Important Notes:

1. Prior to implementing the investigation, be sure that you have set up an ARCGIS.com account for your classrooms.
    
2. We recommend that you read the Built Environment Scavenger Hunt Teacher Guide prior to implementing this investigation. The Teacher Guide contains detailed content and pedagogical support materials that are not described on this Web page.
    
3. The instructional materials have been developed for use in a specific geographic location.  The MS Word versions can be modified for implementing the investigation in other locations.
    

Important Implentation Notes:

1. When setting your data collection area on the Esri Collector App, Make sure that the blue box encompasses the entire data collection area.  If a gathered data point is not in the data collection area, it will not be able to synch to the map.  
    
2. If your students experience a problem with the Esri Collector App, such as losing a location point while outside, have them exit out of the Collector App and restart that App.
    
3. The Collector App screen view will not initially display all categories. Tell students to scroll up on the screen to view the other observation categories. Students can only enter one entry per field.  If there is more than one possible response, have students select their most prominent observation for the field and then add addition observations in the “Description” field.
    
4. It is important to submit data while standing still.  If students move while submitting, the data point will appear in a different location than where the data was collected. Clicking the map image before submitting will move their data point to the location where the map is touched.
    
5. It is recommended that you explicitly model to your students how to use the ARCGIS.com tool features before they begin that part of the investigation. They should understand how to view and interpret the legend, view data from each point and in the table, and use the filtering and measuring tools.  It is highly recommended to explicitly model how to use the filtering tool two times.  Be sure to show students how to use the Filter tool so they can locate their own data that they collected. They should also understand how to draw an area and line, assign a color to those drawings, take a screenshot on their computer, and submit their screenshot.
    
6. We recommend that you review directions on the ArcGIS map.  North is at the top of the map, south is at the bottom, east is to the right and west is to the left.
    
7. If students are unable to finish their map drawings during a class period, they should save their map using the Save tool.  The first time the students save, they will select “Save As” and give their map a name.  They can click “Save” any other time they wish to save their map.