Land Use Change:Why is this Good to Know?

BY: Kathy Lamb Kozenski, fall/2012

Classroom sessions/estimated time: 2-5 class periods with use of a computer lab: 1-3 to work through the Tutorial and 2 for small group research and presentations (optional) Grade Level(s): high school (tailored for students in Geography & History of the World and Advanced Placement Human Geography)

Purpose: Students will understand the geographic concept of land-use change in regards to urban areas throughout Indiana: land-use change in terms of physical and human systems.

National Geography Standards (2nd Edition):Geography Standard 1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3)Geography Standard 3 (3.1, 3.2, 3.3)Geography Standard 4 (4.2)Geography Standard 9 (9.2, 9.3)Geography Standard 12 (12.1, 12.2, 12.3)Geography Standard 17 (17.2, 17.3)Geography Standard 18 (18.1)

Indiana GHW Academic Standards: 3.2, 3.5, 5.3, 5.5, 12.2

AP Human Geography: Use and think about maps and spatial data Understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places Recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes Define regions and evaluate the regionalization process Characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places

ELA Common Core: Understanding the concept of “text” to not simply be words but images, maps, data… The possibilities become limitless.Grades 9-12I. Reading Standards for Literature, A. Key Ideas and Details 1 and 2II. Reading Standards for Information Text, A. Key Ideas and Details, 1, 2, and 3

B. Craft and Structure, 4, 5, and 6C. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas, 7D. Range of Reading of Level of Text Complexity, 10

III. Writing Standards, A. Production and Distribution of Writing, 4, 7, 8, and 9IV. Speaking and Listening Skills, B. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas, 4V. Language Standards, A. Conventions of Standard English, 1 and 2

Objectives: Upon completion of this lesson and series of activities, students will be able to...

1. describe what a GIS is and why a GIS is utilized,2. provide a few examples of GIS producers of a particular GIS software and note one item that is unique

to that software,3. explain Landsat, LiDAR, Remote Sensing, orthophotography, and satellite imagery,4. identify areas of land-use change (urban expansion/contraction) from the available Indiana imagery and

explain why these areas of change were identified,5. demonstrate comprehension of the materials through successful completion of the “Settlement and

Indiana: Urbanization” Student Worksheet.

Background: Any of the school/school corporation permissions needed to utilize the various websites should be taken care of prior to the start of this computer laboratory work:

IndianaMap = http://www.indianamap.org AND http://maps.indiana.edu/ie8.html IndianaView = http://www.indianaview.orgMultiSpec = https://engineering.purdue.edu/~biehl/MultiSpec America View = http://www.americaview.org Indiana Spatial Data Portal = http://gis.iu.edu GENI = http://www.iupui.edu/~geni NASA: LandSat = http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov Word Press = http://wordpress.com

Materials Required: Duplicates of the Student Tutorial (Land Use Change: A GIS Tutorial) OR Access to the on-line tutorial via GENI and Word Press Duplicates of the Student Worksheet, Settlement & Indiana: Urbanization Copies of the “Ticket Out the Door” questions

Procedures:1. Introduce the upcoming activities as a study of land-use change: what does this mean to the students?

Discuss or provide examples.2. Guide the students through the Land Use Change: A GIS Tutorial in whatever method works for you,

your students, and your school. This Tutorial may take about three sessions as students work through the directions, learn about the various software and imagery, address technical difficulties, and answer the questions. Your task is to be the guide. The hope is that students will become more familiar with the concept of spatial data, spatial thinking, and various mechanisms that provide spatial data for use in a variety of formats.

3. Students will work through the Settlement and Indiana: Urbanization Student Worksheet individually or in pairs.

4. IF small group presentations (question 7 of the Student Worksheet) are chosen, an additional day of small group research and discussion and a day of presentations may be required.

5. As a group, read through the information about the Indiana Geographic Information Officer (http://www.in.gov/gis/gio.htm) and watch the 5-minute YouTube video about the statewide Indiana mapping project (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB84YB8K1Es).

Assessment: Student participation in class: stay focused on tutorial and worksheet. Student completion of the Tutorial and Worksheet. Small group work (optional) Ticket-out-the-Door: See the following 15 questions; add your own as needed.

Resources:

IndianaView http://www.indianaview.org for connections to Indiana spatial data AmericaView http://www.americaview.org/k-12-earth-observation-day > several K-12 lessons

revolving around the use of satellite imagery in the classroom – created by educators with contact information provided

USGS Land Change Science web information http://gam.usgs.gov See videos about: Professional Urban Planner (Phil Roth), College Student using Geography & GIS

(Brian Hanson), GIS Software Developer (Larry Biehl) Dirt! the Movie, http://www.thedirtmovie.org (a fabulous, one-hour video about the importance of soil

and human/environment interaction) (IF you would like a free copy of the video, contact the GENI office at geni@iupui.edu making a request with name and address and grade levels that you had utilize the tutorial; also, we would like to hear your thoughts, and those of your students, on the tutorial.)

Jobs in GIS (ESRI) http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis/careers-in-gis#videos_panel (short videos from various individuals utilizing GIS in the field)

What is GIS? (ESRI) http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis (easy to understand explanations) GIS-related essays and books: http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis/books (not necessarily quick reads) Geography and GIS in Education, a three-part YouTube video series by Joseph Kerski (provides a background

explanation about GIS and the value in the classroom; type in the title and search) Lessons related to Geography & History of the World, Urbanization and Human & Environment

Interactions: Resources, Hazards, and Health Academic Standards, http://www.iupui.edu/~ghw and follow the Lesson Plans and Activities link

IndianaMap

IndianaView MultiSpec

AmericaView Indiana Spatial Data Portal

GENI NASA LandSat

Word Press USGS Land Change Science

Ticket Out the Door:

1. What is GIS?

2. Why is orthophotography valuable?

3. Why is metadata important?

4. On the IndianaMap website, provide three examples of the type of spatial data that you can find:

5. GPS means:

6. A GPS latitude and longitude location represents (one, two, many) point(s) of data.circle one

7. Why is remote sensing important to human and environmental studies?

8. What is the IndianaView?

9. In a traditional Landsat image, red represents what?

10. Why does red represent vegetation coverage in Landsat imagery?

11. List one job that utilizes GIS:

12. LiDAR means:

13. Explain why LiDAR is an improved technology over previous aerial photography tools.

14. Name one GIS software package or provider company:

15. Why is census data important to planning ahead?

16. Where might you find a Landsat image of Iceland?

17. If you were studying sea ice, what resources from the “Land Use Change” unit of study might you utilize?

18. In your community, what is an important issue that is spatial in nature?

19. How would you locate the population data for your community?

20. If you were building a new restaurant, what types of data would you want to consider?21. State two reasons why understanding land use change is important?

22. Remote Sensing can aid in the study of _____________ and _____________ (provide two examples).

23. The GPS device in many vehicles and cellular telephones helps to provide travel information for specific routes. GPS is based upon thousands of points of data, which are based upon _____________ and ______________ (both start with an L).

24. Explain why the United States Geological Survey (through IndianaView and AmericaView) would be interested in understanding the Earth better?

25. How does Remote Sensing help us to understand the Earth better?

26. How would the IndianaMap help you study land use in your community?

27. How many counties are in Indiana?

28. Approximately how many layers of data are available, through the IndianaMap, for each county in Indiana?

29. Who is the state’s current Governor?

30. Who is the state’s current Geographic Information Officer?