GIS Career Awareness Learning Module # 1
Version 4.0 July 28, 2008 

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:

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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: Click the points (blue, purple, and orange) shown on the map, what websites provide these information?

A-2: After finishing the tour of Grand Canyon and downtown San Diego, how do you think the different function of “terrain” and “3D Buildings”? 

A-3: Name Which You Entered for the School:

A-4: Latitude as Shown in the New Placemark control panel:

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

A-6: Distance between Your School and SDSU (miles): 

A-7: Copy down the first driving instruction that Google Earth lists FROM your school (Just copy down the first one!):

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A-8: Briefly describe “Area 51”:

A-9:  What is the name of the nearest Pizza Restaurant to your school?

A-10: How far is the Pizza Restaurant from your school? (Give the distance in feet.):

A-11: Which direction must you go (North, South, East, West) from Alcatraz Island to the shores of the city of San Francisco?

A-12: How far apart is Alcatraz Island from the nearest point along the shoreline of the city of San Francisco (in feet)?

A-13: 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-14: Describe the geographic and seasonal patterns of the bird flu for both bird and human cases in the Middle East by viewing the bird flu maps.

A-15: 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-16: According to the maps, what region could be the most popular areas that are impacted by the bird flu (Hint: Use poultry density map and if possible try to search for bird migration information)?

A-17: Please write down the name of the collection you choose and the people who share this collection. How many modules are included in this module?

A-18: Please write down the name of the module you choose and describe this 3D module simply.

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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?