WOODROW WILSON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE RUTGERS 1998

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

by Dave Williams, Coordinator
Fresno Regional GLOBE Training Center

Education Programs

Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) formerly MTPE (Mission To Planet Earth) http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/ese/index.html The GLOBE Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) http://www.globe.gov SIR-CED - Spaceborne Imaging Radar Education Program (NASA/JPL) http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/education.html

Background, Lessons, Resources and References

Aspen Global Change Institute http://www.gcrio.org/agci-home.html Earth Systems Science Community http://www.circles.org/Round3/Curric/curric1.html Curriculum and activities on global change Electromagnetic Spectrum - CRMS Student Project http://www.crms.org/sci/scilinks/projects/litelink/panakova/jara1.htm Exploring the Environment - NASA Classroom of the Future (COTF) http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ Exploring Satellite Oceanography (Grades 9-12) http://dods.gso.uri.edu/amy/avhrr.html Geomorphology from Space - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology/GEO_HOME_PAGE.html Gulf of Maine Aquarium - Learning From Satellites http://learn.ivv.nasa.gov/products/sp/gma.html Hands-On Learning Modules for HDGC (AAG) http://www.aag.org/HDGC/Hands_On.html How Satellites See (Grades 3-8) http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/lessons/indiv/wilder/summary.html Lesson Plan on Remote Sensing (Grades 9-12) http://hurlbut.jhuapl.edu/NEAR/Education/lessonRS/lprems.html NASA's Observatorium http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/education/edu_index.shtml Includes Eyes in the Sky and other activities. The Earth System (TESY) - Lamont-Doherty, Columbia University http://rainbow.ldeo.columbia.edu/ees/ Click on the Data Tutorial USRA Earth Systems Science Education Program http://www.usra.edu/esse/Educational_Resources.html Links to a number of education programs and resources.

Education Program Abstracts and Curriculum Studies

ESRI Information for Schools and Libraries
http://www.esri.com/base/markets/k-12/k-12.html#K12LIBMAP

Includes case studies and reports from K-12 schools that have implemented GIS programs and projects.

GIS in K-12 Education: An ESRI White Paper - March 1998. In two parts it provides comprehensive coverage on the basics of GIS, the first part covers the hardware, software and data, the second part focuses on incorporating GIS into schools. An excellent resource, it is available for free download as a .pdf (portable document format) file at:
http://www.esri.com/base/common/whitepapers/pdfs/k12e0398.pdf

GIS in the Schools: Workshop Resource Packet, Technical Report 93-2, April 1993, NCGIA - National Center for Geographic Information Analysis, UC Santa Barbara
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/education/ed.html

NCGIA Core Curriculum Projects (UC Santa Barbara)
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/education/ed.html

UCGIS White Paper: Emerging Technologies for GIS science
http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/emerging/

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Dave Williams

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