Education
Blog posts pertaining to geospatial education.
SATELLITES Blog
May 14th
The mission of the OhioView Education Team, or SATELLITES, is to develop and implement a sustainable, statewide educational outreach program to engage students and teachers through integrated Earth System Science and technology that can be spread to the national level. Visit the SATELLITES blog for more information.
Remote Sensing Educational Resources
Mar 24th
Students and teachers can take part in the SATELLITES blog. Kevin Czajkowski “Dr. C” has created a blog site at satellitesk12.org. There are a number of resources for students interested in Remote Sensing and GIS. Check back often for Dr. C’s regular updates.
The AmericaView Remote Sensing Consortium Educational Committee has an excellent website with lots of educational resources for remote sensing. To check it out, go to: www.earthobservationday.com
There is a great matching game with remote sensing images at: www.earthobservationday.com/index.php
Tutorials, information, and lesson plans for remote sensing projects K-12 are located at www.earthobservationday.com/pages/resources-tutorials.htm
OhioView SATELLITES Conference a Success
Mar 17th
Presented by OhioView and Penta Career Center, and spearheaded by OhioView director Kevin Czajkowski and SATELLITES Education Chair Mikelynn Hedley, the event brought over 80 students, 10 teachers, 6 parents, and 15 volunteers from all over the state.
For these young scientists in Ohio, April 27th was a chance to share their investigations into earth science with their peers. Focused on the International Polar Year and climate change, students, teachers, parents, university professors and NASA scientists came together for an informative afternoon of presentations and talks. Lively conversation filled the rooms as students showed the results of their inquiries to volunteer judges from the University of Toledo, OhioView, NASA, Ohio Aerospace Institute and the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Trophies were awarded to winning K-12 entries. Competing University students received cash prizes. First place winner was from the University of Toledo. Students from the University of Cincinnati won second and third place, respectively.
View the Event Album on Flickr!
Winners of the Virtual SATELLITES Project Competition 2009
Nov 2nd
K-12 students participated in a virtual, science conference for OhioView’s SATELLITES remote sensing conference. Students, whose teachers have participated in SATELLITES, took observations and developed inquiry-based research projects to explore their local landscapes in order to understand the way in which the polar regions affect the Earth. The theme for the SATELLITES projects was the International Polar Year. Students prepared research projects and then video taped them. They posted their videos on http://teachertube.com in April 2009.
Winners listed after the jump!
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