MapTEACH





MapTEACH is a hands-on education program for middle and high school students in Alaska focused on understanding the local landscape from multiple perspectives and on learning to make and use computer-based maps of scientific, cultural and personal significance. The project emphasizes the integration of: geoscience, local landscape knowledge, geography and geospatial technology (GPS, GIS and remotely sensed imagery), and it draws upon the combined expertise of teachers, education researchers, remote sensing specialists, geoscience professionals, Native elders, and others with traditions-based knowledge.





GRADE LEVELS:
Middle through Highschool


DEADLINES/NOTABLE EVENTS:
Summer Capstone (All the teachers from this year and years past with share MapTEACH lessons. In addition students from villages will be flown-in to present their projects to other students via peer teaching).




CONTACT:
Sidney Stephens (PI)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ph 907-474-7628
[email protected]
OR
Patricia Heiser, Ph.D (Co-PI)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ph: 907-474-7068
[email protected]
    OR
Zachary Meyers (Tech)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ph: 907-474-5845    
[email protected]