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We are part of the NASA Explorer program and are working to transform the school curriculum at Broughal Middle School toward a science and technology signature school.
Environmental Issues: Land Use
Change
Environmental Issues: Land Use Change is an interdisciplinary
technology-embedded middle school science unit. This curricular unit focuses
on how human activities influence environmental changes related to land use.
Students use geospatial information technology tools including Google Earth
and remotely sensed images to investigate modern day land use issues and land
use change over time.
GIS Storm Sewers Unit
GIS Storm Sewers Unit is a technology-embedded middle school geography
unit designed for the 7th grade technology class curriculum at Broughal Middle
School. Students learn surveying skills with handheld Global Positioning devices
– GPS, gather storm sewer placement data, and produce a GIS [Geographic
Information Systems] display in Arc Explorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE)
of the sampled area. Students analyze their collected storm sewer data with
AEJEE and investigate patterns of storm sewers placements and apply spatial
analysis skills to design a solution to place sewers in an unsurveyed portion
of South Bethlehem.
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