Title :
Influencing Earth system science education: NASA´s approach
Author :
Pine, Mark A. ; Ostendorf, Lisa A.
Author_Institution :
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The concept of Earth system science is still fairly new to the scientific community, and is just beginning to reach educators and the general public. NASA´s Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE) uses the unique perspective of space to study the Earth´s systems of air, land, water and life and how they interact. Within NASA´s education framework-and consistent with emerging U.S. science standards-MTPE seeks effective and innovative means to relay discoveries about the Earth for use in advancing the state of science education
Keywords :
education; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; teaching; Earth geology; Earth system science education; MTPE; Mission to Planet Earth; NASA; atmosphere meteorology; remote sensing; teaching; Earth; Educational products; Educational programs; Frame relay; Geoscience; Humans; NASA; Planets; Space missions; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.520456
