Let’s look at heuristic that utilizes computational thinking to help frame the use of geospatial tools in the classroom by exploring this example.

Topic: Global Terrorism

Setting: 8th Grade Social Studies Class

• Global Terrorism Database on ArcGIS
• Day 1 Lesson Plan
• Day 2 Lesson Plan
• Guiding Handout

Hammond, Oltman, Salter (2019) – Article that full explains this project and how computational thinking is implemented.