-- Nahid Khazenie (nkhazeni@pop900.gsfc.nasa.gov), Earth Science System Program Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
A call for proposals for NASA ESE workshops to be presented at the 1999 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference was distributed in May to over 120 ESE education representatives at NASA HQ, all NASA Centers, and NASA education contracts and grants. The following proposals were selected for workshops to be presented at the 1999 NSTA conference, which will be held March 25-28, 1999, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Using Space Data in the Classroom: Some Examples--Neal Grandgenett and Elliott Ostler, University of Nebraska at Omaha
A Walk Through the PUMAS Web Site--Ralph Kahn, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Promoting Interdisciplinary Education Within the Earth Sciences--Diane Schweizer and Catherine Gautier, Planet Earth Science
Discover Earth--Colleen Steele, IGES, and Blanche Meeson, Goddard Space Flight Center
Get Global: NASA Langley/NSU Project--S. Raj Chaudhury and Gae Golembiewski, Norfolk State University
Talking to Satellites--Vern Smith, Goddard Space Flight Center
Using NASA Materials to Design a Standards-Based Lesson Plan--Gil Yanow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Bennie Brankhorst, California State-San Bernardino
Using Remote Sensing to Study Weather Patterns--Joan Sanders, Goddard Space Flight Center
The Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) User Services Working Group (USWG) has produced a multi-media CD-ROM to provide an introduction to EOSDIS and the data and information products currently available through the EOSDIS Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs). To request a complimentary CD, send your name and address to: Anne Racel, USWG Chair, EOSDIS/NASA Langley DAAC, A.M.RACEL@ LaRC.NASA.GOV, (757) 864-9587, or Bill North, ESDIS Project/NASA GSFC, Bill.North@gsfc. nasa.gov, (301) 614-5301.
This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) site allows elementary and secondary students to learn about oil spills & hazardous chemical accidents through experiments that can be done at home, in the classroom, or for a science project.
http://www.yoto.com/
This is official WWW site for the 1998 International Year of the Ocean. This site includes ocean news and information on events, as well as sections on conservation and education; fisheries; recreation; science; technology; arts and entertainment; commerce; and coastal living.
In an effort to provide up-to-date information about current fire situations around the globe to the public and scientific communities, NASA has developed a WWW site that provides an up-to-date synopsis of current information about fires and their effect on global climate change. This site features animation depicting wildfires across the globe and provides recent imagery and analysis of data from the early and mid-1990s.
This Office of Naval Research site lets students listen to dolphin and whale calls and learn about the Navy's effort to save the Northern Right Whale from extinction.
OCEANSP@CE is a free online marine science and ocean technology newsletter targeted for those in ocean-related professions and college-level audiences. Articles have highlighted conferences and meetings, research projects, and Internet resources. To join the e-mail listserv, please send an e-mail to: Oceanspace@ dial.pipex.com.
http://www.nas.edu/rise/
Established in 1989 by the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, RISE conducts workshops and publishes materials to help scientists and engineers play effective roles in improving science education from kindergarten through high school. In November of 1996, RISE sponsored a working conference for representatives of the nation's most effective local, regional, and national partnerships between scientists and K-12 educators. These participants then generated the substance and form of this Internet resource.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
Features online exhibits and activities that allow you to experience the excitement of discovering and reconstructing a dinosaur, see underwater photos of a great white shark, trace the pattern of events that led to the diversity of life, and more. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
http://www.gcdis.usgcrp.gov/
GCDIS maintains global change information from nine federal agencies and offers a question answering service, "Ask Dr. Global Change."