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TECHNOLOGY
Listed below are selected teaching resources from BLM national, state, and field offices, listed alphabetically by title.
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A High School Student Creates New River Website Teacher Resource
1999 BLM Environmental Education feature
Student creates webpage to support/enhance field trips to New River area in Oregon, through Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering Program.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/or/index.html
Environmental Technology is an Ancient Science
Based on Science & Children article, May 1993 pp. 21 - 28
Explains ancient methods of adapting to dry climates employed by a thriving agricultural community along the Rio Ojo Caliente in New Mexico 500 years ago. Includes poster and classroom activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/hupobi/index.html
Exploring Ancient Waterways
Classroom Activities from Science & Children, May 1993 poster back
In these four activities, students model and test ancient technologies used in agriculture such as water diversion and
water retention, and explore how technology solved problems, then and now.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/hupobi/poster.html
GIS and Data Activities
Classroom Activities from Science & Children, January 2000 p. 40
Students create and discuss data sets to use in decision making and create their own grid systems in these three activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/gis/index.html
GIS: A New Way to See
Based on Science & Children article, January 2000
Introduces students to technologies related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and GIS applications to natural resources decision making. Includes classroom activities and a poster.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/gis/index.html
Planning a Campground in Utah
Classroom Activities from Science & Children, January 2000 poster back
Students analyze map layers provided to make decisions on placement of a campground on public lands in Utah.
http://www.blm.gov/education/gisactivity/index2.html
Resource Explorer Neffra Matthews
website
BLM photogrammetrist uses the latest technologies to study dinosaurs at the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite in Wyoming.
http://www.blm.gov/education/expert/6/index.html
Steel Rails and Iron Horses
Based on Science & Children article, November/December 1995
Describes the history of the railroad and associated technologies in America, and the rail s contributions to the development of a nation; explores relationship between technology, society and the environment. Includes poster and
classroom activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/steel_rails_and_iron_horses/index.html
The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Seventh-Graders' Perspectives on Mapping
2000 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes seventh grade geography students' comparisons of mapping tools and methods used by Lewis and Clark with modern technologies.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2000/mt/index.html