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JoBea Way,9/18/95 4:12 PM,Draft of KidSat release  3

>under the direction of the Hopkins Institute for the Academic Advancement of >Youth to develop the KidSat curriculum. This set of lesson plans will allow >students to control their cameras and analyze their data to draw important conclusions about the health of planet Earth.
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> "The program is being designed by students and so, since students can >relate to other students, it will be easier for them to understand," >explained Lisa Minn, a ninth grader at La Canada High School in La Canada->Flintridge, Calif. "I think they'll be able to catch on very quickly."
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> Fifth-grade students at the Washington Accelerated Learning Center have >been helping design the data system interface. Their  requirements are to >have a colorful presence on the Internet, display the best images on the >home page, be able to call up interesting topics such as the age of >dinosaurs when viewing shuttle images and create a multimedia capability, >with sound and video clips to accompany information.
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> The KidSat pilot program is sponsored by NASA's Office of Human Resources >and Education, with significant support from NASA's Offices of Space Flight, >Space Science and Mission to Planet Earth, Washington, D.C.>
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JoBea Way
Phone: 818-354-8225
Secretary Phone: 818-354-2111
Fax: 818-354-9476
Email: way@lor.jpl.nasa.gov
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109

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