NASA-sponsored educational outreach initiative

Author

Willis, Kimberly J. ; Wilkinson, M. Justin ; Brumbaugh, Fred R. ; Daley, William J. ; Bremer, Jeffrey M.

Author_Institution

Lockheed Eng. & Sci. Co., Houston, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

514

Abstract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has made a commitment to the educational community in the United States by funding an outreach program which focuses on grades K-12. Astronaut photography of the Earth, which has been acquired for the research community, has a natural synergism for the educational community as well. Photographs of the Earth from space are a versatile educational resource because of their (1) global perspective, (2) variance in scale, and (3) data record over time. Information about the Earth is taken directly to the educators through workshops and national meetings for the various disciplines. Products are developed which can be incorporated directly into the school curriculum

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; audio-visual systems; education; educational aids; geophysical techniques; meteorology; remote sensing; teaching; Earth surface; K-12; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; USA; United States; astronaut photography; atmosphere; education school teaching; educational aid; educational outreach initiative; land surface; meteorology; remote sensing; Councils; Databases; Earth; Educational institutions; Educational products; Lakes; NASA; Photography; Space shuttles; Volcanoes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399169

Filename

399169