain

› http://trans.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/?appid=23351791377146f39cab17e2253f912b

› Graduating to Better Health– http://

learngis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingSwipe/index.html?appid=fddf7776acd0407086e03796385c5fb5&webmap=86e588897c2f43e49514c1c0284333f9

› Celebrating a World of Cheese– http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2015/celebrating-a-world-of-cheese/

› Green cities– Downtown Raleigh, http://maps.raleighnc.gov/sustainabletour/– Charlotte Green, http://maps.charlottenc.gov/greentour/

› Home Alone 2: Lost in New York– http://

www.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=5e700050c23b4113add08e32c9949567&webmap=4e49a0e9c9ba491c8df7654c94a1248d

Other Interesting and Fun Story Maps