Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative - The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative is a Mid-Atlantic Space Grant Consortia initiative involving
K-12 students. Utilizing a hydrology-based scientific experiment, students determine if possible causes
and effects of changes in nutrient levels in tributaries of the Bay can be correlated with weather phenomena
and/or remotely-sensed changes in land cover or use. Teams of students with varying levels of expertise
measure, code, and electronically report in situ observations of water quality, compile weather information
and analyze Landsat satellite imagery to investigate nutrient changes in time and space. Code forms and
observation are transportable nationwide.
Contact: Anne Anikis, Assistant Director, Maryland Space Grant Consortium, The Johns Hopkins
University, Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, Room 203 , 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore,
MD 21218-2686; Phone: (410) 516-7106; Fax: (410) 516-4109; Email: anne@pha.jhu.edu
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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) - GLOBE is a worldwide network of K-12 students who work under the guidance of GLOBE-trained
teachers to make a core set of environmental observations at or near their schools and report their data via
the Internet. GLOBE environmental measurements are in the following study areas: Atmosphere,
Hydrology, Land Cover, Soils, GPS, and Seasons. Scientists use GLOBE data in their research and
provide feedback to the students to enrich their science education. Each day, images created from the
GLOBE student data sets are posted on the World Wide Web, allowing students and visitors to the
GLOBE Web site to visualize the student environmental observations. Teachers and students from over
6,500 schools in over 80 countries currently participate in GLOBE.
An interagency team manages GLOBE, which includes NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
Departments of Education and State.
There is no cost to participate in the GLOBE Program. However, schools must support participation by
one or more teachers to attend a GLOBE Training Workshop and make available to students the
equipment for taking measurements and Internet access for reporting their data.
Contact: GLOBE Program, 744 Jackson Place, Washington, DC 20503; Phone: (800) 858-9947; Email:
info@globe.gov
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NASA Student Involvement Program (NSIP) - NSIP is NASA's national competition for students in grades 3-12, designed to link students directly with
NASA's diverse and exciting missions of research, exploration, and discovery. Annual competitions foster
student literacy in science, mathematics, engineering, technology and geography. Teachers use NSIP to
support curricular goals, spark student interest, encourage creative thinking across disciplines, and involve
students in science process skills. Program information and entry forms are provided in the annual NSIP
Program Announcement, available in print and via the Internet prior to the new school year. Supplemental
information is provided in Educator Resource Guides available for each of the competition categories:
Design a Mission to Mars; Watching Earth Change; Earth Systems in My Neighborhood; Aeronautics
and Space Science Journalism; and Flight Opportunities.
Entries are judged at NASA Centers, students may receive judges' comments about their entry. All
qualified entrants receive NASA certificates of participation. Prizes include NASA presentations at
schools; trips to the National Symposium, Student Flight Week, and Space Camp; and student
experiments launched on a NASA Sounding Rocket or the Space Shuttle. Beginning in 2000, the Institute
for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will award the $4,000 Thacher Scholarship to a first-place,
high-school Center Winner in the Watching Earth Change competition.
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NASA's Quest Project - NASA's Quest Project
provides support and services for schools, teachers and students to fully utilize the
Internet, and its underlying information technologies, as a basic tool for learning.
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Virtual Nebraska - Virtual Nebraska (gateway to Nebraska Satellite, Space Shuttle, and Aircraft Imagery) is an
on-line archive of satellite imagery and aerial photography that gives users the opportunity to
view the State's landscape from unique perspectives (e.g., at infrared or microwave
wavelengths). Additionally, this web site offers digital elevation data, learning activities,
image-processing tools, historical "looks" at over 600 cities, and examples of how remotely
sensed data can be used to solve problems. The remote sensing tutorial is impressive and very
thorough.
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