Lesson Plans

Students will learn to create a basic population map using QGIS.
Duration: 3 hours

This activity guides students through two thematic map exercises where they will learn how to use symbology to clearly communicate patterns.
Duration: 1.5 hours

Students will create a story map tour using ArcGIS to create a virtual tour of a place.
Duration: ~3 hours

This activity guides students through two social mapping exercises where they will learn how to use ArcGIS tools to help guide community empowerment, planning, and action.
Duration: 2.5 - 3 hours

This is an in-class activity used to foster discussion on risk perception using mentimeter.
Duration: 10 -20 minutes

Students will learn the basics of what remote sensing is and how it can be used through hands-on tutorials. 
Duration: 2 hours

This activity will encourage students to reflect on their own privileges and reflect on the experiences of having and not having certain privileges.
Duration: 30 minutes

This activity highlights the power of maps through a tutorial of a range of maps and their ability to visualize a wide array of information.
Duration: 45-60 minutes.

This activity makes visible unequal patterns of economic mobility and encourages students to reflect on them.
Duration: ~30 minutes

This assignment encourages students to reflect on people’s relationship to food and cooking in the context of the places that they live.
Duration: 2 hours (1 in-class hour and 1 hour outside of class)