Find a State Park or Forest in CT
Data, Graphs, and Maps
Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Geography
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Provided by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
What it is
- This interactive ArcGIS map allows users to locate Connecticut's state parks, forests, and trails.
- Students can click on each location's icon to see its name, town, and type of location.
Teaching tips
Positives
- Students will enjoy playing around with the map and can even zoom in on their street!
- The layers, legend, and map navigation are incredibly user-friendly.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should know how to read a map legend and navigate an interactive map.
- It may benefit students to understand what "State Parks" are and how they are different from other parks.
- The links to the locations' websites do not work.
Differentiation
- Students can plan a State Park and forest virtual field trip, choosing three locations to investigate.
- Language arts or business students can create advertisements to persuade others to visit a particular park or forest.
- Students can discuss the impact of climate change and deforestation on parks and forests.
- Geography students can use the map to draw a more detailed map of their town or county, including the State Parks and forests.
From the scientist review
This ArcMap is easy to navigate, and has a search bar for students to explore nearby parks and green spaces. This resource's one issue is that most "more info" links are broken, but students can still use the map to find parks and then search ctparks.com to learn more.
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