The Use of Google Earth Images and QGIS Open-Source Software in Social Studies Education
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Tarih
2015
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Marmara Univ
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
In this study, map and scale issues in Life on Earth unit of the People, Places and Environments learning area covered in the Middle School 6th Grade Social Studies have been addressed. While skills to be addressed directly on this topic are map reading and atlas use; the major value wished to be gained by the students is the sensitivity to the natural environmental. The present study aimed at developing an exemplary application for the social studies lessons on map-scale issues by the use of Google Earth images and an open-source GIS software, QGIS. The main objective here is to enable students construct a map of the place in which they live by the help of Google Earth images and open-source GIS software. For the activity, students first download the maps of where they live from the Google Earth application; and then they carry out a number of tasks to create their own maps with all the aspects such as length, direction and so in order to develop their skills on map reading. In this present study, by doing such an exemplary lesson activity, students create maps of where they live; that is, they integrate technology into their learning environment as well as they exercise active learning principles which help them grasp the knowledge, skills and values better.
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Social studies education, geographic information systems, open-source GIS software, QGIS, Google Earth
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Marmara Geographical Review
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