"Back to the Basics" is an innovation of the WETMAAP Program (Wetland Education Through Maps and Aerial Photography) which offers a series of workshops that provide training in basics ecological concepts, technological skills, and methods of interpretation necessary for assessing geography and earth science topics. The precept of the series is to reintroduce basic geographic tenets including location, map skills, observation and comparative analysis through the use of traditional tools such as maps and aerial photography. Kansas City, Missouri Back to the Basics exercise provides an excellent opportunity of "science by inquiry."