New York State Learning Standards

New York State Learning Standards Grade Level: Intermediate

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Math, Science and Technology Standard 2: Information Systems Key Idea 1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.5) Key Idea 2 (2.1, 2.2) Key Idea 3 (3.2, 3.3) Standard 6: Interconnectedness, Common Themes and Systems Thinking Key Idea 2 (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) Key Idea 6 (6.2) Career Development and Occupational Studies Standard 2: Integrated Learning Key Idea 1 (1.3) Standard 3a: Universal Foundation Skills Key Idea 1 (1.1) Key Idea 2 (2.1) Key Idea 5 (5.1) Key Idea 6 (6.1) Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences Standard 2: A Safe and Healthy Environment PE Key Idea 1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)

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• * For more information on the NYS Learning Standards addressed in these programs, please contact Jim Hooper at [email protected] or by phone at 585.394.3977 ext 407.

GPS/Geocaching Data Collection Basic Mapping Up to 30 Students Location: 4-H Camp 4 hours $250

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GIS (digital) Mapping Extension Up to 30 Students Location: Your School 2 hours $250 4-H Camp Bristol Hills 480 N. Main St. Canandaigua, NY 14424 585.394.3977 ext 407 [email protected] www.4-HCampBristolHills.org

Owned and operated by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County

Why learn Geospatial Science? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used in educational, governmental, commercial and industrial fields. The scope of GIS use in all these fields will only increase over the next decade. The U.S. Department of Labor has identified GIS as a key emerging and evolving industry with plenty of opportunities as a career path. *

Tier I

Tier II

In the Tier I program, students are introduced to the global positioning system (GPS).

Using test kits, students check soil samples for phosphorous, nitrogen and potassium levels, and they mark their location as a waypoint on their GPS unit. As a class, they then generate a hand-drawn map of their results.

They learn the different components of the system and how it all works, and they get an opportunity to use a Garmin GPS receiver. They learn to create, This student found his first edit, and navigate to *Mapping out a GIS Career, geocache! www.gis.com/careers/index.html specific locations (waypoints), and then go geocaching, an activity in which students search for hidden treasure 4-H Camp Bristol Hills is here to boxes all throughout the camp. help! We have created two new programs designed to introduce your For groups that choose not to students to Global Positioning Systems participate in the Tier II program, the (GPS) and Geographic Information program will conclude in the camp’s System (GIS) applications. main lodge. Camp staff will work with

The Tier II program continues the mapping project back at school. This phase should take place within one week of participating in the Tier I program. Camp staff will bring the computer and software into your classroom where the students will work through the process of importing the waypoint data from their GPS units, along with the results of the soil study. With this data, they will generate a geospatially referenced GIS map of the camp, and the soil patterns, allowing them to see the value of a visual representation of the data.

students to introduce GIS mapping technology by generating a digital map of the camp, showing the locations of the geocaches that the students found. Groups that are planning to participate in both Geospatial Science programs will have a slightly shorter geocaching experience before they begin a scientific study of soil composition. See Tier II. Students testing soil samples for Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium. Staff work with students to import data from the field and create digital maps in the classroom.