Oregon Explorers

Welcome to Oregon Explorers

With generous support from the Gray Family Fund, the Oregon Explorers initiative seeks ways to connect schools, technology, and natural resources via field, classroom, and computer lab applications of the Oregon Explorer digital library. Pilot development of Oregon Explorers is coordinated by Alder Creek Children's Forest in Douglas County, in conjunction with a wide range of local, county, and state partners.
- For background information, please click here for the ACCF page, or download a PDF slideshow from Feb 2009
- If you'd like to see some Oregon Explorers learning resources, go to the Teachers Page on this Moodle site, or the sample Oregon Explorers page
- Here's a special UBE educators page for those looking wishing to use the Umpqua Basin Explorer in educational settings.
- Here are pages for our fall 2009 and summer 2010 teachers workshops.

Oregon Explorers Teachers Page
- Teacher: Michael Harris
- Teacher: Jim Proctor
This page is primarily for current Oregon Explorers teachers and includes teacher resources, sample student activities you may use, and links to participating organizations. Though guest access is available, full teacher access to this page requires an enrollment key; please contact Alder Creek Children's Forest for details.
Sample Oregon Explorers Page

This sample course page illustrates the ways educators can use our Oregon Explorers Moodle application in a variety of settings. Certain options of the page are explained so you can decide what works best for your needs.
Umpqua Basin Explorer Educator Resources

This page has links to information and resources for educational uses of the Umpqua Basin Explorer digital library in Douglas County, Oregon, including basic watershed information, mapping tools for UBE learning locations, and a variety of aquatic habitat tools.
Fall 2009 Project Learning Tree/Oregon Explorers Workshop
- Teacher: Jim Proctor
Course page for our fall 2009 Oregon Explorers workshop, done in conjunction with the Oregon Natural Resource Education Program.
Summer 2010 Project WILD/Oregon Explorers Workshop
- Workshop Coordinator: Michael Harris
- Workshop Coordinator: Jim Proctor
- Workshop Coordinator: Tracy Martz
- Workshop Coordinator: LeeAnn Mikkelson
Course page for our summer 2010 Project WILD/Oregon Explorers workshop, done in conjunction with the Oregon Natural Resource Education Program.
SOLV Test Course
- Teacher: Meghan Ballard
- Teacher: Sara Ryan
- Teacher: Jalene Braun
Test course for SOLV.

The Oregon Virtual School District has now given us our own domain for Oregon Explorers! Our main Moodle page is now at http://oregonexplorers.orvsd.org/moodle. The main page includes:

Announcements (such as this one), also emailed to all registered Oregon Explorers Moodle users
A list of current online users and a calendar of upcoming events
A link to the Oregon Explorers teachers page, with lots of free resources and activities (guests may visit this page but full access requires an enrollment key)
Links to Moodle pages for participating schools, currently including Canyonville Elementary, Riddle Elementary, and Tri-City Elementary schools in southern Douglas County
Logged-in users see a list of their enrolled courses, plus may view and send messages to fellow Oregon Explorers Moodle participants

We welcome your input as our Oregon Explorers Moodle site is developed this coming spring; thanks in advance.

Regards,

Jim P.

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Oregon Dams

Oregon large dams. Large dams are defined by a dam height >= 10 feet and storage of >= 9.2 acre feet. These larger dams are within the juristiction of Oregon Water Resource Department.
Watershed Boundaries Dataset, Hydrologic Units

This geospatial dataset represents the 6th level (12-digit) hydrologic unit boundaries from the Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) layer for Oregon.
Oregon City Limits (2009)

This data represents the Oregon City Limit boundaries. Each city limit is defined as a continuous area within the statutory boundary of an incorporated city, which is the smallest subdivision of an annexed area. It is represented as spatial data (polygon with label point).
Oregon Urban Growth Boundaries

This theme delineates Urban Growth Boundaries (UGBs) in the state of Oregon. Oregon land use laws limit development outside of urban growth boundaries. The line work was created by various sources including the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD), the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Metro Regional Council of Governments (Metro), county and city GIS departments, and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services - Geospatial Enterprise Office (DAS-GEO).
Oregon Geologic Data Compilation

The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) has completed the six-year project to digitally compile geologic data for the entire state. This effort brings together the best available geologic mapping from state and federal agency sources, student thesis work, and consultants. The project will create a new statewide digitally-compiled geologic map coverage that will become a component of the Geoscience Theme within the Oregon Framework Themes. The Oregon Framework Themes effort is coordinated by the Oregon Geospatial Enterprise Office, Oregon Department of Administrative Services.

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