HR: 11:55h
AN: ED32B-07    [Abstracts]
TI: The Earth Exploration Toolbook: Facilitating the Use of IPY and IHY Data in Education
AU: Dahlman, L
EM: LuAnn\_Dahlman@terc.edu
AF: Center for Science Teaching and Learning, TERC, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140 United States
AU: * Ledley, T S
EM: Tamara\_Ledley@terc.edu
AF: Center for Science Teaching and Learning, TERC, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140 United States
AU: McAuliffe, C
EM: Carla\_McAuliffe@terc.edu
AF: Center for Science Teaching and Learning, TERC, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140 United States
AU: Piccarilli, K
EM: kmp2183@yahoo.com
AF: Lesley University, 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
AB: The International Polar Year and International Heliophysical Year are excellent opportunities to spark the interest and curiosity of students about Earth system science by providing them with the capability to explore the scientific data being gathered by these exciting research programs. However, the issues that need to be addressed before the IPY and IHY data can be used meaningfully by educators and students revolve around how to access the data and how to effectively use the tools needed to analyze it. The Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET, serc.carleton.edu/eet) addresses these issues, providing a mechanism by which these research programs can facilitate the use of their data by educators and students. EET chapters provide step-by-step instructions for using specific Earth science datasets and software tools in educational settings, walking users through an interesting example that explores issues or concepts in Earth system science. In addition, each chapter provides the teacher information on the outcome of the activity, grade level, standards addressed, learning goals, time required, and ideas for exploring further. In order to facilitate the development of additional chapters featuring new datasets such as those to be collected by IPY and IHY scientists, an EET chapter template and chapter author support documents have been developed. Research projects interested in having their data and tools used by the educational community can use the EET template in collaborate with the EET team to develop a new EET chapter. The EET project also works to facilitate the effective use of EET chapters by educators by conducting 2-hour telecon-online workshops monthly. Each workshop walks participants through a specific chapter, after which they are in a better position to use the data and tool effectively with their students. In this presentation we will look at the components of an EET chapter by examining a new chapter which features Antarctic Ozone Hole data and image processing software. The features of the EET chapter template and the process by which new chapters are developed and reviewed will also be described.
UR: http://serc.carleton.edu/eet
DE: 9310 Antarctica
DE: 9315 Arctic region
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting