Parents

Engage your child in geographic thinking and GIS. They can help advance his/her classroom, college, career, and community opportunities.

Books for GIS Education The Our World GIS Education book series was developed to enhance GIS learning for students of all levels. More books on GIS education

Every day, through textbooks, the Internet, and TV, your children explore their world—on foot, by bicycle, in cars. They collect data by the sidewalk and streamside, download videos, and gather information from sources far and wide. They are engaged in geographic inquiry, science investigation, and what ifs—they are curious.

GIS expands your child's natural exploratory activities by bringing questions, geographic data and tools, and analysis together. Through GIS, young people can find their place in a larger world through their personal discoveries and growth.

Resources for Parents

• Check out what students and youth groups are doing.
• Investigate the world of geography.
• Explore the NGS My Wonderful World program.
• Celebrate GIS Day.
• Introduce your child’s teacher to the Educators page.

Introductory Materials

These documents will introduce you and your children to GIS:

• Geographic Inquiry: Thinking Geographically [PDF]
• Exploring Common Ground: The Educational Promise of GIS [PDF]
• Explore Your World with a Geographic Information System—Teaching Package [PDF]
• Explore Your World With a Geographic Information System—Poster [PDF]
• Geohistorical Inquiry: Connecting Place and Time and Critical Thinking [PDF]