1. Linking NASA & the Geography Standards http://missiongeography.org Mission Geography

2. Workshop Introduce Mission Geography’s mission… Model ___ investigations Geoarchaeology (Grades 5-8) Physical and Human Made Features (Grades K-4) Volcanoes (Grades 5-8) ENSO (Grades 9-12) Introduce Mission Geography On Line Your feedback…

3. Geography for Life A vision of what geography education should be …

4. A geographically informed person… who sees meaning in the arrangement of things in space… Can you identify London, Amsterdam, Rome, Moscow, and Berlin?

7. A geographically informed person… Who sees relations between places & environments people

8. A geographically informed person… Who uses geographic skills…

9. And who applies spatial and ecological perspectives to life situations. A geographically informed person…

10. NASA’s Education Program & Evaluation Framework

11. Mission Geography Curriculum support materials that link the content, skills, and perspectives of Geography for Life with NASA’s missions and scientific findings. Three grade levels: K-4, 5-8, 9- 12, Available on one CD-ROM and for download from website http://missiongeography.org

12. Mission Geography Use NASA research, data, and images –To drive activities, –To develop key geographic skills, e.g., pattern recognition and map interpretation and analysis, and –To model the work of NASA scientists and the methods they use to conduct research.

13. Mission Geography Ultimate goal: To excite and educate learners about geography, about NASA’s research and missions, and about the world in which they live.

14. NSTA NCTM ITEA GENIP

15. Mission Geography Subject matter focus: –Seeing the World in Spatial Terms –Physical Systems –Environment and Society

16. Mission Geography

17. Module Fundamentals –Must teach interesting and meaningful geography; –Must model geographic thinking and problem solving; –Must engage students in real world contexts and problems.

28. Mission Geography Modeling activities…

29. Natural Hazards Volcanoes: Local hazard, global issue? –NASA: Detecting change in Earth systems through monitoring signals. –What role does volcanism play in the Earth system? Images Data Aerosols (atmosphere) Hazard zones (lithosphere/biosphere)

30. Mission Geography Module Phase 1: Skill building and subject matter mastery. Case study of effects of volcanic eruption on Earth system, by sphere Investigation to clarify effects of volcanic eruption on different subsystems Image analysis to compare effects before/after Develop concepts related to areal extent of damage: buffer zone analysis

31. Mission Geography Module More skill building and subject matter mastery Case study of effects of volcanic aerosols on Earth system through three signal sensors: photographs from Space Shuttle, TOMS, & AVHRR –Profile & correlate temperature and aerosol index to determine relationship

33. Mission Geography Module Phase 3: Problem solving task. Problem: Where is it safe to fly? Monitoring regions with aerosol hazards – Collect TOMS data. –Map it. –Develop a systematic categorization of world regions in which there is a potential hazard from volcanic ash and other aerosols.

35. Before the Eruption May 1980 Landsat Infrared

36. After the Eruption June 1980 Landsat Infrared

37. Pumice Plain pumice

38. Mount St Helens Today December 1999 Landsat 7 True color