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

How Can GIS Help Us?   ---  GIS Applications in Various Fields

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_Mod2Answers.rtf (example: Mary Smith would save her answers as Smith_Mary_Mod2Answers.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: Candidate Chosen:

A-2: Which geographic regions contributed most to this candidate?:

A-3: Did the geographic regions change or stay the same?  If there was a change what happened?:

A-4: Which states gave the most contributions to your chosen candidate?:

A-5:  Second Candidate Chosen:

A-6: Did the geographic regions that support this candidate change or stay the same as compared to the first candidate?:

A-7: Now, change the Zoom level to State.  Which states gave the most contributions to your second chosen candidate?:
A-8: Based on the information on the map, which candidate was given the most money in the county where you reside?:

[SAVE YOUR WORK NOW!]

A-9: Can you see any kind of spatial pattern between the Democratic and Republican Parties fund raising in this area?:

A-10:  What was the spatial pattern of the fund raising of Democrats vs. Republicans at the State level? (Please compare the West, East, and the Middle of U.S.):

A-11: What was the spatial pattern of the fundraising of Democrats vs. Republicans at the County level for the state of California?:

A-12: In San Diego County, did the Democrats or Republicans raise more money for the 2004 Presidential election?:

A-13: In the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, did the Democrats or Republicans raise more money for the 2004 Presidential election?:

A-14: If you are currently campaigning to become the President of the U.S., how would you use the information in these maps to your advantage and why?:

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B-1: Based on the Crimes that you mapped, what types of incidents are most frequent around the area you selected?:

B-2: Based on the new information that is displayed, what types of Traffic-related incidents are most common on your redisplayed map?:

B-3: Based on the new information that is displayed, what types of Arrests and Citation incidents are most common on your redisplayed map?

B-4: If you were the mayor of the City of San Diego, how could you use this system to improve the safety of San Diego visitors and residents and why?:

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C-1: What is the street name of your selected home?:

C-2: What is the estimated value of your selected home?:

C-3: What is the estimated value of the neighboring property to the east of your selected home?:

C-4: What is the estimated value of the neighboring property to the west of your selected home?:

C-5: Is there any difference in the estimated values between the three properties (original selected home, one to the east, and one to the west)?:

C-6: Is the property that you selected larger or smaller than the other two neighboring houses and does this difference seem to affect the housing costs?:

C-7: If you wanted to buy a home in San Diego, how could you use this Website to help you to select the house?:

C-8: If you wanted to sell a home in San Diego, how could you use this Website to help you to select the house?:

[SAVE YOUR WORK NOW!]

D-1: Where did the pollutants come from?: 

D-2: Where did the pollutants end up?:

D-3: What can you do to help keep San Diego Bay clean?:

D-4: (FIRST possible GIS Career position):

D-5: (SECOND possible GIS Career position):

D-6: The word “Analyte” describes the substance that is being analyzed.  In this application, the analytes are the substances measured in water.  In your database query result of water quality data, what is the first ANALYTE listed?:

D-7: For this analyte, what is its corresponding  RESULT value and UNIT?:

D-8: What do the RESULT value and UNIT represent?:

D-9: How can you use this system to monitor the water quality in your neighborhood?:

[SAVE YOUR WORK NOW!]

E-1: Please write down your selected Website:

E-2: Please write down a short summary (100 words) of your selected Website’s purpose and its major GIS./Mapping functions:

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F-1: In your paragraph, please highlight five different applications of GIS.  Can you think of ONE additional new application area that was not mentioned in this learning exercise?   Please mention it if you can think of one. 

F-2: In your paragraph, please discuss which application you liked the best and tell us WHY?  Do you think that this GIS application can help people?  How can it help people?

F-3: In your paragraph, please tell us if it was difficult or easy to access the Web GIS maps using your Web browser.  Why was it easy or difficult?    

When finished, be sure to save your work as yourLastName_FirstName_Mod2Answers.rtf (example: Mary Smith would save her answers as Smith_Mary_Mod2Answers.rtf ).  Follow your teacher’s instructions for “handing in” your work.

CONGRATULATIONS!  YOU ARE FINISHED WITH MODULE 2!  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?: