{"id":4532,"date":"2014-04-16T08:43:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T13:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2014-04-16T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T13:43:12","slug":"an-example-of-teaching-with-gis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=4532","title":{"rendered":"An Example of teaching with GIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camden’s post about using technology to allow students to gather field data reminded me about an activity that my Field Ecology students and I completed this past January.\u00a0 The objective was to use student cell phones, google docs forms, and Edgis to gather fox squirrel (Sciurus nige<\/em>r) leaf nest locations at an urban park close to our school.\u00a0 The activity enabled my students to get outside and collect squirrel leaf nest (called dreys) locations using their cell phones.\u00a0 The overall intent was to estimate the fox squirrel (Sciurus nige<\/em>r) population from the number of leaf nests in the park.\u00a0 This activity itself opened up a huge discussion about how accurate our estimate would be.\u00a0\u00a0 This discussion triggered quite a literature search by the students to determine what other researchers have found!\u00a0 As a class we did end up using research literature to help us estimate the fox squirrel population in the park, along with squirrel density and average nest height.\u00a0 I included the poster that explains the project below.<\/p>\n

Squirrel Poster KAS 2014 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Camden’s post about using technology to allow students to gather field data reminded me about an activity that my Field Ecology students and I completed this past January.\u00a0 The objective was to use student cell phones, google docs forms, and Edgis to gather fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) leaf nest locations at an urban park close
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