GIS Career Awareness Learning Module # 1
Version 2 - Revision 1 - 4 APR 2007

The Digital Earth --- A Virtual Globe  

Answer Sheet

Instructions: Using your favorite text editor or word processing software, type your name, teacher, date and answers next to the appropriate spaces after the colons.   You are free to type in as many lines as you need (Just use the enter key on your keyboard.).

 When finished, be sure to save your work as yourLastName_FirstName_Mod1Answers.rtf (example: Mary Smith would save her answers as Smith_Mary_Mod1Answers.rtf ).  Remember to save your answers frequently so you don’t loose all of your work if something happens to the computer, the power goes out, etc!  You will be reminded to do this.

NAME:
TEACHER:
DATE:

[SAVE YOUR WORK NOW!]

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Begin Typing Your Answers to the Learning Module Exercises.  Do not simply type in the answers without doing the exercises in the Learning Module.
Make sure you type in the answers in the appropriate spaces after the colons.  

A-1: Your School Name:

A-2: School Latitude (the map Y-coordinate in degrees):

A-3: School Longitude (the map X-coordinate in degrees):

A-4: Name Which You Entered for the School:

A-5: Latitude as Shown in the New Placemark control panel:

A-6: Longitude as Shown in the New Placemark control panel:

A-7: Distance Between Your School and SDSU (miles): 

A-8: Copy down the first driving instruction that Google Earth lists FROM your school (Just copy down the first one!):

[SAVE YOUR WORK NOW!]

A-9: Briefly describe “Area 51”:

A-10:  What is the name of the nearest Pizza Restaurant to your school?:

A-11: How far is the Pizza Restaurant from your school? (Give the distance in feet.):

A-12: Which direction must you go (North, South, East, West) from Alcatraz Island to the shores of the city of San Francisco?:

A-13: How far apart is Alcatraz Island from the nearest point along the shoreline of the city of San Francisco (in feet)?:

A-14: Which direction (North, South, East, West) is the Golden Gate Bridge from Alcatraz Island?:

[SAVE YOUR WORK NOW!]

B-1: What (upside down) letter does the main canal through Venice make?:

B-2: There is only one bridge to drive on to the island of Venice.  What is the route number of this street?:

B-3: What are the blue dotted lines in the water? AND What do the names on the lines represent? (2-part question):

B-4: If global warming is a real problem, as many scientists and world leaders state, what appears to be Venice’s problem based on what you see in the map? AND Assuming that this “problem” is inevitable, use what you see in the map and describe something that the Italian government can do to avoid or minimize the effects of this “problem.”:

[SAVE YOUR WORK NOW!]

B-5: First name:

B-6: Last name:

B-7: Desired Login Name: 

B-8: Answer (to security question):

B-9: Your Website URL in this format http://______________.googlepages.com :

B-10: Your School’s latitude:

B-11: Your School’s longitude:

B-12: Custom Placemarker #1 Object or Place Name: 

B-13: Custom Placemarker #1 Latitude: 

B-14: Custom Placemarker #1 Longitude:

B-15: Custom Placemarker #2 Object or Place Name: 

B-16: Custom Placemarker #2 Latitude: 

B-17: Custom Placemarker #2 Longitude:

B-18: Custom Placemarker #3 Object or Place Name: 

B-19: Custom Placemarker #3 Latitude: 

B-20: Custom Placemarker #3 Longitude:

[SAVE YOUR WORK NOW!]

C-1: In your paragraph, quickly describe (in two sentences or less) each of the two GIS applications that you used (Google Earth and the Google Maps API).  Also describe a couple similarities and a couple of differences between the two.:

C-2:  In your paragraph, also answer if you think that the two GIS applications (Google Earth and the Google Maps API) can help people?  It what ways can they help people?  In what kinds of occupations/industries would they be useful?:

[SAVE YOUR WORK NOW!]

C-3: Now, based on your experience with both GIS applications, pick your favorite.  In your paragraph, please discuss which application you liked the best (Google Earth or Google Maps API) and tell us WHY?   Please also discuss what the best or “coolest” feature of your favorite application was.:

C-4:	Finally, in your paragraph, describe your experience with using your favorite application.  Was it “fast?”  Did it take forever to load images?  Did it “work” the entire time you used it?  Did you have any kind of difficulty using it?  Based on your experience with it, would you use it again?  Answer why or why not and how this might affect people who use it in a job.:

[SAVE YOUR WORK NOW!]

When finished, be sure to save your work as yourLastName_FirstName_Mod1Answers.rtf (example: Mary Smith would save her answers as Smith_Mary_Mod1Answers.rtf ).  Follow your teacher’s instructions for “handing in” your work.

CONGRATULATIONS!  YOU ARE FINISHED WITH MODULE 1!  YOU ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO EARNING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION-ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION GIS CAREER AWARENESS PROGRAM CERTIFICATE FROM THIS PROJECT.

Student Survey Questions (ungraded and optional).

Type your short answers here or visit http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/hightech/contactUs.htm   and submit your responses online using the Web mail form.  Thanks!

S-1:	What did you like best about this learning module?  Why?:

S-2:	What did you like least about this learning module?  Why?:

S-3:	Was there anything that was really hard to understand or difficult to complete?  What was it?  Why?:

S-4:	Is there anything in this learning module that we can add, exclude, or change to make it better?  What is it?  Why?: