Free NASA CD-ROM for Educators (fwd)

[Peter Milbury <pmilbur@EIS.CALSTATE.EDU>]

NASA Free Stuff!  (Posted by Mel Roseman)
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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 1994 16:43:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Mel Roseman <mrosema@eis.calstate.edu>
Subject: Free NASA CD-ROM for Educators (fwd)

Just in case you didn't see this announcement earlier:
(Forwarded by Ben Seaberry)


FREE CD-ROM ON NASA MISSION TO PLANET EARTH AVAILABLE

This is to announce the availability of the SIR-C Education Pre-launch
CD-ROM, Volume ID SIR-CED01. This is part of a free educational package
entitled 'The SIR-C Education Program' (SIR-CED), designed for middle school
and high school students. SIR-C stands for Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C and is
the acronym used  for a radar instrument built to fly on the Space Shuttle
and take radar 'pictures' of the Earth. It is scheduled for launch on the
Space Shuttle Endeavor in April and August of 1994.

The CD-ROM can be opened using a CD reader on Macintosh, SUN, and IBM PC
computers. It contains a User's guide, a guide for teachers, lesson plans,
and images from sites all around the world which will be covered by SIR-C.
Software for displaying the images provided on all three supported computer
platforms is included on the CD. The comprehensive data set incorporated into
the SIR-CED CD-ROM may also be useful for some engineers and scientists, who
wish to explore the potential of radar observation.

SIR-CED is an education initiative based around the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration's imaging radar program and is designed for Middle
School and High School students. The goals of this initiative are to:

1.  Help improve the overall performance of US students in Middle School and
High School in mathematics, science and geography, in accordance with the
national goals for education.
2.  Provide an easy-to-use set of resources for teachers in the modern
classroom.
3.  Spark students' interest in earth science, mathematics, computing,
geography, physics and engineering as subjects they might consider for
college.
4.  Encourage students to think about their environment and how to monitor
it.

The SIR-CED package consists of the following components:

        1.  Teachers' Resource Guide (160 pages)
        2.  Presentation Materials
        3.  Lesson Guides, including activities for students
        4.  A CD-ROM containing:
                - radar images
                - shuttle hand-held photographs taken by the astronauts
                - digitized location and topographic maps
                - ground photos
                - easy-to-use software for image display and analysis
                - documentation (including 1-3 above)
        5.  A selection of videos about imaging radar
        6.  Teacher Workshops for training

The Teachers' Resource Guide contains a basic introduction to NASA's Mission
to Planet Earth, how imaging radar and SIR-C fit into that program and how
they work, and how scientists use imaging radar data in their studies of the
Earth's environment. Also included in the package are easy-to-use software to
display  the images provided (for PC, SUN and Macintosh).

To order a copy of the SIR-CED CD-ROM, please contact:

        Annie Richardson
        Radar Data Center
        M/S 300-233
        Jet Propulsion Laboratory
        California Institute of Technology
        4800 Oak Grove Drive
        Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

        Tel : (818) 354 2386
        Fax: (818) 354 9476
        e-mail: Holmes@berlin.jpl.nasa.gov

Limited quantities of the other materials in the SIR-CED package are also
available.

For more information on NASA/JPL education activities, contact:

                Richard F. Alvidrez
                Teachers' Resource Center
                Jet Propulsion Laboratory
                Mail Stop 186-125
                Jet Propulsion Laboratory
                4800 Oak Grove Drive
                Pasadena, CA 91109.

                Tel: (818) 354 8592

Or try the JPL Public Information FTP site:
Internet access via anonymous ftp at jplinfo.jpl.nasa.gov (137.78.104.2).
Direct dial access up to 14.4 kbps:  818-354-1333 (8-N-1)

The SIR-CED Educational Package is distributed free of charge to educators.
Please feel free to pass on copies of this note.

                        Sincerely,

                        A. Freeman
                        Manager, SIR-CED Program







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Mel Roseman
Internet: mrosema@ctp.org