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The goals for Earth Observation Day are as follows:
- To introduce teachers to remote sensing as a scientific and professional discipline and as a means to study and understand earth sciences and human/cultural systems.
- To introduce teachers to instructional resources that will allow them to integrate the teaching and application of remote sensing and related geospatial technologies at K-12 levels into the teaching curriculum.
- To teach educators how to make valid observations of the Earth, both on the ground and in the air/space using data from satellites.
- To teach educators how to develop inquiry-based activities built around Earth observations.
- To help create a network of teachers, professors, and scientists working together to support and enhance existing instructional remote sensing resources and create new resources.
- To connect K-16 educators with active remote sensing research efforts while at the same time providing researchers with outreach networks.
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