Final Technical Report NASA GISS Cooperative Agreement NCC 5-549 The Institute on Climate and Planets (ICP): A Research Education Program. Performance Period: June 1, 2002 to December 20, 2003

摘要

Giving students a fair start to become productive and responsible contributors in the 21'st century workforce and society depends on our ability to help them develop: (1) A global view of the world, (2) Problem-solving and reasoning abilities, (3) Basic scientific and technical literacy and (4) A multi-disciplinary understanding of how humans and nature interact with the earth system. The Institute on Climate and Planets (ICP) in New York City is NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies' (GISS) response to the national challenge to give students a fair start to become productive in America's workforce and society, GlSS is part of the Earth Science Director at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and a component of Columbia University's Earth Institute, a university-wide initiative whose mission is to understand our planet so as to enhance its sustainability. This report presents a summary of the student research projects and the schools involved in this cooperative effort.