Prototype Portal Class Projects Projects: Kid’s GIS will provide tools to start a project from scratch or import data from existing projects. Teams with many years of field work can integrate their maps into Kid’s GIS products and share their work with others. Those just starting out can use Kid’s GIS tools to build their own project data. Once the mapping data has been created, teams can use the tools to maintain and build upon their projects. The following example illustrates a typical ‘build your own’ project: Thirty kids from a local fifth grade class map local tributaries of the Willamette River. The project lasts for one year. Over the course of the year, the students map seventy five percent of tributary shoreline and locate and identify two flowers and two nutria burrows. The students map the shoreline and the burrows using 2004 half foot orthophotography from the City of Springfield. The other features are located using GPS with assistance from an engineering firm in Eugene. Surveyors then transmit the GPS data via email back to the classroom for mapping. In this case, the Kids GIS clearinghouse stores all project data because there may not be a server or enough IT support on-site to house the data. All data collected during the year gets associated with the project along with contact information for both teachers (project managers) and the principle (project sponsor). Teachers from both classrooms administer the project by printing out tables, matching teams or individuals with project and feature IDs and tracking associations on paper in the classroom. The application provides a score at the end of the project based on database completeness and quiz scores. Only thirty scores, two endangered plant species, two invasive animal habitats and 500 feet of shoreline make it into the clearing house. The next year, the project team can decide to either resume the project or start a new one. Project features are updated by extending the project, creating a new project or by using an existing project. Projects never accept or post any personal information about kids. Teachers are discouraged from posting any personal information and program participants will take great precaution to protect the identity of children. Copyright 2007-2009 KidsGIS.Org
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