Great Places for GIS Related Lesson Plans

Below are links to sites that have lesson plans related to GIS and GPS. Have fun searching for ideas!

ArcLessons - ArcLessons is a resource for you to share LessonPacks for using GIS in the classroom. You can browse a list of lessons by category or use the search tools to find lessons in your area of interest. You also can contribute your LessonPacks to ArcLessons for other educators to use.

Community Atlas - ESRI's U.S. Community Atlas is a project in which teachers and students across the country define the nature of "their community" and post descriptions and maps about it. These presentations are combined on the web server and can be searched by characteristic and explored for similarities and differences.

GIS Day - Find resources to help you celebrate this special day with your students! GIS Day is scheduled for November.

The USGS and Science Education - The U.S. Geological Survey provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life. Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research.

WELCOME TO THE GIS ACCESS LEARNING TEAM LEADER ACTIVE LEARNING AND GIS WEB PAGE. This web page is arranged to allow learning team leaders to access each of the exercises listed here. Click on any of the exercises to view the actual handout given to students. Please feel free to use and make changes that will ensure that the exercises are more relevant to you and your students. All of the information here is for your use, all I ask is that you give me or the relevant author/creator credit for each exercise you use.

The Learning Web - Welcome to the Learning Web, a portion of the USGS web dedicated to K-12 education, exploration, and life-long learning. Visit often and explore things on, in, around, and about the Earth such as plants and animals, land, water, and maps.

Working with Maps - The Learning Web - Map lessons and activities for K-12 grades.


USGS - GIS in Education - Explore this website for a large collection of resources and lesson plans for GIS and GPS topics.

IAGT.com Lesson Plans & Resources - Visit this site for an assortment of interesting lesson ideas for remote sensing, GIS, and GPS.

From A Distance - Explore this site from NASA to find lesson plans and resources to help your students learn more about remote sensing, GIS, and GPS.