Citizen Explorer Education Overview

It is the goal of the Citizen Explorer Program to:

• Integrate the excitement of space into the classroom
  
• Motivate the students to explore math, science and technology
  
• Boost education in science and technology by involving students in real and useful measurements of the environment using data from Earth-orbiting satellites and ground-based instruments
  
• Promiddleduce a global database of the environment through cooperative educational opportunities
  

Schools involved with the Citizen Explorer project become ground stations. The ground stations, using the edu-stations, will take satellite readings and relay the data received from the satellite to CU. The students also take daily UV-B and aerosol measurements using hand-held instruments. The data gathered by the students will be sent to CU via the web.

The Citizen Explorer Education Team, responsible for everything from curriculum development to technical support, is comprised of CU students, Colorado teachers, and educational professionals with a first-hand understanding of the needs of today's classrooms