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RESOURCE	GRADE LEVEL	MEDIA TYPE
Geospatial Revolution: Food Deserts Food deserts refer to a lack of easy access to nutritious food. They exist all over America as an outcome of poverty. This video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution shows how geospatial technology can help change this reality.	7-12	Video
Geospatial Revolution: GIS Vocabulary In this interactive based on Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution project, learn vocabulary that has developed with the growth of GIS, watch relevant videos and check your understanding of those words using the embedded assessment.	7-12	Interactive
Geospatial Revolution: History of GIS In this video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution project, watch GIS develop as a product of centuries of mapmaking and 20th century computer-based technology, and the vast number of applications it has spawned.	7-12	Video
Geospatial Revolution: Importance of Geography In this video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution project, experts discuss geospatial technologies and their contribution to our understanding of how the earth works, to managing climate change, and to creating new science agendas and jobs.	7-12	Video
Geospatial Revolution: Political Aspects This video clip from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution project highlights the use of geospatial technologies in political campaigning.	7-12	Video
Geospatial Revolution: Portland, an Interactive City In this video clip from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution project, the city of Portland’s use of technology is profiled. Digital innovations from the Internet to smart phones are influencing the way citizens make decisions.	7-12	Video
Geospatial Revolution: Why Study GIS? In this clip from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution project, the importance of studying geospatial technology is explored.	7-12	Video
Geospatial Revolution: Your Next Job The first step in choosing a career is to understand opportunities in an area of interest to you. In this interactive based on Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution project, explore several UPS jobs arranged by qualifications.	7-12	Interactive
Geospatial Revolution: History of Geography In this video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution project, experts trace the history of geography from clay tablets during Babylonian times to mapmaking from horseback in the 1800s to digital maps produced by computers.	7-12	Video
Geospatial Revolution: GIS to Monitor Areas of Conflict In this video from Episode 3 of Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution, GIS professionals and U.S. military commanders discuss the ways in which they are employing geospatial technologies on the battlefield to improve vigilance and security against attacks by insurgents.	7-12	Video
Geospatial Revolution: Mapping Power Kibera, a poor community, in Nairobi, was a blank spot on the map until recently. This video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution shows how geospatial technology enabled residents to map resources to help their community.	7-12	Video