GIS Career Awareness Learning Module # 1
Version 3.0 November 26, 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? (Make sure the 3D Buildings layer is toggled on.)

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A-15: Describe the patterns of the bird flu for both bird and human cases in the Middle East (geographic distribution, spread patterns and seasonal patterns) by viewing the bird flu maps.  

A-16: Try to identify how many human cases happened in Turkey and report their Latitudes and Longitudes (Hint: in the place panel, only select the “Map of human cases”). 

 
A-17: According to the maps, could you predict the potential areas that can be impacted by the bird flu (Hint: Use poultry density map and if possible try to search for bird migration information)?

A-18: Click the link “hourly snapshot” and open the real-time flight tracking.  Zoom to San Diego Airport and report the flight numbers of the planes which are about to take off or land.

A-19: Track one of the flights you interested which flies off from San Diego International Airport and record the information of the flight.

A-20: For LAX inbound flight traffics at the time you are viewing the map, how many planes are below the altitude of 1,000 feet? List their flight numbers and their altitudes (Hint: use the “Tilt” tool to have a better perspective).

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B-1: In your paragraph, quickly describe (in two sentences or less) the GIS applications that you used (Google Earth).

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

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

[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.
Module # 1

Student Survey Questions ( You are required to finish this Student Survey and please send it back to the San Diego State University NSF-ATE team).

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 one?  Why?

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

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

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