Fun with GIS 345: 2024 ArcGIS Online Student Competition
Many GIS professionals do research, analyze data, think holistically about complex situations, and compile resources into a map-centered presentation. The ArcGIS Online Competition for US High School & Middle School Students challenges participants in grades 4-12 to do just that. Many students begin and falter; some make it all the way through; a few tackle it year after year. All benefit even just by starting, learning to see the world through a geographic lens.
Could you determine where to allocate scarce resources, interpret the most basic data set in multiple ways, summarize disparate views of a community in need, or model a strategy for comparing apples and oranges? This is what the national winners and honorable mentions at high school and middle school levels did this year.
Across the board, students gathered data, converted information from one form into another, explored maps, sought patterns and relationships from galactic to microscopic, mundane to existential, past to future, and made recommendations to address issues.
In 2024, almost 400 entries were submitted in 36 states. Over 200 projects earned awards, and over 50 of these were named state winners in their level. Many of these were impressive, and particularly the two national winners and two honorable mentions. You can see all the awardees and explore by region, topic, level, or winners, and launch them all at the Competition webpage. You can see winners summarize their projects in three-minute videos. Check out what students can do with the ability to map and analyze data, find patterns and relationships, and think geographically using GIS.
And join the Results Webinar, Thu June 20, 5-6pmPDT. Reqister here (required) to hear the winners.
