Workshops
Lesson Plans
GPS Checkout
Free Seedlings
Seedling Survival
Other Resources
Schools
Targeted Watersheds
Maps
Online:
guest (web)
Web Resources
People
John McGee, jmcg@vt.edu, 540-231-2428 (GPS/GIS)Jeff Kirwan, jkirwan@vt.edu; 540-231-7265 (tree questions)
Chesapeake Bay
2000 Chesapeake Bay AgreementMeaningful Bay Experience
Chesapeake Bay Program Website
State of the Bay- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Surf Your Watershed
Locate, use, and share environmental information about your state and watershed.
Bay Journal
Pre- Post-Test
Tree Studies
Ask Dr. DendroInteractive Key to Leaves
Tree Value Calculator
Leaf characteristics of Virginia trees
Key to leaves of Virginia (pdf) trees
Data collection sheet
Planting seedlings
Shenandoah Valley
Water WindowFish of the Shenandoah
North Fork, Shenandoah River
GPS
Introduction to GPS for Waterquality (PowerPoint)Getting to Know your GPS Receiver
USAPhotoMaps
Displays waypoints on aerial photos automatically downloaded from Microsoft's TerraServer
GPS Utility
Free software for mapping, area and distance calculation
GPS Utility- downloading waypoints and calcualting area
GPS Utility- Editing files to make tree maps
Tree Growth Study Guide
GPS Coordinates Database for Virginia
Physiographic provinces
Virginia 4-H GPS Project
Powerpoint presentations, newsletter, games, resources
GIS
ESRI CD on GISMath/Science Center lesson plans
PLT
Environmental Footprint- Quick versionEnvironmental Footprint- Detailed version
Virginia PLT
Educational activities linked to K-8 Stnadards, links to Virginia resources
SOL Correlations for Places We Live
Earth Science SOL correlations for the PLT secondary module, "Places We Live."
Other
Soil texture chartGeology Maps from William and Mary
Virginia Tech Forestry Outreach Site (tree growth and biodiversity studies)
Save our Streams Study Guide
SimCity
Link to SimCity simulation software.
Guide to Image Mapping
Guides through creating clickable image maps for web sites. Use this to display a map of your area with clickable spots that link to web pages for your monitoring stations.
Virginia Geospatial Extension Program
Empowers organizations and individuals through training, assessing needs, and providing access to data.
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Search water quality monitoring stations by county, water laws and regulations, tmdls.
OVERSpace- Observing Va's Environmental Resources from Space
Professional development opportunities for K4-12 teachers in remote sensing, GIS, and GPS technologies.
MapEdit
Easily creates clickable HTML image maps to add to websites (free to educational institutions).
This project is supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This web site is part of the TeacherBridge project (www.teacherbridge.org) which is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is designed to support authoring and contribution by users. If you would like more information, please drop us a note.