Educational
Programs in Science and Math: EarthKAM and Red Rover
Professor
Sanjay Limaye and Rosalyn Pertzborn, Outreach Specialist
Space Science and Engineering Center at UW-Madison
ABSTRACT
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Dr. Limaye and Rosalyn Pertzborn at the UW-Madison have
been working with local and regional schools and teachers
to develop classroom programs which incorporate technology,
science, and math using the themes of space science and
space exploration. These activities include the Red
Rover program that models the Mars Pathfinder mission
and allows students to design their own remotely operated
rover, and EarthKam, which allows students to take high
resolution images of the earth's surface by sending computer
commands to a CCD camera on board the space shuttle.
The website will have a link to the EarthKam site which
will include all of the images. Space Projects and
Research by Kids (SPARK) is a Web-based journal of student
reports and investigations on Space Science related subjects.
Dr. Limaye and Ms. Pertzborn can be contacted at
SanjayL@ssec.wisc.edu and RoseP@ssec.wisc.edu