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Using Web-Based GIS and Satellite Imagery to Investigate Issues
Apply digital mapping layers and satellite imagery to examine real-world geographic challenges.
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Geographic Tools, Inquiry, and Mental Maps
9 lessons
Goal
Use maps, geospatial technologies, and geographic inquiry methods to investigate spatial questions at local, regional, and global scales.
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Learning standards covered
6 – G1.1.1Michigan Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeUse a variety of geographic tools (maps, globes, and web-based geography technology) to analyze the world at global, regional, and local scales.
6 – G1.2.1Michigan Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeApply the skills of geographic inquiry (asking geographic questions, acquiring geographic information, organizing geographic information, analyzing geographic information, and answering geographic questions) to analyze a geographic problem or issue.