What's New?
Below you can learn more about some of the recent activities of the Landsat
Education and Public Outreach (EPO) office.
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The Landsat EPO team has a presence at many professional conferences
throughout the year. Keep abreast of what we do at
these exciting meetings.
- Landsat outreach at the National Interpreters Workshop
- LDCM Education and Public Outreach held two sessions
at the National Association
for Interpretation’s Annual Conference in November,
highlighting the NASA Explorer Institute, Earth
to Sky. The
conference was attended by over 1200 informal education specialists,
representing the National Park Service, US Forest Service, Bureau
of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and many state
and county park systems, as well as nature centers, zoos, aquaria,
and other informal education venues.
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- Bridging the GAPS from Space
- An educational satellite validation field campaign called "Bridging
the GAPS from Space: How to validate NASA Satellite Data in the
Field" was
recently conducted at the Pocono Environmental Education Center
(PEEC) in Dingmans Ferry, PA, on the grounds of the Delaware Water
Gap National Recreation Area (DEWA). The campaign was attended
by over 130 participants, including middle and high school science, math,
and geography teachers and their students from eleven local school districts.
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- Using Landsat to Explore Change Over Time
- The LDCM EPO staff recently designed and conducted a "Using
Landsat to Explore Change Over Time" teacher workshop for 20 Prince
Georges County teachers in collaboration with the "Bridging
the Watershed" (external link) environmental
education program. "Bridging the Watershed" targets Washington
DC area schools and has reached over 10,000 area students with
their place-based science education curriculum.
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- Geospatial
Education Workshop Summary
- The Landsat EPO co-wrote a recently published report, "Integrating
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for Technical
Workforce Development at Two-Year Colleges.” The report, partially
funded by NASA, is available for download at the web site of
the National Council
for Geographic Education (NCGE) (external link). The report
details results of an interagency meeting at the National Science
Foundation in August 2005 and makes it clear that two-year colleges
provide fertile ground and high leverage opportunities for NASA
education and workforce development. NASA's Landsat EPO staff
collaborated with with USGS, NCGE, and Environmental Systems
Research Institute (ESRI) to develop and conduct the meeting.
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- Earth to Sky NASA Explorer
Institute
- LDCM EPO staff co-wrote the interim "Earth
to Sky NASA Explorer Institute" (external
link) report, together with Sun-Earth
Connection Education Forum. This year's "Earth to Sky" effort
will produce a training tool, and a brochure and traveling exhibit
featuring impacts of Global Climate Change on National Parks;
a web-based resource for use in creating informal education products
about the Sun-Earth Connection; and a multimedia presentation
and walking tour at Golden Gate National Recreation Area focusing on
changes over time in the San Francisco Bay region. These projects are
expanding the use of NASA content within our National Parks, and strengthen
the NASA-NPS partnership. As a result of this partnership, millions
of people are experiencing the science of NASA as part of their park
visit.
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- The
Landsat Legacy Project
- The Landsat Legacy project,
continues to conduct oral history interviews with members of the
Landsat alumni. Together with the literature search, the project
is unearthing interesting and useful information about the development
and maintenance of the Landsat program over its 30+ year history.
As of September 28, 2006, 23 Landsat veterans have been
interviewed as part of the oral history series.
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