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A multidisciplinary unit has young engineers explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an essential tool in planning any engineering projects. The lessons and activities in Part 1 of the unit look at GIS in general. Part 2 focuses on using GIS to study data related to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Instructors may choose to expose their scholars to GIS and digital mapping or have them investigate environmental issues in depth.
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gps, human impact on the environment, environmental science, recycling, pollution, plastic, technology resources, contamination, citations, environmental hazards, environmental safety, the internet, oceans, plagiarism, reference materials, technical writing, word processing, solid waste, ocean pollution, communication, food chains, food webs, garbage, hydrocarbons, marine life, ocean currents, pesticides, petroleum, petroleum products, polymers, the pacific ocean, geographic information systems, geographic locations, latitude and longitude, google earth, microsoft excel, coordinate pair, physical geography, map projections, orthogonal, grid maps, coordinate plane, mapmaking, cartography, the earth, globes, cartographers, grid systems, topographical maps, african geography, africa
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