Why not take part in an international effort to map light pollution, and get your students involved! <br><br>Come join my year 9 Research Science (read InfoTech) students for the 2008 GLOBE at Night Campaign from 25 February - 8 March.<br>
<br>2008 marks a monumental shift in human history when more than half the people on Earth are expected to be living in cities. Because of the ambient light of urban landscapes, many city dwellers have never seen a sky full of stars. During 2007 over 8,491 observations reported (my kids contributed about 25 to the GLOBE - NASA database) Drop me a line off list if you or your students are interested in joining in. Love to swap notes and observations, especially with any teachers in rural areas of Victoria :-)<br>
<a href="http://www.globe.gov/globeatnight/">http://www.globe.gov/globeatnight/</a><br><br>In case you are wondering what this is about, I mentioned this in VITTA journal "scrapbook" column. Here is a picture we took and image processed with GIMP to enhance the image, identify the red skyline and ugly light pollution from the city of Melbourne, 30 km away. We used Google Earth to determine our Lat Long and geotag the images.<br clear="all">
<br><span class="photo_container pc_m"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/433406031/" title="GLOBE at night"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/433406031_3af20ddfdb_m.jpg" alt="GLOBE at night" class="pc_img" height="180" width="240"></a></span><br>
<br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead