HR: 17:30h
AN: ED34A-07    [Abstracts]
TI: Bringing Planetary Data into Learning Environments: A Community Effort
AU: * Shipp, S
EM: shipp@lpi.usra.edu
AF: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058 United States
AU: Higbie, M
EM: shipp@lpi.usra.edu
AF: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058 United States
AU: Lowes, L
EM: Leslie.L.Lowes@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Solar System Exploration Education Forum, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AB: Recognizing the need to communicate scientific findings, and the power of using real planetary data in educational settings to engage students in Earth and space science in meaningful ways, the South Central Organization of Researchers and Educators and the Solar System Exploration Education Forum, part of NASA's Science Mission Directorate's Support Network, have established the Planetary Data in Education (PDE) Initiative. The Initiative strives to: 1) Establish a collaborative community of educators, education specialists, curriculum developers, tool developers, learning technologists, scientists, and data providers to design and develop educationally appropriate products; 2) Build awareness in the broader educational and scientific community of existing programs, products, and resources; 3) Address issues hindering the effective use of planetary data in formal and informal educational settings; and 4) Encourage partnerships that leverage the community's expertise The PDE community has hosted two conferences exploring issues in using data in educational settings. The community recognizes that data are available through venues such as the Planetary Data Systems (PDS), but not in a format that the end-user in a formal or informal educational setting can digest; these data are intended for the scientific audience. Development of meaningful educational programs using planetary data requires design of appropriate learner interfaces and involvement of data providers, product developers, learning technologists, scientists, and educators. The PDE community will participate in the development of Earth Exploration Toolbooks during the DLESE Data Services Workshop and will host a workshop in the summer of 2006 to bring together small groups of educators, data providers, and learning technologists, and scientists to design and develop products that bring planetary data into educational settings. In addition, the PDE community hosts a Web site that presents elements identified as needed by the community, including examples of planetary data use in education, recommendations for program development, links to data providers, opportunities for collaboration, pertinent research, and a Web portal to access educational resources using planetary data on the DLESE Web site.
UR: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/score/planetary_data/
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
DE: 6200 PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005