Earth System Science Community (ESSC)

Target Grades:

9, 10, 11, 12 UG, G

The Earth System Science Community (ESSC) included educators, students, and scientists. The ESSC refined an investigation-oriented Earth system science curriculum, which enabled high school and university students to research the Earth system using Earth observation data and information over the Internet. The ESSC and the general public used our data services to locate, visualize, and analyze Earth science data in research of the Earth system. Benefits:

Science Understanding
Students and educators learned how to investigate the Earth as a system using the appropriate scientific data, tools, and techniques.

Scientific Communications
Students also learned how to evaluate and publish the results of their team research on the Internet. Knowledge Sharing.

Scientists contributed
their expertise, data, and research to the advancement of science education.

Broad Applicability
Because ESSC was inherently cross-disciplinary, the materials, tools, teaching resources, and examples of student research published on the ESSC Web sites were used to supplement existing curricula in Earth and environmental science, physics, chemistry, and beyond.

System Requirements: Common Web Browser / Internet access

Web Access: http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/IT94/Proceedings/Educ/keeler/ESSCCTestbed/ESSCCTOC.html

Additional Information:

Michael Keeler, Principal Investigator and CEO

ECOlogic Systems Corporation, A DataZen Company

4409 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706