Supporting Student Inquiry Through Spatial Technologies

Resources Used

Link to register for a free ESRI account

http://onedu.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html

Introduction to ArcGIS Online for Teacher Workshops (tutorial)

http://onedu.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=64f9977985164c7d8815a35b08f78dd9

Introductory Activities – ArcGIS Six by Six

http://k12.esri.ca/resourcefinder/data/files/SixBySixOntario.pdf

Angela Alexander – ESRI Canada, K-12 Educational Resource Developer – [email protected]

Simcoe County interactive map

https://maps.simcoe.ca/public/

“Geospatial Revolution” video – Episode 1 (13 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMGRbfgp38

Visualizing the Past: Mapping, GIS, and Teaching Historical Consciousness by Sasha Mullally and Siobhan Hair

ActiveHistory.ca, July 13, 2016

http://activehistory.ca/2016/07/visualizing-the-past-mapping-gis-and-teaching-historical-consciousness/

Is Your Lesson a Grecian Urn? by Jennifer Gonzalez

Cult of Pedagogy, October 30, 2016

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/grecian-urn-lesson/

Colyer, Jill and Watt, Jennifer. THINQ 4-6: Inquiry-Based Learning in the Junior Classroom. Toronto: Wave Solutions, 2016.

Resources Created

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Frayer Model Inquiry

This is a blank Frayer model showing four boxes with the term inquiry at the centre

Sample Practice Map

Sample practice map for teachers learning to use Google My Maps

Map Created by Inquiry Participants

Sample map created with inquiry participants highlighting places of significance

MMIW map created by Grade 12 students

This is a map created by Grade 12 students. It uses symbols to indicate the last known place of more than 250 missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.

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