disaster simulation game from the 

children how to build safer villages and cities against disasters. Children will learn playing how the location and the construction materials of houses can make a difference when disasters strike and how early warning systems, evacuation plans and education can save lives. Children are the future architects, mayors, doctors, and parents of the world of tomorrow, if they know what to do to reduce the impact of disasters; they will create a safer world.” In the information section, you will also find other teaching resources on these topics.~

                      

One engaging way to teach your students about Earth’s atmosphere, biodiversity and habitability is by involving them in a Citizen Science project. Among a selection made by the Space Awareness project, we will feature here Globe at Night, which allows you to measure the brightness of your night sky, and share your observations with other citizen scientists. This website allows you to explore the last 9 years of data in our interactive data map or see how your city performed with our regional map generator.

Globe at Night is an international campaign to raise public awareness about the impact of light pollution. The programme invites citizen scientists to measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations from a computer or a smartphone. Light pollution threatens not only our ‘right to starlight,’ but can also affect energy consumption, wildlife, and health. Over the last 9 years, people in 115 countries have contributed to more than 100,000 measurements, making Globe at Night the most successful light pollution awareness campaign to date!

Some other tools you can consider are: 

Citizen Science

Our Citizen Science project featured in this module is calledThe Weather Observations Website (WOW), with which you share your local weather observations.

                      

Visualisation tools and apps for students

The European Space Agency (ESA) provides two extra tools we would like to feature. The first one, Climate from Space, is a visualization tool available as an app. This tool “lets you take a closer look at visualisations of climate data being produced through the European Space Agency's Climate Change Initiative (CCI) programme. In the data viewer, see the changes through time of sea surface temperature, the ice sheets, sea level, sea ice, carbon dioxide, soil moisture and many more ». You can see the full information and how to access the app, here. 

Another good resource is the ESA Earth online website where you can access information about all of ESA’s Earth monitoring activities including earth-observing data.