Teaching Science and Investigating Environmental Issues with Geospatial Technology [electronic resource] : Designing Effective Professional Development for Teachers / edited by James MaKinster, Nancy Trautmann, Michael Barnett.

Introduction -- Participatory Professional Development: Geospatially Enhanced Urban Ecological Field Studies -- Field-based Research Partnerships: Teachers, Students, and Scientists Investigate the Geologic History of Eastern Montana Using Geospatial Technologies -- The GIT Ahead Project: Meeting Teachers Where They Are and Helping Them Achieve Their Geospatial Goals -- Spatial Sci: Forwarding Geospatial Technology Innovations In the Classroom -- Eyes in the Sky: Facilitating Classroom Research Using Geospatial Technology -- Coastlines: Commitment, Comfort, Competence, Empowerment, and Relevance in Professional Development -- The Inquiring with GIS (iGIS) Project: Helping Teachers Create and Lead Local GIS-Based Investigations -- Communities for Rural Education, Stewardship and Technology Program (CREST): A Rural Model of Teacher Professional Development -- Curriculum Aligned Professional Development for Geospatial Education -- Impact of Science Teacher Professional Development through Geospatial Technologies: A 5-Step Program of Support -- The Data Sets and Inquiry in Geoscience Education Project: A Model Curricula for Teacher Capacity Building in Scientific Inquiry Tasks With Geospatial Data -- Designing Google Earth Activities for Learning Earth and Environmental Science -- Designing Geospatial Exploration Activities to Build Environmental Awareness in Middle School Students -- The Lonely Trailblazers: Examining the Early Implementation of Geospatial Technologies in Science Classrooms -- Understanding the Use of Geospatial Technologies to Teach Science: TPACK as a Lens for Effective Teaching -- Moving Out of Flatland: Toward Effective Practice in Geospatial Inquiry -- What Happens After Professional Development: Case Studies on Implementing GIS in the Classroom -- The Nature and Design of Professional Development for Using Geospatial Technologies to Teach Science -- The Nature of Teacher Knowledge Necessary for the Effective Use of Geospatial Technologies to Teach Science.