Exploring the Environment

Abstraction:
On-line, problem-based modules developed by NASA's Classroom of the Future for Middle and high school teachers and students. Modules address events such as volcanoes, hurricanes, dinosaur extinction theories, deforestation, endangered species, and global change. Use of NASA remote sensing images is a feature of the site with tutorials about how to analyze Landsat images with NIH Image.

Organization:
Center for Educational Technologies (CET), Wheeling Jesuit University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

URL:
http://www.cotf.edu/ete

Contact:
NASA Classroom of the Future, Wheeling Jesuit University, 316 Washington Avenue, Wheeling, West Virginia

Cost:
Free

Education Level:
Grades 5-8
Grades 9-12

Subject:
Earth System Science
Environmental Science
Remote Sensing

Resource Type:
Internet Site
Curriculum/Instructional Materials
Teachers' Guide