The Londonderry School Uses Visualization Technologies in the Classroom
»Digital Image Processing- using
scanners, digital cameras, scanning electron microscopes
Geographic Information Systems- using remote sensing, global positioning systems and Geographic Information Systems
Learn more about how to get started with GIS in you class click here.
Image on the left is Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) of a Flint Scraper Tool created at Tyco Labs, Harrisburg, PA, 1999.
Link to article and News release on the Shoop Site Scraper Mystery.
Below is an Digital Elevation Model from The Capital Area Greenbelt GIS Project. GIS data and maps can be downloaded from the Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access .
-"Visualization Technologies emphasize the science process skills of observation, measurement, collection and analysis of data."
-"Students are asked to carefully observe images and other kinds of data representations, and use their observations to make comparisons and come to conclusions."
Shoop Site Scrapper Tool