16th – 17th June 2009, Chania (Crete), Greece

in the framework of the:

• 29th EARSeL Symposium

The 2nd Workshop of the Special Interest Group on Education and Training of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories was held at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania in Chania on the island of Crete, Greece, on 16-17 June 2009, in parallel with the 29th Symposium of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories.

Remote sensing of the earth covers many topics that are significant for all natural science disciplines in school and university curricula. Satellite imagery and data derived from satellite sensors are available for studies of local phenomena around schools, up to large-scale perspectives showing the diversity of nature in the various climate regions on earth. This allows thus to point out the dependence between local and global scales. Remote sensing data are used to observe and understand actual conditions on earth, but they also allow us to outline the methods for predicting future developments – e.g. of the climate system – with models.

All relevant institutions and interested individuals are invited to participate. In particular the workshop is also addressed to the Global Environment and Security (GMES) programme of the European Commission and the European Space Agency. The success of GMES services and information products, especially in the fields of environment, climate change and natural disasters depends on specific training activities which include remote sensing for earth observation as a core element.

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Topics

• Presentations on the current use of earth observation as support tool for education
• Earth observation for kids
• Earth observation and its associated use to support science education at schools, high schools and universities
• Earth observation and its use as educational support in areas like biology, chemistry, geography, physics and mathematics curricula
• Training activities in GMES, GEOSS and other international programmes
• Earth observation and its use for public outreach of environmental sciences and Global Change

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Flyer

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Abstract Book

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Commitee

Workshop Chairperson

Mario Hernandez	Unesco, Paris
Rainer Reuter	University of Oldenburg, Germany
Alexander Siegmund	University of Education Heidelberg, Germany

Scientific Committee

Valborg Byfield	National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K.JRC ISPRA, Italy
Francesco Sarti	ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
Rudi Goossens	Ghent University, Belgium
Eberhard Hilf	ISN Oldenburg, Germany
Christina Klose	University of Oldenburg, Germany
Ioannis Manakos	Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Chania, Greece
Keith Raymond McCloy	Aarhus University, Denmark
Hans van der Woerd	Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Organising Committee

Gesine Böttcher	EARSeL Secretariat, Hannover, Germany
Chariton Kalaitzidis	Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Chania, Greece
Ioannis Manakos	Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Chania, Greece
Rainer Reuter	University of Oldenburg, Germany
Geraldine Schmiechen	University of Oldenburg, Germany

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Publication

Contributions presented at the workshop will be published on the Internet within EARSeL’s Workshop Proceedings Series. Manuscripts must be prepared according to the style guide in the sample paper (80 kB rtf file). Please save the file on your computer and use it as a sample paper for manuscript preparation. A conversion to Microsoft Word might be appropriate to reduce the file size if graphics are included in your document. There is no limit as to the number of pages and colour graphics.

Authors are particularly encouraged to submit their manuscripts to EARSeL’s reviewed open-access journal EARSeL eProceedings.