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Geographic Information Systems: Layering Data to Solve Problems
Analyze how GIS overlays multiple data layers to inform urban planning, environmental management, and economic development.
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Geographic Tools and Spatial Analysis
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Master foundational geographic frameworks, cartographic techniques, and GIS technologies to analyze and visualize spatial data.
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Learning standards covered
SS.912.G.1.1Florida Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDesign maps using a variety of technologies based on descriptive data to explain physical and cultural attributes of major world regions.
SS.912.G.1.4Florida Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeAnalyze geographic information from a variety of sources including primary sources, atlases, computer, and digital sources, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and a broad variety of maps.