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RIGEA is commited to promoting geographic education and geo-literacy. Currently out main communication platform is our email listserv (RIGEA-L@LISTSERV.RI.NET). To subscribe send a message to LISTSERV@RIDE.RI.NET. Leave the subject line blank and turn off your signature. In the body of the message write “subscribe RIGEA-L ” and include your name. RIGEA Sites: Main Website, Facebook Page. Delete the scoop?
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How Many Rhode Islands is a simple web application that shows and tells you how many Rhode Islands would fit inside a given country.
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The Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance is as pleased as could be to discover this marvelously fun website. While the Ocean State is larger than countries such as Andorra, Nauru, Tuvalu and Malta, there are not many countries smaller than the smallest of the United States of America. Russia could contain 5,445 'Rhode Islands' and the United States could contain 3,066 Rhode Islands (that's a LOT of senators!). Delete the scoop?
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This is a clip from the TV show West Wing (Season 2-Episode 16) where cartography plays a key role in the plot. In this episode the fictitious (but still on Facebook) group named "the Organization of Cartographers for Social Justice" is campaigning to have the President officially endorse the Gall-Peters Projection in schools and denounce the Mercator projection. The argument being that children will grow up thinking some places are not as important because they are minimized by the map projection.
As Salvatore Natoli (a leader in geography education) was quoted in the video clip: "In our society we unconsciously equate size with importance and even power." This is one reason why many people have underestimated the true size of Africa relative to places that they view as more important or more powerful.
Questions to Ponder: Why do map projections matter? Is one global map projection inherently better than the rest?
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April 9, 5:44 PM
Great illustration of the way in which maps can represented data differently, and the impact of doing so.
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"It's happened to just about all of us when we travel outside the state. You're absolutely parched and ask a friendly looking stranger...."Where's the bubbler?" They look at you like you're speaking Klingon."
This article comes Wisconsin, one of the few other places that refers to a water/drinking fountain as a "Bubbler." Rhode Islanders know that makes us distinct, but what geographic patterns are present in this linguistic quirk? This regionally-based term comes from the Kohler Company (from Wisconsin) that trademarked the term to sell their product and the name stuck in a few places (and internationally it is used in Australia as well).
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Teaching South America and RIGEA 2.0
Earlier this month our Alliance coordinator Seth Dixon was the keynote speaker for a professional development entitled “Practical Strategies for Teaching Geography” and “Latin America: Inter-related Physical and Human Geographies.” We’ve asked him to share these resources with us at an Alliance event while the Giant map of South America is available to be at the event. Earlier the date for this was tentatively penciled in for April 18th, but with the map’s early arrival, we would like to announce that April 2nd will be the date for this event.
Additionally, members of RIGEA’s strategic planning sub-committee have worked diligently the last 6 months to reconceptualize the structure and vision for our Alliance. These members are passionate about ensuring that the future of the Alliance is strong and address the shifting educational landscape changes and as geographic tools modernize. We would also like to share these visions of RIGEA and invite you to share your ideas with the strategic planning committee
EVENT: Teaching South America and RIGEA 2.0
DATE AND TIME: April 2nd, 4pm
PLACE: 110 Alger Hall, Rhode Island College
Maps: Campus Map and Google Map.
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I love @natgeoeducation's Giant Traveling Maps!I can't wait until the South America one arrives in Rhode Island. twitter.com/APHumanGeog/st…
— Seth Dixon (@APHumanGeog) March 17, 2013
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Today I had my first hands-on experience with a Giant Traveling Map and was great fun and a fantastic educational tool. There are still some still some available dates (April 2-18) so let me know in you are interesting in having this come to your school. For more details, see the original announcement.
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Brown University's Choices Program invites secondary level geography teachers to apply for a 2013 Summer Institute that focuses on using the Choices approach and curricular materials to ask What is Where, Why, and So What?
Using the scholarship and lessons found in our The United States in Afghanistan unit as a springboard, the Institute will explore how the Choices approach and curricula materials can be implemented to develop geographically literate students, capable of asking and answering the big questions in geography.
The goal of the Institute is to build a community of educators dedicated to sharing best practices for using Choices materials and approach to teach about international issues through a geographic lens.
Participants will:
- Benefit from content–rich presentations by university geographers;
- Be immersed in the Choices approach to teaching about contested international issues through presentations, curricular modeling, and discussions;
- Share best practices and approaches for addressing complex international issues with other educators from across the country; and
- Develop plans to share strategies, resources, and insights gained from the Institute with other geography educators.
Housing, meals, Choices curriculum units, and a 20-hour certificate of completion are provided.
There is no fee for the Institute, but participants are required to cover their own travel to and from Providence, RI.
Participants are expected to conduct outreach activities upon completion of the Institute. Choices will provide materials for these activities.
Completed applications must be received by Monday, April 8.Download ApplicationSubmit applications to: Choices@brown.eduIf you have questions, please email Mimi Stephens, Professional Development director.
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This is a great national professional development institute that just so happens to be in our own backyard. I would strongly encourage those eligible to consider applying.
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The Road Map Project brings together experts in geography, education, and research to chart a course for the large-scale improvement of K-12 geography education in the U.S.
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Some great educators and geographers have collaborated to design a "road map" for the future of geography education. This is their report.
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February 22, 2:47 PM
Some great educators and geographers have collaborated to design a "road map" for the future of geography education. This is their report.
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Detailed satellite images reveal the web of connections that sustain life on Earth.
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"Earth From Space is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, NOVA takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms it into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustains life on earth."
This documentary shows something interesting for the physical geographer, human geographers, and geospatial technology specialists. In other words, this touches on just about all things geographic (with cool images!). The overarching theme is that so many things in this world that we wouldn't imagine are actually interconnected with excellent examples.
Tags: remote sensing, geospatial, unit 1 Geoprinciples, physical.
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Imagine your students scaling the high peaks of the Andes, searching for the ancient city of Machu Picchu, and following the Amazon River from its alpine headwaters thousands of miles through the Brazilian rain forest all the way to the Atlantic...
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Here is some great news! The Giant (26'x35') Traveling Map of South America that is owned by the National Geographic Society is coming to Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance has the map scheduled from April 2-18 and the map can make a visit to your school. If individual teachers can coordinate at the school level to make an event of it, the Alliance Coordinator or a Teaching Consultant can give a presentation in your school that will be remembered for a long time. This is a great cross-curricular opportunity with limited dates and times. If you are interested and need more details, please email Seth Dixon (the Alliance Coordinator) for more information or to schedule the map for an event: rigea (at) ric (dot) edu.
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January 6, 4:21 PM
This is the audio archive of a 2007 radio interview with Jerome Dobson, Geography Professor at the University of Kansas and President of the American Geographical Society. In this interview he discusses many topics including the importance of geographic education, how to define geography and showing the relevance of the disciple in solving real-world problems. He gives historical context as to why geography became minimized within the United States.
Tags: geography education, geo-inspiration, podcast.
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January 10, 11:31 AM
This is a uniquely American phenomenon, and a very unfortunate one. The study of geography makes you much more aware of the planet and how human interactions are gradually destroying it.
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"For the past five years, Hawaii has consistently ranked as the least stressed state, while West Virginia, Kentucky, and Utah have been among the most stressed states. Despite this, Utah residents join Hawaii residents in reporting among the highest levels of enjoyment in the U.S., while West Virginia and Kentucky residents report some of the lowest levels of enjoyment. While the relationship between stress and enjoyment is not clear, states with the highest stress levels tend to report less daily enjoyment."
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In addition to being the state with the least joy, Rhode Island is ranked as the 2nd most stressed out state. What are some factors that may account for this regional variation? What explains Rhode Island's relative levels of stress and enjoyment?
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How did the 2008 global recession contribute to the development of the Euro crisis? This is the question that will be discussed in a lecture sponsored by the Newport Council for International Visitors on April 30th at 6:30pm. For more information, see this flyer.
The Lecture will be at the Vasco de Gama Society’s Fenner Hall 15 Fenner Ave., Newport, RI 02840 (map)
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The image above is a climograph of Providence, RI and the link provides the raw data about Providence's climate. Climographs chart the monthly temperature and rainfall data and are a useful tool is studying climatology. Here are links to dozens of selected United States and International cities that come from the National Drought Mitigation Center.
Tags: physical, weather and climate, Rhode Island, statistics, visualization.
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March and April are key months for harvesting sap from trees, making this sugar time in New England. New England's climate and biogeography make this the right time because the because the combination of freezing nights and warm spring days gets the sap in the native species of maple trees to flow. The sap get boiled down to syrup, but did you know that it takes roughly 40 gallons of sap that to get 1 gallon of pure maple syrup?
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April 8, 9:03 AM
Sap seems to rise in students, too! It happens every spring! Actually, there were some surprises in the production map!
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Rhode Island is one of five states in which the number of people getting help from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-formerly known as 'food stamps') has more than doubled since 2008. In 2012, 16 percent of its residents received aid from the program. Read the related article. The article details how Woonsocket's economy is impacted by these monthly fluctuations is disposable income. Why is Rhode Island one of that states with a doubling participation in this program?
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"In February 2013, a nor’easter pounded the eastern United States, doing particular damage along the coast of New England. Wind gusts reached hurricane-force in several coastal states, raising a four to five-foot (1 to 1.5 meter) storm surge on top of astronomically high tides. The result was extreme beach erosion along the coast of Massachusetts and other coastal areas.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured glimpses of the storm’s effect on the coastal environment. This image was taken on February 10, 2013, just hours after the nor’easter moved out to sea and several feet of fresh snow covered the landscape."
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Cartograms "stretch" or "shrink" a map according to a the data variable. Instead of area, this cartogram's data layer is based on population, so Foster shinks while the Providence metropolitan area expands. How can you use this cartogram within the classroom? What happens to you local area in this cartogram? How does this give us a different picture of the Ocean State?
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This is a simplified Census data map viewer specifically for Rhode Island. To see a simplified U.S. Census data at the national scale, see: http://sco.lt/7G5rur
Tags: statistics, Rhode Island, census, GIS, mapping, cartography.
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February 5, 10:17 AM
This is a simplified Census data map viewer specifically for Rhode Island. To see a simplified U.S. Census data at the national scale, see: http://sco.lt/7G5rur
Tags: statistics, Rhode Island, census, GIS, mapping, cartography.
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April 26, 7:12 PM
This data really gives you a sense of the community in Rhode Island. You can find statistics on education, economic factors, health, housing and the environment. There are slightly more females than males in Rhode Island. The population pyramid shows spikes in both males and females from the ages of 15-24 and 45-54. There could be a higher population of 15-24 year olds because that age group is enrolled in school so many kids go through the public school system in Rhode Island then stay in state to go to college, trying to save some money. There’s a higher amount of 45-54 year olds because they have established themselves in this state with a job, house, family and roots so they are less likely to leave.
There is a high number of families with children under 18 in Cranston, Pawtucket, Warwick and Providence. This could be because those areas are the major cities and towns in the state so there are more families having kids in those places. There also is a high number of people in the city of Providence that speak English “not well” or “not at all”. Migrants tend to move to the cities to try to find work and cheap housing and Providence is the biggest city in Rhode Island so it is populated with many migrates who are new to English. Rhode Island has some of the highest unemployment numbers. The highest places of unemployment in Rhode Island according to this graph are East Providence, Cranston, Pawtucket, Warwick and Providence. Again this could be because those areas are some of the largest cities and towns in the state.
There is a high number of families with children under 18 in Cranston, Pawtucket, Warwick and Providence. This could be because those areas are the major cities and towns in the state so there are more families having kids in those places. There also is a high number of people in the city of Providence that speak English “not well” or “not at all”. Migrants tend to move to the cities to try to find work and cheap housing and Providence is the biggest city in Rhode Island so it is populated with many migrates who are new to English. Rhode Island has some of the highest unemployment numbers. The highest places of unemployment in Rhode Island according to this graph are East Providence, Cranston, Pawtucket, Warwick and Providence. Again this could be because those areas are some of the largest cities and towns in the state.
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"Learn how advances in geospatial technology and analytical methods have changed how we do everything, and discover how to make maps and analyze geographic patterns using the latest tools."
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February 21, 1:35 PM
When I was a graduate student at Penn State, I was introduced to some great people and programs and I'm glad to see that the institution has continued to excel and be a leader. You have probably heard of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) and been interested in seeing how this might change higher education in the future. This MOOC is a free 5-week course designed to be an introduction to mapping, GIS and geospatial technologies so you don't need to be a specialists with a mapping background: it's for beginners. I know that many geography teachers tell their students about GIS, but are afraid to teach with GIS because they are worried that it will be too hard. This is an easy on-ramp to 21st century geospatial tools and any geography teacher hoping to modernize their skillset would do well to take this summer course fromthe Program of Online Geospatial Education at Penn State, taught by Dr. Anthony Robinson. For more information on this, see this annoucement from Directions Magazine and from Penn State News.
Tags: GIS, teacher training, mapping, cartography, geospatial, edtech, geography education, unit 1 GeoPrinciples.
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Income maps of every neighborhood in the U.S. See wealth and poverty in places like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Miami, and more.
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This is the most user-friendly website I've seen to map economic census data. This maps the average household income data on top of a Google Maps basemap that can be centered on any place in the United States. This is a great resource to share with students of just about any age.
Tags: statistics, census, GIS, mapping, cartography.
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30-second animation of the changes in U.S. historical county boundaries, 1629 - 2000. Historical state and territorial boundaries are also displayed from 178...
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I love this time-lapse animation of all the county and state-level boundary changes in United States history. Would you like to see this in greater detail? Would you want to download the data and create your own visualization of this? The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries has all of this data as GIS shapefiles, Google Earth KMZ files and PDFs for the whole country as well as for each individual state. This project sponsored by The Newberry and the National Endowment for the Humanities has tremendous potential for use in the classroom for history and geography teachers alike.
Tags: historical, USA, borders, time lapse, mapping, edtech.
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January 30, 3:01 PM
What I find to be the most interesting aspect of this animation is that each fluctuation of the border has a story behind it. You could teach a really interesting class on just those small changes, and why they took place.
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April 27, 3:50 PM
I love animation maps. Great for getting students interested in learning.
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An examination of shootings and violence in Chicago. Includes interactive map of Chicago shootings and homicides.
Tags: Chicago, socioeconomic.
Tags: Chicago, socioeconomic.
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December 17, 2012 1:21 PM
I know that many are thinking about mental illness and gun violence after the tragic incident in Connecticut. I do not wish to use this as a platform to suggest any particular political course of action. I do think, however, that this is an appropriate time to share more data that may help others to frame the discussion.
Tags: Chicago, socioeconomic.
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In 2010, most states in the United States (including Rhode Island) adopted the Common Core State Standards as the new standards. The two main portions of the Common Core Standards are the English...
Will geography be permanently pushed out of the curriculum with the adoption of the Common Core? How can a teacher bolster spatial thinking and geo-literacy within the Common Core framework? If you've asked yourself these questions, this resource is for you. Additionally, the GSEs in Rhode Island have changed...there are the new Grade Span Expectations.
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