Science On-Line (SOL): An Innovative Partnership to Coordinate Development of On-line Space Science Lesson Plans Based on EUVE and other NASA Mission Information and Data

摘要

This final report provides substantive detail on the Science On-Line (SOL) Project design and structure, a description of teachers' strategies for lesson plan development, and the legacy of SOL in teachers' communitities and school sites. The SOL Project immersed teachers in lesson plan development using unique Internet capabilities and Earth and Space Science data from NASA missions and other sources. One goal has been to investigate viable strategies to support the long-term development of Internet-based activities within a partnership among research institutions, centers of informal science education, and teachers. This long-term support is being provided beyond the period of performance of the grant through the establishment of resource centers at the museum and research institution sites where the necessary expertise to provide such support resides. Thus, an essential component of this project has been the creation of four teacher resource centers which continue to provide a suitable environment for teachers to visit the partner sites and be supported in the use of, and access to, on-line services, resources, and principally the newly created lesson plans.