HR: 11:20h
AN: ED12A-05    [Abstracts]
TI: Geospatial Data Presentation and GIS in the GLOBE Program
AU: * Brown, D H
EM: dhbrown@globe.gov
AF: David H. Brown & Associates, 1250 Addison Street - Suite I, Berkeley, CA 94702 United States
AU: Brummer, R
EM: brummer@globe.gov
AF: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 United States
AU: Gallagher, S
EM: sgallagher@globe.gov
AF: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307 United States
AU: Henderson, S
EM: sandrah@globe.gov
AF: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307 United States
AU: Milberger, K
EM: milberger@globe.gov
AF: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 United States
AB: The GLOBE Program is a worldwide science and education endeavor designed to increase scientific understanding of the Earth as a system, support improved student achievement in science and math, and enhance environmental awareness through inquiry-based learning activities. Since its inception in 1995, over 15,000 schools around the world have taken part in the GLOBE Program. GLOBE students make local environmental measurements and enter them into a publicly available distributed relational database. As of September 2004, this database contains over 11 million measurements and associated metadata records, collected and submitted by students in 86 countries around the world. GLOBE provides tools that help teachers and students use inquiry-based strategies to better understand the Earth as a system. Using these tools and GLOBE data, teachers can provide rich, technology-based learning activities for students that align with national education standards. The GLOBE Program Web site (http://www.globe.gov/) provides a browser-based system for visualizing geo-referenced student-collected data, as well as satellite and sensor data from a variety of other sources. The visualization tool overlays student data on top of base layers that include coastlines, national boundaries, state/province boundaries, cities, rivers, and transportation networks. The interface supports many standard GIS functions, including zooming, panning, scrolling, selectable layer visibility, and geospatial querying. Students can also visualize data from Earth observing satellites, ground stations, and weather models and compare these to their local measurements. All geospatial products are also available through an Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service interface. Data can also be downloaded as delimited ASCII text files or as .shape files that users can import into client-side GIS or other visualization or analysis software. This presentation will provide an overview and demonstration of some of the key features of the GLOBE visualization system, and will discuss how it can be used in conjunction with GLOBE's hands-on measurements and classroom learning activities to help students better understand Earth system science concepts. We will also discuss how GLOBE data can be exported into other Web-based and stand-alone GIS applications.
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
DE: 0933 Remote sensing
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting