| For information about Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission outreach activities, please contact
Mona Jasnow, JPL Shuttle
Radar Topography Mission Public Outreach Coordinator. |
| JPL Speaker Available |
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| If you are interested in having a speaker
come and talk to your K-12 group about the SRTM mission and the JPL
Imaging Radar program, please contact
Annie Richardson,
JPL SRTM Education Outreach Coordinator. |
| Earth Science Educational Products |
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| JPL offers many products and programs that
are valuable resources for teaching and learning about Earth and Earth
resources. A list of these products can be found in the
Earth Science Educational and
Informational Products list (this list is in Adobe Acrobat
format). |
| Resources for Elementary and Middle-School Children. |
| |
JPL's Space Place Web Site is
geared towards 8 to 10-year-olds and has several ideas for activities:
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has a web site just for kids. Check out
NGA Children's Site.
Visit the United Stated Geological
Survey's Learning Web for Working
with Maps. Learn about visualizing objects from different
perspectives and how to understand and use maps. |
| Learn About Radar |
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Visit the
SIR-C
Virtual Classroom for information about the Shuttle Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C),
a radar that flew onboard the space shuttle to gather information
about Earth's environment. The site includes information
on how to get CD-ROMs, slide sets, and videos of SIR-C
imagery. |
| Webcasts featuring SRTM Team
Members |
| |
SRTM team members from engineering
and science took part in three question and answer session in webcasts
that took place before, during, and after the 11-day shuttle mission.
SRTM astronaut Janice Voss was on hand to participate in the post-flight
web cast. Go to NASA
Quest to view the
webcasts. |
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