Subject: Spacial Genie as a Geospatial analysis tool
Link to resource: http://www.spatialgenie.edu.au/spatialgenie/
Year level: F-10
Strand: Design and Technologies processes and production skills
Sub- strand: Planning, producing and evaluating designed solutions
Content descriptors:
Years F-2
- 2.7 Use design ideas, materials, components, tools and equipment to play, plan, safely produce and evaluate designed solutions based on personal criteria for technologies contexts
Years 3-4
- 4.7 Select materials, components, tools and equipment using safe and sustainable work practices to produce and evaluate designed solutions based on identified criteria for success for technologies contexts
Years 4-5
- 6.8 Develop project plans, manage production processes and procedures when safely using a variety of technologies, materials, systems, tools, equipment and techniques when producing and evaluating designed solutions for technologies contexts
Years 5-6
- 6.8 Develop project plans, manage production processes and procedures when safely using a variety of technologies, materials, systems, tools, equipment and techniques when producing and evaluating designed solutions for technologies contexts
Years 7-8
- 8.9 Competently and safely use a broad range of materials, components, tools and techniques when designing, and project managing production of sustainable designed solutions for technologies contexts and evaluating using identified criteria for success
Years 9-10
- 10.6 Work flexibly to safely test, select, justify and use appropriate technologies to design, produce and evaluate designed solutions using identified criteria for success and suggesting improvements to design processes
General capabilities:
- Geography
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Ethnic Understanding
- Personal and social capability
Cross- Curriculum
- Asia and Australia’s engagement in Asia
- Sustainability
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Elaboration to using the technology:
SpatialGenie is a resource that can be used to geospatial analysis related tasks. Using the tool, the teacher and students are able to view, manipulate and research data related to geological information, history, statistics and other such related information. The website allows the teacher to select what information/ format of data that is to be looked at and/or depicted on the world map. The toolbar option contains links and toggles to select between views and screens which allows for layers and additional facts/ statistics about the World including national cities, landmass, population/ vegetation density, hazard data, and history of natural disasters. Using live data from surveys the resource remains up to date and relevant. The resource is a free tool and only requires one to register as a log in.