A new web site, entitled "Write to a Scientist or Engineer," is
available for use by students from kindergarten through graduate
school. It is
intended to generate new interest in science and the technologies and
provide
students personal access to working and teaching professionals. Triangle
Coalition member, Georgia Youth Science & Technology Centers, Inc.
(GYSTC), host
of the site, has set up a network of participating scientists and
engineers to
answer student questions, including professionals from Lockheed Martin
Aeronautical Systems Company, NASA, Southern Polytechnic State
University and a
regional Georgia Youth Science & Technology Center. For more information
contact
Jim Thompson, President & CEO, Georgia Youth Science & Technology
Centers,
Inc. At 770-528-4978 or via e-mail to jthompso@spsu.edu. Or visit
www.spsu.edu/gystc for more details.
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PUPILS BLEND SCIENCE AND SERVICE
(Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News, November 19, 1998)
Educators in the Philadelphia School District have grand plans for the
data that more than 600 elementary school students are gathering on the
city's waterways this fall. As part of a service-learning project, they
plan to
help students log information on computers, give the data to the city's
Water
Department, and maybe launch an ongoing student-run study of city
waterways. Students at all testing sites are being assisted by educators
from the
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education and adult volunteers.
Teachers involved also received two days of training from environmental
specialists.
EPA OFFERS WEB SITES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has unveiled the
following new on-line resources for educators and students:
The Environmental Education Center Teachers' Web site --
www.epa.gov/teachers -- features guidance for writing government grants,
offers links to community- service project ideas, provides plans for
classroom curricula, and highlights scholarship and award opportunities,
among many other paperless tools for schools. The teachers' site also
provides direct links to the EPA
Library and other environmental Web sites.
The Students' Web site -- www.epa.gov/students -- allows student to
interactively: board EPA's research vessel Lake Guardian, test the fresh
water of the Great Lakes; step into the shoes of "Inspector EPA," find
sources
of pollution in your own neighborhood; or get the latest information on
environmental fellowships, internships and mentoring programs.
REDESIGNED NASA EARTH SCIENCE WWW SITE
NASA's Earth Science Enterprise has launched a re-designed website at
<http://www.earth.nasa.gov/>. The site includes the following
sections; the developers would welcome your comments on any of these
sections.
--What is the Earth Science Enterprise?
--Why is ESE Important?
--Science Missions
--Earth Breaking News
--For Kids Only
--Earth Science Image Gallery
--Research Opportunities
--Education Materials
--Multimedia Show
GLOBAL VIEWER
<http://farside.gsfc.nasa.gov/ISTO/dro/global/page1.html>
This site uses data from existing satellites to create a multi-layered
representation of Earth in near real time. This system uses accepted
commercial and international data standards, and, according to its
manager, could easily incorporate Galileo data to model Europa and any
other world which has been imaged.