Facilitating the Use of Earth Science Data in Education

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Facilitating the Use of Earth Science Data in
Education

• Tamara Shapiro Ledley, LuAnn Dahlman
• Carla McAuliffe, Nick HaddadCathy Manduca, Sean
  Fox
• Robert Downs, Denise Blaha, Rita Freuder

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Earth Science Data and Data Access and Analysis
Tools

• Earth science data have been collected and Earth
  science data access and analysis tools have been
  developed for and by scientists.
• We want to facilitate the use of those data and
  tools in communities beyond the scientific
  community. Education is one of those communties

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ESIP Federation-DLESE / NSDL Bridge

• Federation of Earth Science Information Partners
  (ESIP Federation) about 45 organizations
  charged with getting the wealth of NASAs Earth
  science data out beyond the scientific community
• http//www.esipfed.org
• DLESE (Digital Library for Earth System
  Education) NSDL (National Science Digital
  Library) Developing a digital library
  infrastructure to deliver excellent Earth
  science/STEM materials to educators and students
• http//www.dlese.org http//www.nsdl.org

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ESIP Federation-DLESE/NSDL Bridge

• There is a need to bring these communities
  together for their mutual benefit.
• Opportunities
• ESIP Federation and DLESE Annual Meetings are
  back to back in Boulder Colorado this summer
• ESSE 21 is one of the newest ESIPs approved
  January 2003

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What is theEarth Exploration Toolbook (EET)?

• The EET is a collection of step-by-step examples,
  called chapters, of the use of Earth system
  science data and data access and analysis tools
  in an educational context.

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Earth Exploration Toolbook

• Chapters provide the non-expert teacher/ educator
  with enough experience and in-depth knowledge of
  the featured resource to be able to use it in
  other contexts, and to help their students use
  the resource to explore and investigate issues in
  Earth system science.

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Types of Resources to be Included in the EET

• Earth science datasets including gridded and
  non-gridded data and time series
• Remotely sensed data
• GIS tools and data
• Image processing software
• Spreadsheet and spreadsheet models
• Visualization tools (graphing and plotting tools)
• Earth system science educational web sites and
  CDs

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Earth Exploration Toolbook

• Chapters currently under development,
• Structure of a chapter
• The evolving EET template which will facilitate
  the use of your Earth science data

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EET Chapters Under Development

• Analyzing Populations with Maps Using the U.S. -
  Mexico Demographic Data Viewer CIESIN, Columbia
  University
• Description Users describe and compare the
  geographical and socioeconomic characteristics of
  selected regions within the United States.
• Annotating Change in Satellite Images TERC
• Description  Chapter walks users through a
  technique for documenting change in
  before-and-after sets of Landsat satellite
  images.
• Exploring Climate Change - Complex Systems
  Research Center University of New Hampshire
• Description Students obtain annual predictions
  of temperature, precipitation, and solar
  radiation between the years 2000 through 2100,
  for 5 states, analyze the data for regional
  variability, and compare that variability to that
  in their own state.
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EET Chapters Under Development

• GIS Mapping and Analysis - TERC 
• Description This chapter describes the technique
  of preparing "GIS-ready" data and shows how to
  map that data and conduct basic analyses using a
  geographic information system (GIS).  

• Investigating the Precipitation-Streamflow
  Relationship - TERC
• Description Web-based data and a spreadsheet are
  used to investigate streamflow, precipitation,
  and the factors that influence the relationship
  between the two.

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EET Chapter Structure
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EET Chapter Structure
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EET Chapter Structure
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EET Chapter Structure
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EET Chapter Structure
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EET Chapter Structure
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EET Chapter Template

• EET chapter template being developed to
  facilitate the creation of EET chapters
• Opportunity for ESSE 21
• Get educational modules you develop used by a
  broader community
• Use materials developed by others in your Earth
  system science curriculum

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DLESE Data Services

• DLESE Data Services Workshops
• Bring together a wide range of
• Earth science data providers, developers of data
  access and analysis/exploration tools
• Curriculum developers and educators
• To ensure the data sets and data analysis tools
  are accessible and usable by the educational
  community, and to begin to develop educational
  modules using available Earth science datasets
  and data access and analysis tools

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DLESE Data Services

• Data Providers and Tools Developers become better
  informed of Earth science data access and
  analysis needs, and tool and interface usability
  by teachers and students to help guide further
  development
• Curriculum Developers and Educators become better
  informed of available data and data analysis
  tools to use in educational modules

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DLESE Data Services

• EET Template will be used during and after these
  workshops to facilitate the development of EET
  chapters by the curriculum developers and
  educators featuring the datasets and data access
  and analysis tools learned about at the workshop
• Opportunity for ESSE 21 community to participate
  and contribute

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