Geo What?! Think Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze, these are all examples of popular Geographical Information Systems (GIS). GIS can be fantastic for displaying even fairly benign information, because everything happens somewhere! But in this blog we’ll go beyond the likes of Apple Maps, to display our own information that we can then share with others, such as showing a route travelled, plotting historic battles, analysing climate change and viewing terrain.
Geographical Information System (GIS) Resources
GIS Resources, what?! Well, we’re quite keen on GIS here at GlobalGeek; one of our writers, Natasha, is a GIS Ambassador. Anyway, in this post I’ll list, and try to update, resources that might help in the classroom.
Thinking Local
With all the fun, gluttony and festivities over the Christmas break it is often easy to forget those less fortunate than ourselves. Delivering the Sandwiches to Loaves and Fishes However, at Aspengrove School, we started…
Opportunities for Experiential Learning in Mathematics
"We remember 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what we discuss with others, 80% of what we…