Introduction

• Question: How many loaves of bread can you produce from a wheat field?
• Background Information: In the panhandle of Oklahoma farmers use irrigantions systems to water the fields. Corn, wheat and other crops are produced as a result of these irrigation systems. Some useful information one may need to know for this lesson include:
  • 64 square feet of wheat is required to produce 1 loaf of bread (64 ft² = 1 loaf_bread)
  • 32 square feet of wheat produces 1 pound of flour (32 ft² = 1 lb_flour)
• Textbook Name: pp.
• Time Required: 45minutes

Prerequest(s)

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

• Use your book as a source for information
• These are the equations for area
• For a square: base x height=area
• For a trangle: base x height divided by 2=area
• For circle: pi x (r x r)

Standards Addressed

• S?.? State the standarded located here.
• S?.? Ask how to determine "?"
• S?.?

Instructions

To check the points and different shapes with the "i" button you must select the title corresponding with the point or shape: for instance, to check the shapes you must click on the selection on the left titled study areas then click the "i" button then click on the airport shape to see its info

Study Areas correspondes with the shapes, and Problems correspondes with the points.

To zoom in, click on the magnifying glass , click and hold on the top-left corner of area you want to zoom in on, and drag as far as you need to the bottom-right until the zoom box covers the area you want.

 

1. Accessing Project
   1. Accessing Project
      1. Download the resource Texas 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 Texas Project.
      9. Open the fGIS program by pressing on the icon.
      10. Double click the "FGIS" folder and open the #1 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. Q1: Find the area (in meters) of the ring and the circle inside the ring.
   1. step 1-click on study areas.shp name on the bar on the left side of the map.
   2. step 2-click on the "i" icon, it looks like a white i in a blue circle.
   3. step 3-click on the higlighted circle to view the info about the question.
3. Q2: Find the area of the unused land around the crop circles.
   1. step 1-click on study areas.shp name on the bar on the left side of the map.
   2. step 2-click on the "i" icon, it looks like a white i in a blue circle.
   3. step 3-click on the higlighted area to view the info about the question.
4. Q3: Find how many large loaves of bread could've been made from the missing farmland.
1. step 1-click on study areas.shp name on the bar on the left side of the map.
2. step 2-click on the "i" icon, it looks like a white i in a blue circle.
3. step 3-click on the higlighted triangle to view the info about the question.
5. Q4: Determine the percentage of crop production loss as a result of the presence of the homestead.
   1. step 1-click on study areas.shp name on the bar on the left side of the map.
   2. step 2-click on the "i" icon, it looks like a white i in a blue circle.
   3. step 3-click on the higlighted triangle to view the info about the question.