2. IGARSS’08 Outreach Activities
IGARSS’08 (International Geosciences And Remote Sensing Symposium) meeting will be held in Boston, MA July 6-11, 2008;
A focus of this year’s meeting will be on “The Next Generation;”
K-12 Teachers and their students are invited to participate in these international meetings;
Plan to bring your students to the meetings to describe your Forest Watch findings;
Learn about interactive Web-based materials and other outreach programs from around the world.
The Next Generation

3. IGARSS’08 Outreach Activities
Tutorials (July 6th) on: 1.) How To develop appropriate research-based K-16 outreach programs, and 2.) Mentoring skills for working with K-16 students;
An Invited Session on soliciting funding for GRSS researchers and faculty to create outreach programs, presented by Federal Agency representatives (NASA, NSF, USGS, NOAA, etc.);
Contributed Paper and Poster Sessions focused on both the outreach and technical aspects of successful K-16 programs, in terms of educational benefits and access to useful student data;
Interactive Exhibits focused on K-grey (K-16 and adult learners) in the hallways outside of IGARSS’08 Sessions and in the Exhibit Hall (Doing science with digital cameras; quantifying surface reflectance properties with filters, accessing satellite data and free-ware image processing software, etc.);
Media Day Likely Wednesday, July 9th, when various Media Outlets will be available to interview students, develop press releases on student projects.
The Next Generation

4. Forest Watch Tutorial Students & Scientists Working Together
Determining the Health of New England Forests
Combining Remote Sensing, Field and Laboratory Work, as Outreach Tools to Introduce and Engage Pre-College Students in the Study of Air-Quality Impacts on the Forests of New England

5. Watershed Watch Tutorial
Combining Remote Sensing, Field Work, and GIS as Outreach Tools to Introduce and Engage Entry-level Undergraduate Students in the Study of Watersheds (NSF Grant DUE )