City/State of School, School District, or Group: Soldotna, Alaska. Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Grade level of students you or your educator collaborator work/worked with: Eighth
Subject/topic of class/group you assisted your collaborator with:
History/Geography
Approximately how many students were engaged in GIS activities through this collaboration: 45
How did you connect with your collaborator? Mrs. Pothast contacted our local GIS User Group
Describe your collaboration process. Mrs. Pothast expressed an interest in working with the Kenai Peninsula GIS User Group on a project based around the Tsalteshi trail system, which is located behind Skyview Middle School. We presented the idea of creating a story map about the trails, and a mobile application for trail users. Two of our User Group members gave her two 8th grade History/Geography students a presentation re: Geography basics and the development over time of GIS systems. Then, five User Group members worked with the classrooms over a period of four weeks to develop the story map and mobile application.
