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V. Exploration

Images from space can provide a much larger perspective of the world. For example, one may see geographical features that would not be easily discernible if viewed from the ground. Explorations incorporated KidSat images in investigating different aspects of Earth. Explorations would focus on history, art, science, math, society, and other academic subjects. Explorations were documented like scientific journals-the reports scientists write on a discovery. To write these "scientific journals," students used a variety of resources including atlases, encyclopedias, and the Internet. The explorations were used as reports, projects, or, for those people who felt a thirst for knowledge about the world around them, simply for their intrinsic value. Some of the explorations were posted on the Exploration home page.

The image data allowed students to "discover" and "rediscover" Earth. In rediscovering Earth, the images gave students a new perspective on current studies. For example, a student's home area could be studied to learn about the geographic and historical significance of the location. Students could gain a new, more enthusiastic insight into history, geography, current events, and dynamic changes on Earth by relating them to the images. In discovering Earth, students learned of previously unknown information  with images of dynamic events such as fires. They found hidden places such as impact craters and searched for cities like the "lost City of Ubar" (Blom 1992 and Fisher and Fisher 1999).

An exploration team, formed as part of the KidSat project, modeled such explorations by creating examples with the ideas and experiences of scientists from NASA and universities. The KidSat Exploration team was composed primarily of students from La Canada[[?]] High School with the participation of students from Arcadia High School and Leicester University. The team was led by Dr. JoBea Way of JPL with support from Marguerite Syvertson for STS-81.

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Figure 40: Students from the Exploration and Data System teams along with Eric DeJong from JPL determine image location in preparation for creating a flyby of Saudi Arabia.

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