Using GPS Technology in the Schools --

Take a look at these education links for GIS resources and books:

NYGPS Mailing List Homepage -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nygps/

ESRI (ArcView GIS software) in K12: Geography Matters to Schools, Libraries, and Other Neat Places -- http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/index.html

GIS in Schools -- book

http://gis.esri.com/esripress/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=44&moduleID=0

Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators -- student workbook & software

http://gis.esri.com/esripress/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=29&moduleID=0

Past Time, Past Place: GIS for History -- book

http://gis.esri.com/esripress/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=53&moduleID=0

Using GPS in School -- A Venn Diagram

http://www.venndiagram.com/detail.lasso?id=1215642117.gif

Geography makes a wonderful interdiscipllinary theme for units of instruction in science and social studies.  When you stop to think about it, there is hardly any topic you can teach about that doesn't have a location.  And as you've heard, location is everything.