Web Maps Discussion Guide

Use the Web Maps Discussion Guide above to guide general inquiry of the nine maps below.

Watersheds Lesson Plan

Use the Watersheds Lesson Plan to guide activity involving the three watershed maps.

What’s your watershed?

Amazing Transformations

Civic Awareness

More to Explore in Google Earth

Milwaukee Community Map in Google Earth Discussion Guide

The awesome Web Maps above are just a slice of what the Milwaukee Community Map offers. Download the Map in Google Earth to toggle on and off Story Layers and Basemaps according to custom inquiries; explore Deeper Dives educational exhibits into underwater research, local history, and efforts to improve water quality; and discover what Milwaukee means by Water Centric City.

Questions or want a presentation for your students?

Contact Michael Timm, Milwaukee Community Map curator or Lisa Neeb, Green & Healthy Schools project manager.

Check out a 20-minute overview and tutorial video webinar intended for grade 6-12 educators on using the Milwaukee Community Map to share water stories with your students and guide them through inquiry and exploration using this fascinating free tool. For the high-quality version of our webinar, please click here. For more educational resources beyond those offered by Reflo, check out the extensive list of 2020 webinars showcased on YouTube by Wisconsin Green & Healthy Schools.

Support

Thanks to support from Brico Fund and the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, Milwaukee author and historian John Gurda partnered with us to present animated Water History Tours showing how Milwaukee's waterscape has been transformed by human activity. The tours are shared above as videos. Check out the whole “Deeper Dive” interactive map experience a incorporating the tours plus related interactive content by accessing the Milwaukee Community Map.

The pilot phase of the Milwaukee Community Map was supported by Brico Fund. Phase 2 was also supported by Brico Fund, and from July 2018 through June 2019, in part by the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act, Grant #NA18NOS4190091.

The City of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration Office supported the creation of the Water Centric City video and interactive map in late 2019.

From July 2020 through June 2021, the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program is supporting the Milwaukee Community Map as we develop Water Stories on climate change, tourism, and public project collaborations. Funded by the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act, Grant # NA20NOS4190092.