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