NASA's Education Program manager from the Office of Mission to Planet Earth notified the Goddard DAAC March 1996, on its approval of a peer reviewed educational unsolicited proposal. The program manager said that the DAAC's educational series was " an exciting addition to the implementation of a strategically focused MTPE education program.

Title: Studying Earth's Environment from Space Educational Series

PI: Dr. Blanche Meeson meeson@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
CoI: Ms. Carla Evans evans@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
Remote Sensing Scientist: Mr. Ned Horning nedh@lightlink.com
Graphics and Publications: Ms. Diana Sunday sundance@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov

* Audience: Earth System Science Teachers, High School and Undergraduate Students

* Prerequisite: Some chemistry and physics; no calculus

* Funding: NASA Mission to Planet Earth Education Office & NASA GSFC Director's Discretionary Fund

* Partners: Educational and Scientific community

* Final Product: Web & CD-ROM (text in Adobe Acrobat and image analyses software for PC and MAC)

* Evaluation: Conducted and completed by educators and students

* Assessment: NASA Classroom of the Future and West Chester University

The Goddard DAAC is designing and developing the products in conjunction with scientists, teachers and experts in science education. Although the proposed products are designed for ready use by educators and students , the DAAC will work with educators to develop workshops and to conduct demonstrations at conferences. Product distribution will be free on CD-ROM and on the Goddard DAAC Web site.

The proposed educational effort fulfills NASA's plan "to promote excellence in America's education system through enhancing and expanding scientific and technological competence." In contributing to the achievement of the NASA, MTPE, and Goddard educational goals, the DAAC is producing educational materials that will be in demand by Earth science educators who teach global environment issues. The duration of the proposal is for 3 years contingent upon NASA procurement regulations and the availability of funds.

Studying Earth's Environment from Space

Org. Science Topic Satellite Data

DAAC Stratospheric Ozone TOMS
DAAC Land Vegetation CZCS
DAAC Oceanic Vegetation AVHRR

The Old Dominion College and the U.S. Coast Guard have proposed to continue the series on the following topics and has received funding from the OMTPE Education Program.

OD&CG Sea Surface Temperature Variability AVHRR
OD&CG Ocean Circulation TOPEX/POSEIDON
OD&CG Air-Sea Land Interactions (El Nino & Monsoons) AVHRR & TOPEX
OD&CG Polar Sea Ice Processes SSMI

Contents:

Scientific Information designed as sets of Lectures
Remote Sensing Image analyses software (freeware for Mac and PC)
Tutorial on how to use the software with Scientific Examples
Lab Manual including classroom activities and a Teacher's Guide
References
Glossary

Presentation Design:

The educational materials on the CD and Web will contain quicktime movies, satellite images, charts, graphs, and links to higher resolution graphics, glossary
and related sections.


List of Science and Educational Partners:

GSFC Code 916 Scientists
GSFC Code 923 Scientists
Earth System Science Education (ESSE)
Discover Earth
NEWMAST
NEWEST
Maryland Space Grant Consortium (MSGC)
University of Maryland Geography Department

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Definitions of these acronyms can be found in Related Data Centers.

Goddard DAAC Helpdesk: daacuso@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
phone: 301-614-5224 or 1-800-257-6151
Web Curator: Dan Ziskin: ziskin@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
Page Author: Carla Evans: evans@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
NASA official: Paul Chan, GDAAC Manager: chan@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
Last Update:Wed Apr 9 14:03:13 EST 1997