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- A Teacher Toolkit for Integrating Geospatial Concepts into Science Learning
- What is GeoSciTeach?
- Going geospatial in science – a framework for teachers
- Geospatial in science
- Learnability (of using app)
- Comparing bananas and coffee
- Thinking geographically and spatially
- Other contexts of use
- Thoughts about linking the use of ‘GeoSciTeach’ with the classroom
Category Archives: GeoSciTeach app
What is GeoSciTeach?
GeoSciTeach is an application for android smartphones. It provides opportunities to make sense of scientific phenomena through the collection, manipulation and visualisation of data. Its strength lies in how it helps support student geospatial and spatial thinking, ideas that are … Continue reading
Going geospatial in science – a framework for teachers
The following framework aims to offer indicators of how geospatial learning can be integrated into science. The framework is not meant to be exhaustive, but to provide a starting point from which pre-service teachers and teachers can begin to come … Continue reading
Geospatial in science
Teachers found that the app required students to link the ‘here and now’ – the starting point for geospatial thinking – to other places. The app was very effective at making visible, students’ lack of inclination to think more widely … Continue reading
Learnability (of using app)
Teachers said that student’s familiarity with the technical aspects of mobile smartphones was an important part of its use. Several of the teachers and students thought that the app was ‘easy’ to use, and easy to learn to use. For … Continue reading
Other contexts of use
Biology Evolutionary (e.g. investigating how species adapt and change both in space and time) The teacher wants students to answer this question: What is the distribution of banded snail in the local environment and how can this be explained? The … Continue reading
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Thoughts about linking the use of ‘GeoSciTeach’ with the classroom
When teachers used the app it got them thinking and conversing about geospatial layers, envisaging possibilities for layered representation, as this interview with a fully qualified teacher shows: Interviewer: So what did you think of it? Teacher: I really liked … Continue reading
GeoSciTeach app: Easy to use
During their experience at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, both students and teachers talked about how easy the app was to use, and to navigate around. From the students perspective: Interviewer: Good. I’m glad. And how long do you think … Continue reading
Using the video and YouTube features
A student talks to the researcher about how they used video and YouTube features on the GeoSciTeach app during their experience at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. Interviewer: So were there any other bits on the app that you … Continue reading
Who is GeoSciTeach for?
Developed for use in secondary school (ages 11-18 years), GeoSciTeach is specifically designed to be used by both teachers and students in science classes. Being fully customisable means teachers are able to modify and adapt the application to meet the … Continue reading
GeoSciTeach and Ideas about pedagogy
Understanding science can be hard, not just because of the vocabulary used to described and explain scientific concepts but also abstract ideas often used to explain scientific phenomena. For example, it is a real challenge for adults and children alike … Continue reading
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