ESA Teach with Space 2025
Introduction
Day 1
A journey through the ESA Education secondary resources
(Merle Vonthron)
ESA Education https://www.esa.int/Education
Teach with Space https://www.esa.int/Education/Teachers_Corner/Teach_with_space3
- Teach with Space videos https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Sets/ESA_Teach_with_Space/
- Meet the ESA experts https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Sets/Meet_the_ESA_experts/(result_type)/videos
Secondary classroom resources https://www.esa.int/Education/Teachers_Corner/Secondary_classroom_resources
Pick a Space Theme https://www.esa.int/Education/Pick_a_space_theme
Hack an exoplanet https://hackanexoplanet.esa.int/resources/
ESA School Atlas
Educational kits.
Plenary 1 - ESA Expert Keynote - Earth’s Climate from Space: The Long-Term Satellite View
Paul Fisher. Abstract: Satellites, with their global and long-term view, reveal how our climate works - and how it is changing in response to human influence. In this presentation, we’ll dive into the story of these orbiting workhorses, what they are telling us about the changes tacking place across every region of the planet and how they are helping to guide our response to what is one of the greatest challenges of our time.
New Earth observing satellites.
Biomass https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/missions/biomass
- P band SAR penetrates dense canopy.
- 3d map of tropical forests
- Can penetrate sand; even 5m.
What do we know about biomass?
EarthCare https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/missions/earthcare
- 3d profile of clouds and aerosols
What is Climate. What do need to observe
- Upper air Atmosphere
- cloud
- vater vapour
- Cryosphere
- ice sheets
- snow
- permafrost
- glaciers
- surface ocean physics
- sea surface temp
- sea state
- sea ice
- salinity
- sea level
- Ocean biochem
- ocean color
- biosphere
- above gnd bionass
- land cover
- fire
- land surface temp
- leaf area index
- fraction of absorved photosynthetically active radiation
Plenary 2. Investigating Earth from Space: Tools to access satellite data and practical activities
Orestis Giannakis
Copernicus Browser (EO Browser is deprecated). Teacher manual (https://climatedetectives.esa.int/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Copernicus-browser-teacher-guide.pdf)
