Abstract
Galathea 3 was a worldwide ship expedition hosting 50
science teams during a period of 10 months from
August 2006 to April 2007. Educational material based
on the science on-board and on land-sites is
formulated and presented in VirtuelGalathea3
www.virtuelgalathea3.dk
The general path
for science-based education is through peer-reviewed
journals, then in popular form and finally to
educational material, a process often taking months
to years. In contrast, Galathea3 aimed to provide
educational material much faster having teachers onboard
and several journalists. VirtuelGalathea3
education is formulated in close collaboration
between skilled teachers and the scientists while the
scientists were at the same time analysing results.
It gives certain challenges, yet the advantage is
that the brand new educational material is state-ofthe-
art in regard to the specific science topics,
several on climate change issues. The presentation
will describe the working process and well as present
selected results from the expedition focussing on
climate. The web-based educational material contains
large amounts of daily updated satellite images on
sea surface temperature, clouds, winds among several
other topics, thus Earth Observation data are fully integrated to the educational material. The work is
supported by Egmont Fonden and UVM Tips og
Lottopuljen in Denmark.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publication date | 2009 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| Event | 1st Inspiring Climate Education - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 12 Oct 2009 → 14 Oct 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | 1st Inspiring Climate Education |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Copenhagen |
| Period | 12/10/2009 → 14/10/2009 |
Keywords
- Wind energy
- Meteorology
