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Incorporate GIS Into Your Post Exam Time: Highlights of a Project to Determine a Future School Site Place your sticky at the place on the spectrum that best describes your experience with geospatial technologies. Brainstorm What does

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Incorporate GIS Into Your Post Exam Time:

Highlights of a Project to Determine a Future School Site

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 Place your sticky at the place on the spectrum that best

describes your experience with geospatial technologies.

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Brainstorm

 What does your community need?

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 Determining a Future _______?________ Site  Determining a Future _____School____ Site

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Length

 2 ½ weeks  Post APHG Exam

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Student Task

 Use the geographic knowledge and skills that you have

developed over the course of this year to work in a team to identify a site for a future school, justify your decision, and present your findings.

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Major Steps

 Brainstorm  School Observations  Collect Data  Determine and observe three potential new school

sites.

 Determine the best location for a new school.  Create a presentation identifying and explaining the

best location for a new school.

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Incorporating Fieldwork

 Observations of:

 Two existing schools  Top three potential new school sites

 How?

 Google Earth  Previous experience at the site  Individual or group visits (out-of-class)

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Incorporating Community Members

 Guest Speakers

 School Board Member (discussed from a financial, land,

and facilities perspective)

 Assistant District Superintendent (discussed from a

political and cultural perspective)

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Incorporating Geospatial Technologies

 Google Earth  QGIS

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Incorporating Geospatial Technologies

 Map of observed existing school sites.

 Upload KML files of polygons of existing school sites from

Google Earth as a vector layer in QGIS.

 Map of top three potential school sites.

 Upload KML files of polygons of potential school sites

from Google Earth as a vector layer in QGIS.

 A map made using QGIS that incorporates data to

support your decision.

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Commonly Used Data

 School District Boundaries  School Attendance Zones  Households  Schools  Roads  Census Block Population Counts

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QGIS Screen Shots

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Student Samples

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over 100 acres
capacity approx. 1,800 students
flat topography
low student: teacher ratio

Observed Schools

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Clover High School New High School High School Attendance Lines

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Griggs and Bethel

Griggs Road Elementary Bethel Elementary

Observed Schools

You Are Here

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Narrowing it Down

Barrett Road Oakridge Alison Creek Population Clusters: Possible New Nuclear Plant: You Are Here

Observed Sites

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Observed School Sites

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Supporting Our Decision

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Relative Location to Population and Population Growth

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Relative Location to Crowder’s

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Selected Site: Barrett Road & Hwy 55

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Why Barrett Road?

 Accessibility

■Highway 55 ■ Kinard, Larne, Bethany ■ Uncongested

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 Safety

■Clover Fire and Police Departments ■ Less traffic activity

Why Barrett Road?

1.7 miles

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Obstacles

 Acquiring enough computers for the amount of time

needed

 Getting permission to download the needed software  Processing ability of the computers available