Geography, Mapping, and GIS Awareness Activities

An Overview

These three lessons, “Map Features”, “Planning a Trip”, and “You’re the Realtor”, are designed
for middle school students (grade 6-8). They were developed to reinforce concepts in a GPS/GIS
afterschool program, but could be used as part of any geography or leadership program. The
skills emphasized include internet literacy, cartography, geography, using GIS to answer
questions, math, problem solving, and critical thinking.

These activities are all the original creative work of Wendy Hein, Oregon State University
Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development. Feel free to use, reproduce, or edit these activities.
Please provide acknowledgement where appropriate. The author would appreciate knowing how
you used this information and these activities. Please send correspondence to:

Wendy Hein
OSU Extension – Clackamas County
200 Warner-Milne Rd
Oregon City, OR 97045
503-655-8635
Wendy.hein@oregonstate.edu

Agriculture, 4-H Youth, Family & Community Development, Forestry, and Extension Sea Grant Programs. Oregon State University,
United States Department of Agriculture, and Clackamas County cooperating. The Extension Service offers its programs and
materials equally to all people.

Developed by Wendy Hein, 4-H Youth Development Agent, Clackamas County, Oregon. 2005.