Washington NatureMapping Wildlife News APRIL, 1995
Resources for NatureMapping Educators
Ground Truth Studies Teacher Handbook
The handbook developed by the Aspen Global Change Institute offers
teachers current scientific understanding of global environmental
change. Over the next 20 years, the dominant source of information
about the global environment will come from space observations. Remote
sensing from a network of satellites (NASA's Mission to Planet Earth)
will measure the Earth's land, oceans and atmosphere. The Handbook
provides a "user friendly" introduction to this invaluable technology
for use in the classroom. The Handbook offers a series of activities
designed to involve students directly in observing, measuring and
monitoring their local environment. Aerial and satellite images of the
local environmenta are "ground truthed" or verfied by student
observations on the ground. Contact: Aspen Global Change Institute,
100 East Francis, Aspen, CO 81611 tel (303) 925-7376. The Gap Analysis
Project provides satellite imagery free to teachers who are involved in
NatureMapping (check with Karen Dvornich).
A World in our Backyard
A Wetlands Education and Stewardship Program. A guide and accompanying
videocassette provide information about wetlands in New England for
educators. The guide suggests ways of studying wetland characteristcs,
why wetlands are important, and how students and teachers can help
protect a local wetland resource. This guide aims to help students get
to know the complexities of wetlands, discover wildlfie, enjoy the
experience of being outdoors and learn how necessary wetlands are to the
health of our environments. Contact: Environmental Media Cewnter, PO
Box 1016, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (800) ENV-EDUC. Washington State
Program: Annie Phillips, Department of Ecology (360) 407-6408.
Washington WILDLIFE CD-ROM
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has created a CD-ROM with 250
documents prepared for the public on Washington's Wildlife. Named the
"Wildlife Archive" the CD-ROM (for both PC's and MAC's) allows users to
search for topics of interest providing the full text and graphics of
the documents located. Costs around $100. Call Ron Miller at WLN for
information at (800)-DIALWLN.
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