Explore Land Surveying in the Classroom

Elementary & Middle School

Steam at Work: Lindsey the GIS Professional

• Buy the Book on Amazon
• Free Activity Bundle
• Help Lindsey Make Some Maps

Getkidsintosurveying.com

• The Comic
• Resources: Homework Projects, Quizes, Coloring Pages

Futurecity.org

Hands-on cross-curricular educational program that brings STEM to live for students in grades 6-8. Using the Engineering Design Process and project management skills, students showcase their solutions to a citywide sustainability issue.

Lesson Plans

• Elementary
• • Introduction to Land Surveying & Observations - Making a Sundial
  • Map Reading Skills
  • Where Am I: Navigation & Satellites
  • Measurement & Data Collection
  • Earth's Features: Interpreting Patterns with Topographic Maps
  • Surveying into the Darkness
• MIddle School
• • Geocaching With Google Earth
  • Introduction to Performing Basic Land Surveys
  • Measuring a Line
  • Measurement & Data Collection
  • Geometry and Geoacaching Using GIS & GPS
  • Waters of Life: Survey of a Riparian Area
  • Finding Slope
  • Classroom Investigation: Cadastral Surveying

Scouts

• Surveyor Badge
• Powerpoint
• Help Sheet
• Teaching Guide