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Other Conventions and
Workshops
The
Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program provides opportunities for
teachers to participate in direct exchanges of positions with
colleagues from other countries for a semester or a year. By living and
working abroad, exchange teachers gain an understanding and
appreciation of different educational systems and cultures, and enrich
their schools and communities by providing students with new
perspectives about the world in which they live.
http://www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org/
Upcoming conferences and Workshops from the
Indiana DOE science page
NASA REASoN Science
Education Project Web Materials Available (Free),
Fall 2011, Indiana State
University/SEROS
Indiana State University (ISU)
recently completed two modules as part of a five-year NASA REASoN
Education Project entitled Measuring Vegetation Health (MVH). The
primary ISU focus was to develop four interactive web-based courses to
support existing grades 7-12 science courses or possibly being a core
of new courses. “Light Interactions with Earth Features”and
“Earth and Environmental Changes from Volcanic Activity” are titles of
the two modules. Both modules have 4-6 hours of introductory
classroom material and 12+ hours of advanced classroom material. The
ISU development group is comprised of university scientists/educators
and grades 7-12 science teachers.
The two “Light Interactions with Earth
Features“ courses have a Spectral theme designed for use by grades 7-12
science students in general science, environmental studies, ecology/
biology, geography, geology, Earth science and physics. Students
are taught how light interacts with Earth features by interpreting data
derived from airborne and satellite sensors. Spectral data are
interpreted both visually and/or through hands-on computer analysis.
Student analyses of light reflectance patterns are presented with a view
of showing how Earth features can be classified into useful information
of value to society.
“Earth and Environmental Changes from Volcanic
Activity” courses have a Temporal theme applicable to grades 7-12
general science, environmental studies, ecology/biology, geography,
geology, Earth science, and Earth systems science. Visual
interpretation of Landsat satellite data, aerial and ground based
photographs, GIS files and Orthophotographs are among the data types
explored. Changes in terrain and environmental consequences
following the May 18th, 1980 eruptions of Mt. St. Helens (MSH) in
Washington State are explored. Landsat digital imagery is used to
assess biological and physical changes associated with volcanic effects
on the MSH landscape. Among the topics highlighted are principles of
volcanism/volcanic processes, visual interpretation of Landsat
satellite imagery over time, and understanding elements of biotic
succession.
Teachers
interested in exploring one or more of these courses should use the URL
“seros.us/moodle” which opens the first page of the website where
access to a pdf of information about the nature of the modules is found
(click on Spectral and Temporal Courses: Format, Structure, and
Content). Then, to get a preview of materials found in the
modules, click on the link “Selected Course Material” found under the
heading “Samples from Earth/ Environmental Courses”. However, to access
all module/course materials a user should contact Dennis Skelton
(dskelton1@indstate.edu) by e-mail with a cc to Paul Mausel
(paul.mausel@indstate.edu) to get an ID and Password required for
course login any time after October 1, 2011.
Dr. Paul W. Mausel
(ISU)
Professor of Geography,
Emeritus
ISU PI, NASA REASoN DEW/MVH
Program
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Systems (EES)
Terre Haute, IN
47809
paul.mausel@indstate.edu
812 237-2264 (ISU), 812 877-2185
(home)
Dr. Dennis Skelton (Vigo County School Corp.)
Woodrow Wilson Middle School Science
Teacher, Ret + ISU Affiliated Faculty (EES)
ISU NASA MVH Project Education Director
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
dskelton1@indstate.edu
812 237-2264 (ISU)
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