Educators: Introducing Students to Land Surveying Careers
As an educator, you have a unique opportunity to expose students to the growing and rewarding field of land surveying. Inspire the next generation of professionals by incorporating surveying into your classroom, career events, and extracurricular activities.
Host a Career Day or Job Fair
Is your school planning a career day or job fair?
Invite your local ISPLS Chapter to participate!
They’re available to:
- Speak about careers in land surveying
- Bring and demonstrate surveying field equipment
- Answer student questions about education and job paths
Trig-Star Competition
The Trig-Star Program is an annual, statewide competition for students across Indiana. It challenges participants to solve trigonometry problems using:
- Right triangle formulas
- The laws of sines and cosines
Why participate?
This timed activity is a great way to introduce students to the math behind land surveying in a fun and competitive setting.
Visit trig-star.com or contact ISPLS State Coordinator Rudy Vugteveen for details.
Classroom and Career Resources
Explore these valuable tools to help students learn about land surveying, GIS, and mapping as potential career paths: