For the past 12 years, ESA’s Eduspace website has been a window on the world for secondary students and teachers. Now the website has been completely redesigned and updated, so that it provides an even more valuable introduction to Earth observation and its applications.

The Eduspace website was developed to introduce Earth observation techniques and applications to secondary school students, although some material is more suited to university undergraduate level. Since its introduction in 1998, it has provided an invaluable educational resource by making available catalogues of Earth imagery and a sophisticated image processing software package called LEOWorks, which enables satellite imagery to be manipulated and analysed on school computers.

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At a major University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education event held at the weekend, delegates discussed how the National Curriculum can equip students to be successful in work and life, considering three key themes: creativity, richness and coherence.

Professor John O’Toole who convened the weekend’s National Curriculum Symposium and is lead writer for the arts subject area, says when stakeholders are examining the contents of the first four subject areas, (English, Maths, Science and History), they should consider the individual subject in the context of the overall curriculum.

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