Seven programs, in various stages of development at six U.S. universities and one independent research laboratory, will demonstrate a wide variety of web-based educational technologies delivering content related to NASA's mission. Signals of Spring Photo by Louis Varricchio Glen Schuster loves the challenge of distributing Signals of Spring, which brings science education to inner-city and rural schools, among other areas. Created and coordinated by Glen Schuster, a scientist with U.S. Satellite Laboratory located in Tarrytown, N.Y., Signals of Spring provides teachers and students with instruction on using geography, meteorology, oceanography and seasonal data to track and record the migratory behavior of birds and sea mammals. Schuster explains that the Signals of Spring curriculum first instructs teachers how to use NASA satellite information to explain the migration of animals to their students. Next, it requires one week of classroom instruction, followed by research and analysis components.
Students go on to become species, geography and weather experts.
I am very excited about the educational potential of these and other students we're working with. Using NASA satellite data, students at Canarsie High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., involved with the Signals of Spring learning program tracked four ospreys during their migration from South America to North America in spring 2000. 94k size . Arlene Richards, who teaches science at Canarsie High School in New York City's bustling Brooklyn borough, sees concrete results from her students' involvement with the Signals of Spring program. Students really get involved with it and look forward to it.