What's It Like to Be a Geographic Information Systems Specialist or Cartographer

Length

45 to 50 minutes

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Minimum participants:

1

Maximum participants:

40

Primary Disciplines

Career Education, Economics/Business, Social Studies/History

Program Delivery Mode

Booking Information

Program requests must be made at least two weeks prior to your desired date. This program can be scheduled Monday through Friday, between 8 am and 5 pm Central Time. When enrolling, please let us know possible dates and times you'd like to schedule your interaction.

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Provider's Cancellation Policy

In the event of severe weather or other emergency preventing a scheduled videoconference session from occurring, Educate.Today and partner will reschedule the conference in a timely manner so that the educational collaboration may continue.

About This Provider

St Louis, MO
United States

Student and educator focused and standards-based, our interactive programs, videos and related curriculum resources authentically link students and the curriculum they study to individuals and organizations who are applying that curriculum in the real world. We offer on-demand interactive programs whose content and time frame are designed to best meet your students’ learning needs.

Program Details

Format

Introduction: An overview of the program’s theme and importance of maps and Geographic Information Systems will be presented along with an introduction by the expert about his or her background and work.

Body of the program:the expert will walk students through a problem, such as where to best locate an ice cream store, by using an open source GIS website and software that is available for teacher and student use. Throughout this excercise, the specialist will talk about jobs in this field and the education needed to qualify for these.

Conclusion: Wrap up of the program and a time for final questions and answers.

Objectives

Participants will:
1. engage in critical and creative thinking
2. engage in interactive activities and discussion about maps and map making focused on important concepts such as legend, scale, latitude, longitude, and projection
3. interact with a professional who regularly researches maps and creates new maps to answer questions posed by businesses, property owners, taxpayers, and other consumers
4.. learn more about the jobs and education necessary for this field

Standards Alignment

National Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Grade: 7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Grade: 8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

American School Counselors National Standards

Standard B: Students will employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction.

1. C:B1 Acquire Career Information
C:B1.3 Demonstrate knowledge of the career-planning process

2. C:B2 Identify Career Goals
C:B2.1 Demonstrate awareness of the education and training needed to achieve career goals

State Standards

See above