Using Visualizations to Explore and Understand Data Scientists
have long known the power of visualizations in making sense of
data and thereby learning about the earth. With new access to
on-line data and new technologies for visualizing data, this is
becoming an increasingly powerful technique for teaching
geoscience. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Bringing GIS
into the introductory Earth Science classroom at Middle
Tennessee State University (Acrobat (PDF) 75kB Feb25 04) Mark
Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University - This essay
describes the use of GIS in teaching Earth Science at Middle
Tennessee State University. The author does so to address three
goals: familiarizing large numbers of undergraduate non-majors
with GIS, recruiting students for GIS courses, and recruiting
geoscience majors. Applications of GIS-based Laboratory
Exercises In Entry-level Geoscience Courses (Acrobat (PDF) 278kB
Feb25 04) Laurel Goodell, Princeton University - This paper
discusses the use of GIS-based exercises in basi