Introduction

• Question: What is the total distance that each bus will travel on it's routes?
• Overview: This activity provides practice in using the fGIS program to measure distance between multiple points. The situation is there are three buses, one for each Junior High School. Each school bus route picks up children at Elementary schools (feeder schools) to each Junior High (Longfellow, Emerson, and Waller) . Find the quickest routes for each bus, and keep of track of the total distance traveled. At the end you should have three totals of distance in miles.
• Time Required: 25 minutes

Prerequisite(s)

The following information would be helpful in order to successfully accomplish this activity.

• Know how to measure distance.
• Know the three Junior High Schools.

Standards Addressed

• Standard 2.4 - Compute length, perimeter or circumference, area, volume, and surface area of geometric figures with missing information and correctly identify the appropriate unit of measure of each.
• Process Standard 5.2 - Use a variety of mathematical representations as tools for organizing, recording, and communicating mathematical ideas (e.g., mathematical models, tables, graphs, spreadsheets).

Instructions

1. Accessing Project
   1. Download the resource Garfield County Satelite Image. (This will take quite a while, the file is very large) If possible, your teacher needs to download this file the day before and have it located where students may access it faster.
   2. Click the 'Extract all files' from the folder task menu on the left.
   3. Choose My Documents as the location to extract to, click finish when done.
   4. Download the Garfield Count Projects Resource
   5. Click the 'Extract all files' from the folder task menu on the left.
   6. Choose My Documents as the location to extract to, click finish when done.
   7. Click HERE for instructions on how to assemble the Garfield County Project.
   8. Once you have assembled the project, open the folder named Garfield Project.
   9. Open the fGIS program by pressing on the icon.
   10. Double click the "FGIS" folder and open the #3 file.
   11. Select the Measure project file, which should be listed in menu as an option.
   12. If this is your first time using fGIS, access the video Tour to get started.
   
   
2. Lesson Instructions
1. As per teacher instructions, print off a copy of the map that automatically appears. Do this by selecting
   1. Map >
   2. Print >
   3. Simple Map > and then
   4. Enter your name in the footer space provided in the popup window and click okay.
2. Once you have opened the map, make sure the schools layer on the left hand side is selected.
3. Once you have selected the schools layer, select the tool to see what Elementary Schools go to which Junior High by clicking on the plus signs they are also color separated 1.0 is Longfellow, 1.7 is Emerson, and 2.3 is waller.
4. Once you know what schools are in a group, select the tool so you can zoom in on each group at a time.
5. Then select the tool to measure the distance.
6. To measure click on the point needed (wait for the time glass to go away), the 3 groups have from 3 to 4 schools in each. Go to each of the Elementary schools point. At the Junior High double click and the table at the right will appear, click OK.
   
   
7. To keep track of the distance measurements, open a word processor and click Ctrl V.
8. After you finish the first group, press the tool 4 to 5 times so you can go to the next group.
9. For group 2 you must zoom in order to view Eisenhower to Taft. Measure and record that distance. Then zoom in on Taft and Monroe, and back back to the Junior High. Double click and record the distance as before.
10. Repeat steps D through H for group 3.
11. Remember you need the fastest route.