The aim of SEOS (Science Education through Earth Observation for High Schools) is to utilise satellite images for science lessons in schools. The Institute of Physics at the University of Oldenburg, together with the affiliated Institute of Science Networking (ISN), will be presenting the European joint project on three Saturdays, 9 and 16 May and 6 June from 11.00 to 16.00, in Oldenburg city centre at Lefferseck.
Scientists and teachers from various EU countries - including Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece and England - are taking part in SEOS. Internet-based learning units have been developed with the partners involved, which can be used in the subjects of physics, biology, geography, maths and engineering. The content of the learning units corresponds to the subject matter of these subjects, but there is also a special focus on the possibilities for interdisciplinary teaching.
A total of 15 learning units have been created and are being trialled in close cooperation with secondary schools. They cover a wide range of topics: climate change, land use and pollution of the oceans, natural and man-made environmental changes, environmental modelling, measurement methods for Earth observation from space, etc.
The learning units are designed to help pupils translate personal observations into a global perspective and gain an understanding of how the necessary information is obtained and interpreted. "The project aims to teach scientific work - one of the key qualifications in education," explains environmental physicist and coordinator of the project Dr Rainer Reuter.

Info: www.seos-project.eu/home.html

Contact: Dr Rainer Reuter, Institute of Physics, Tel.: 0441/798-3522,
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