Description:
The site provides a framework for teachers to construct their own lessons about how various kinds of landforms in North and South America are created and change over time. Students view images of selected regions from space and maps, and read descriptions of the land forms and the history of the regions. Learning takes place through observing, reading, drawing, and writing. Some regions included are the Colorado Plateau, Columbia Plateau, Grand Canyon, Amazon River Basin and Delta, St. Clair River Delta, San Andreas Fault, Death Valley, and the Altiplano-Puna plateau of the central Andes.

(Funding period now over. "NASA and OSPI generously continue to provide servers and we at SAIC find some time to fix problems and work with local teachers to write and post new material.")

Organization:
The Athena Project was the responsibility of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Partners in the State of Washington: Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Seattle Public Schools
Bellevue Public Schools
Northshore School District
Lake Washington School District

URL:
http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/land/dailylog/dailylog.html

Contact:
Dr. Hugh Anderson, Principal Investigator
Athena Earth and Space Science for K-12
SAIC, Bothell, WA
Phone: (425) 482-3310
Fax: (425) 485-5566
Email: hugh@nw.saic.com

Cost:
Free over the Internet

Education Level:
Grades 5-8

Subject:
Geology
Topography
Weathering, Erosion and Deposition

Resource Type:
Internet Site
Curriculum/Instructional Materials
 
 

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00