School Space

SchoolSpace is a proposed initiative that would deliver a wealth of space science materials and data into the classroom. This project would connect scientific databases, educational resources, and computers from schools and universities all over the U.K. Students and teachers could download data from space science missions, upload their own data from the Faulkes Telescope or classroom experiments, and collaborate with other classes and school on labs, projects, and studies. Using Grid technology developed by PPARC, SchoolSpace would give schools access to the latest space mission data via a web browser, including

• The latest images from Mars
• Data on the most powerful explosions in the Universe, gamma-ray bursts, as they happen
• Daily images of the active Sun that show flares, sunspots, coronal mass ejections and more
• Satellite images of Earth from MSG-1, ENVISAT and DMC for geography lessons

SchoolSpace is in the initial proposal stages, so early input from science teachers would be immensely useful in shaping the project to fit classroom needs. Your help in filling out this survey will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks from the SchoolSpace team!