Name: Teacher Workshop Session: Civiscape: AI Powered, Democratized Earth Data for K-12 Education
Start: 2026-07-30T16:00:00-0500
End: 2026-07-30T17:30:00-0500

We are a home for Earth science data and computing professionals. Our sessions bring together the community for hands-on, interdisciplinary deep dives as we explore "Bridging Divides: Data, Technology, Community" this year. Learn more about this theme on the ESIP Meetings page.

Session and plenary recordings will be published on the ESIP YouTube Channel.

Teacher Workshop Session: Civiscape: AI Powered, Democratized Earth Data for K-12 Education

Thursday July 30, 2026 4:00pm - 5:30pm CDT

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Sign-in & Notes

Education is most powerful when it's personal. This 90 minute session introduces CivicScape, a digital learning platform that builds place-based, standards-aligned lessons where students investigate real data from their community—air quality, housing, health, and more—no data or GIS experience required. With CivicScape and Earth data, classroom lessons stop being abstract and students start seeing themselves as agents of change in their own communities.

Outcome/Goals:
● Navigate CivicScape to identify and analyze geospatial datasets relevant to their
local community and classroom context
● Design a place-based, geospatial learning sequence that meets NGSS science and
engineering practices, with emphasis on asking questions, analyzing data, and
constructing explanations
● Facilitate student exploration of local environmental and social data in ways that
center diverse community experiences and promote equity

Speakers

Nick Okafor

Executive Director, trubel&co

Nick Okafor (he/him) is the founder of trubel&co, a nonprofit venture studio that champions underserved youth to tackle complex societal problems using data, design, and technology. trubel&co build youth power in the digital age by integrated career technical education with experiential learning and liberatory design. A strategist... Read More →