Science/Technology Programs That Encourage Cross-Cultural Participation

THE SCIENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING
<http://seeds2lrn.com/greenindex.html>

Study global warming and climate change to learn math and science. Provide your students with an authentic global climate model they can use to help them understand their environment. Get educational software that can be used for days and weeks of exciting learning.

NASA GLOBAL CHANGE MATERIALS DIRECTORY LEARNING CENTER
<http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov.learning/index.html>

The Learning Center is the place to find all sorts of data and information about global environmental change. NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) is an online card catalog of data sets covering just about every scientific area of global change research. It provides usable global change data (ranging from simple to complex, these data are often used in global change research); answers questions about global change, and links to Online Global Change Resources (global change information, images, projects, education, and free learning resources).

THE GEMINI PROJECT
<http://www.gemini.edu>

The Gemini project is a multi-national effort to build twin 8.1-meter astronomical telescopes utilizing new technology to produce some of the sharpest views of the universe ever. One telescope will be located atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea and the other atop Chile's Cerro Pachon-together they will provide complete unobstructed coverage of both the Northern and Southern skies.

THE EXPLORATORIUM
<http://www.exp1oratorium.edu>

Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote the museum as an educational center. This unique museum was founded in 1969 by noted physicist and educator Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, who was director until his death in 1985.

The Exploratorium's mission is to create a culture of learning through innovative environments, programs and tools that help people nurture their curiosity about the world around them.

JASON PROJECT
<http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov>

Founded in 1989 by oceanographer and discoverer of the RMS Titanic, Dr. Robert Ballard, the JASON Project is a supplemental earth science, geography and environmental education program tailored for students in grades 4-9 and their teachers. The project integrates a year-long expedition, a curriculum annually endorsed by the National Science Teachers Association, supplemental video programming, an award winning Internet web site and leading-edge educational broadcast technologies to bring the excitement of science and exploration alive for students. A11 JASON materials are keyed to the national model standards for science and geography, and the Project's professional development programs ensure teachers of the ability to utilize content materials in a standards-based learning environment.

The JASON Project's central and unifying focus is on helping teachers and students ask and answer three central questions:

1. What are Earth's dynamic systems?
2. How does the operation of these systems affect life on the planet?
3. How do humans study these systems?
These questions are addressed through an integrated package that utilizes a variety of
events, tools, and media to enhance student interest and learning.

THE GLOBE PROGRAM
<http://www.g1obe.gov>

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. Students and teachers from more than 8, 000 schools in more than 85 countries are working with research scientists to learn more about our planet.

GLOBE students make environmental observations at or near their schools and report their data through the Internet. Scientists use GLOBE data in their research and provide feedback to the students to enrich their science education. Global images based on GLOBE student data are displayed on the World Wide Web, enabling students and other visitors to visualize the student environmental observations. Students, educators, scientists and parents are invited to join GLOBE.

GLOBE science and education activities help students reach higher levels of achievement in science and math. GLOBE helps to increase the environmental awareness of all individuals while increasing our scientific understanding of the earth.

ST. Louis CHILDREN'S AQUARIUM WEB
<http://www.stlchildrensaquarium.com>

This dramatic site shows live sharks swimming, monkey antics, and explains several hands-on activities you can do in your home or classroom. Links to the aquarium's international programs will bring you all over the world to learn more about ecosystems and cultures. The aquarium's education site will he a gateway for you to hyperlink and allow you to add hyperlinks for favorite places of international science learning.