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Eduspace
The European Earth Observation Web Site for Secondary Schools 
 
The Web-site aims to give to the youth of Europe a portal to space applications and in particular to a wide-spread visibility of Earth Observation as co-ordinated by the European Space Agency (ESA) and its European and National Partners. The Web-site is being developed under the umbrella of EURISY and offers to teachers and students of secondary school in Europe means to bring Earth Observation into the classroom. This initiative is aiming to:
 

Inspire teachers to incorporate Earth Observation

Provide support for in-service training of teachers

Involve teachers in collaborative projects using Earth Observation

Facilitate such collaboration by providing ready-made curricula projects

Offer students a support that can stimulate their environmental curiosity
 
Help teachers and students to put together the resources needed for their projects.
 
Provide the tools and material
Allow interaction among participants.
 
Provide a platform for the public, the industry and national and international space organisations to showcase European Earth Observation applications.


The Web-site includes items such as:

Europe from space
Global change
Disaster monitoring
Earth observation principles
Image processing tools
School network and discussion tools
News, Helpdesk and Links
Search engine
 
 
If you are interested in using Eduspace in your school and for educational projects contact Sotira Trifourki at sotira@stemsalford.org for more information.