Education event sponsored by the NASA/JPL Education Office

How can you and your family help protect our planet? How does NASA study Earth’s changing climate? Two new online activities from the NASA/JPL Education Office give classes the opportunity to share their ideas and submit questions to a scientist.

An interactive form and map allow users to submit their thoughts about how they can help Earth, see comments from other participants and print a certificate that includes a factoid explaining how NASA studies Earth. Users have the option to include their school name or their first name.

This activity in now online at http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/earthday/.

Students can also participate in a live chat on Earth Day, April 22, 2010, at 1 p.m. EDT/10 a.m. PDT. NASA/JPL atmospheric scientist Mike Gunson will take questions for one hour in a text-based Web chat. Classes may pose questions during the live chat or e-mail questions in advance. An effort will be made to answer as many questions as possible.

Details about the chat may be found at http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/earthday-20100422.html.

Questions for the chat may be e-mailed to education@jpl.nasa.gov by Wed., April 21, 6 p.m. EDT/3 p.m. PDT.

Visit http://education.jpl.nasa.gov for teacher resources, space games and student/faculty programs.

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