2-11: Mission to Planet Earth

Pre-Class Preparation

Objectives

• To review the objectives and methods of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth (MPE).
• To understand how MPE measurements will allow us to monitor global change.

Procedure

1. Read the learning unit.

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2. Take the learning unit quiz. Quizzes are available from your portfolio. You may access your portfolio via the list of students participating in this years course, as represented by the icon below.
   
   
3. Additional Required Reading. Although you are not ultimately responsible for content listed in this section, we encourage you to fully explore the links in order to provide a better scope on the upcoming class discussion.

   Earth Systems Science- Mission to Planet Earth and the EOS Program (From the Applied Information Sciences Branch, NASA)

Class Discussion

• Problem to ponder...
  

• Class Discussion Summary:

Post-Class Activities

• Participate in the electronic dialog. Use this forum for:
  • continuing class discussion;
  • posing new questions to students or the instructor;
  • responding to issues/questions raised by students in class/electronic dialog.

  Visitor Access (Visitors are welcome to participate in the dialog. Just click on the icon below)	Student Access (Students must post all dialog from their portfolio. Click on the icon below to access the student list.)

• Recommended Reading Materials

  	NASA's Mission to Planet Earth
  	Keeping Watch on the Earth: an Integrated Global Observing Strategy, from Consequences magazine