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TI: Experiences of an Educator/Scientist Team
AU: * Clark, C
EM: cclark@macnet.com
AF: Sheridan School District, 435 South Bridge St., Sheridan, OR 97378 United States
AU: Sepulveda, R
EM: r.sepulveda@larc.nasa.gov
AF: Science Applications International Corporation, One Enterprise Parkway Suite 300, Hampton, VA 23666 United States
AU: Chambers, L H
EM: Lin.H.Chambers@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Langley Research Center, MS 420, Hampton, VA 23681 United States
AB: Since 1997, the NASA Langley research team focussed on the problem of the Earth's Radiation Budget and the impact of clouds thereon has been developing an offshoot: a team of educators has become involved as well. This educator team originated from the convergence of a research need with an education need. An educator indicated that she was interested in connecting her students' in-class science activities to NASA, as a motivating factor. The research team had a use for numerous and widely-dispersed ground observations of clouds. The immediate result was the CERES S'COOL Project (http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/) which currently involves K-12 cloud observers in 62 countries, and which is continuing to grow. Once established, this educator/scientist team has led to other possibilities as well. We have now joined the GLOBE program (www.globe.gov) to obtain more and better ground observations of contrails. And we are initiating a new project to make NASA Earth Science Enterprise data about the Earth accessible for use by K-12 students and teachers. This paper will discuss both benefits and challenges of these various activities, from the point of view both of the educator team and the research team.
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting