GIS+Week+1

=Wednesday, August 13= Use the Day 1 Powerpoint to fill out the Syllabus Sheet that Mr. Jentsch gave you.

Day 1 Activities
Listed below are all of the activities that you must complete before you begin the next activity. Below each assignment is a link to a web article that explains how to do it if you do not know.

Save the class website as a favorite in your web browser []

Create 3 folders on your desktop with the following titles: GIS Data GIS Work Data of the Day

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Create a newMicrosoft Excel document called U.S. states and save it to your GIS Data folder. The document should have all 50 U.S. states listed in alphabetical order. All states need to be spelled correctly with only the first letter of each word capitalized.

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Activity 2: Geographic Questions
Data of the Day: []

Use the to create 4 Comprehension Level question, 2 analysis level questions, and 1 prediction level question based on the data. Be sure to answer your own questions.

Activity 3: Data Summary
Data of the day: []

Activity: Summarize the above article in 3-5 points

Activity 4: Using GIS Systems
Download the following worksheet for this activity. You may just type the answers into the Word document or you may print the document and fill it out with a pen or pencil. Link for today's activity []

Please print the worksheet when complete and turn in to Mr. Jentsch