Recommendations for Making Geoscience Data Accessible and Usable in Education

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Print Version (80646 bytes) EOS, TRANSACTIONS AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, VOL. 89, NO. 32, doi:10.1029/2008EO320003, 2008 Recommendations for Making Geoscience Data Accessible and Usable in Education Tamara Shapiro Ledley TERC, Cambridge, Mass., USA Anupma Prakash Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA Cathryn A. Manduca Science Education Resource Center (SERC), Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., USA Sean Fox Science Education Resource Center (SERC), Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., USA Abstract Geoscience and planetary science are awash in data. Over the past decade, our field has transformed into one that acquires and uses extensive remote-sensing data. Enabling state-of-the-art models of complex systems, these data focus our understanding of the future impact of our actions by examining the present and past. Published 5 August 2008. Index Terms: 9820 General or Miscellaneous: Techniques applicable in three or more fields; 6699 Public Issues: General or miscellaneous; 0820 Education: Curriculum and laboratory design. Print Version (80646 bytes) Citation: Ledley, T. S., A. Prakash, C. A. Manduca, and S. Fox (2008), Recommendations for Making Geoscience Data Accessible and Usable in Education, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(32), doi:10.1029/2008EO320003. Copyright 2008 by the American Geophysical Union.