NASA MEDIA ADVISORY
M00-32
February 17, 2000

SCHOOL CHILDREN USING INTERNET TO OBSERVE
EARTH WITH SPACE SHUTTLE CAMERA


NOTE TO MEDIA:  LOCAL STORY ANGLES FOR SHUTTLE MISSION STS-99

Middle-school students from 21 states and three foreign countries are 
participating in EarthKAM, a NASA-sponsored program that enables 
middle school students to take photographs of the Earth from a camera 
aboard the Space Shuttle.  During missions, students work 
collectively and use interactive World Wide Web pages to target 
images and investigate the Earth from the unique perspective of 
space.  The University of California at San Diego houses the EarthKAM 
Mission Operations Center (MOC).  

For more information on EarthKAM, and a collection several hundred 
photographs taken during this mission, see:  

http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/


The following schools are participating in the EarthKam 
observations on STS-99:

CALIFORNIA
Valley Junior High School, Carlsbad, CA
Challenger Middle School, Escondido, CA
Pacific Union School, Redwood, Fieldbrook CA
Irvine Unified School District 
Lakeside Middle School, Irvine, CA
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Irvine, CA
Sierra Vista Middle School, Irvine, CA
South Lake Middle School, Irvine, CA
Venado Middle School, Irvine, CA
Vista Verde Elementary School, Irvine, CA
Olive Peirce Middle School, Ramona, CA
AG Bell Junior High School, San Diego, CA
Gompers Middle School, San Diego, CA
Marston Middle School, San Diego, CA
M.L. King Middle School, San Diego, CA

COLORADO
West Middle School, Colorado Springs, CO

FLORIDA
Ronald McNair Middle School, Cocoa, FL
Space Coast Middle School, Cocoa, FL

INDIANA
South Ripley Elementary School, Versailles, IN

KANSAS
California Trail Junior High School, Olathe, KS
Frontier Trail Junior High School, Olathe, KS
Indian Trail Junior High School, Olathe, KS
Pioneer Trail Junior High School, Olathe, KS
Santa Fe Trail Junior High School, Olathe, KS

LOUISIANA
Clearwood Junior High School, Lacombe, LA
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Slidell, LA

MAINE
Brunswick Junior High School, Orr's Island, ME

MARYLAND
Southern High School, Baltimore, MD

MASSACHUSETTS
Diamond Middle School, Acton, MA
F.A. Day Middle School, Arlington, MA
McCarthy Middle School, Chelmsford, MA
Parker Middle School, Chelmsford, MA
Jonas Clarke Middle School, Lexington, MA

MISSOURI
Cassville Middle School, Cassville, MO
Warrensburg Middle School, Warrensburg, MO
Carthage Junior High School, Webb City, MO

NEBRASKA
Harrison Elementary, Omaha, NE
Kiewit Middle School, Omaha, NE
McMillan Magnet Center, Omaha, NE
Russell Middle School, Omaha, NE
Skinner Magnet Center, Omaha, NE

NORTH CAROLINA
Davis Drive Middle School, Apex, NC
Dunn Middle School, Dunn, NC
North Carolina State University, Fuquay-Yarina, NC
Pine Hall Elementary School, Pine Hall, NC
Magellan Charter School, Raleigh, NC
East Lee Middle School, Sanford, NC
Wake Forest-Roleville Middle School, Wake Forest, NC
Cedar Creek Middle School, Youngsville, NC

OHIO
F. D. Roosevelt Middle School, Cleveland, OH

OKLAHOMA
Kenneth Cooper Middle School, Oklahoma City, OK
Mayfield Middle School, Oklahoma City, OK
Putnam City Schools, Oklahoma City, OK
Western Oaks Middle School, Oklahoma City, OK

SOUTH CAROLINA
Drayton Hall Middle School, Charleston, SC
James Island Middle School, Charleston, SC
Porter-Gaud Lower School, Charleston, SC
Hanahan Elementary, Goose Creek, SC
College Park Middle School, Hickory, SC
Belle Hall Elementary, Isle of Palms, SC
Cario Middle School, Mt. Pleasant, SC

SOUTH DAKOTA
Patrick Henry Middle School, Baltic, SD

TENNESSEE
John Trotwood Moore Middle School, Nashville, TN

TEXAS
Kimbrough Middle School, Mesquite, TX
Seabrook Intermediate School, Seabrook, TX
Webster Intermediate School, Webster, TX

VIRGINIA
Point Option, Gloucester, VA
Davis Middle School, Hampton, VA
Yorktown Middle School, Hayes, VA
Hickory Middle School, Norfork, VA
Jones Magnet Middle School, Norfolk, VA

WEST VIRGINIA
Warwood Middle School, Wheeling, WV

WISCONSIN
Spring Harbor Environmental, Madison, WI

INTERNATIONAL
FRANCE
"cole Nationale de Chimie, Physique, Biologie," Paris, France

GERMANY
Maria-Sibylla-Merian Gymnasium, Germany
Sankt Ursula-Gymnasium Bruhl, Germany

JAPAN
Ino Junior High School, Japan
Kansai Soka Jr/Sr. High School, Japan
Meikei Junior High School, Japan
Yamamuro Jr. High School, Japan