This page was [imported from the old Grassroots Mapping Wiki](http://wiki.grassrootsmapping.org/show/CurriculumDevelopment), and dates from 2009-10
Several groups (need to list them here) are working on grassroots mapping-related curricula in various sites. This is a page to help share work, combine efforts, and hopefully create a generalized curricula which can be adopted for use in new projects. ### Current Curricular Development Projects ### * GrassrootsMappingLima implemented a curriculum based on this document: GrassrootsMappingLimaCurriculum * NuVoWorkshop - a late April 2010 2-week intensive mapping workshop with high school students from around Boston * Mikel Maron at [MapKibera.org](http://mapkibera.org/wiki/index.php?title=Curriculum) is also organizing curricular efforts. * The DepartmentOfPlay at MIT's Center for Future Civic Media (Jeff/grassrootsmapping.org is a member) is developing a mapping curriculum as part of its summer 2010 Urban Learning Labs. More soon. If you are working on a curriculum please feel free to add yourself to this list. ### Materials ### To hold a workshop/class on balloon mapping, be sure to look over the BalloonMaterialsList for prices and links to online sources. ### Outline ### Typically we try to situate the mapping exercises and tool-building in a specific geographic situation; participants may be interested in mapping their own community and/or supporting a community in need -- even a distant community. A short workshop can be a few hours long, involving building a basic SodaBottleRig or Picavet suspension and attaching to a balloon to do a short BalloonAerialPhotography flight. A more in-depth workshop can consist of several days or up to two weeks, and can include the following activities, based on participant age and area of interest: * Discussion of existing maps of target community * Hand drawing maps * Exploring the neighborhood, interviewing neighbors * Flying kites, observing weather patterns for possible balloon flights * Building a SodaBottleRig or a BalloonAerialPhotography (Picavet) rig * Hold a design competition for a camera capsule: strength, low weight, low cost, ease of assembly, access to camera controls, protection of camera from impact, stability in wind and turbulence, portability: Materials list for rig: RigCompetition * Trash bag balloon construction * Flights!! * Flight analysis: what worked and didn't * View captured images, rectify them * Print map * Trace map with tracing paper and/or digital tools * History/future activities: how has the community evolved? how will it evolve in the next 5 years? 10? 50? ## Units ## _In progress_ ### Sketch mapping and model building ### ### Mapping the history of your community ### ### Mapping the future of your community ### ### See your community from above ### ### Design a satellite ###