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EDUCA SeRe PROJECT- GEOGRAPHY TEACHING IN GRAMMAR AND 
HIGH SCHOOL USING REMOTE SENSING DATA AND GIS 
T.M. Sausen*, O. G. W. Coelho” 
ISPRS - International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing — Technical Commission VI 
Ministério da Ciéncia e Tecnologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 
Coordenadoria de Ensino, Documentacáo e Programas Espaciais 
Av. dos Astronautas 1758, P.O.Box. 515 CEP 12245-970 
Säo José dos Campos, SP, Brasil. 
Telephone: +55 12 3945.6864/3945.6862 Fax: +55 12 3945.6870 
tania(ultid.inpe.br 
http://www.inpe.br/unidades/cep/atividadescep/educasere 
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Centro de Ciéncias Exatas e Tecnológicas 
Av. Unisinos, 950 CEP 93022-000 
Sáo Leopoldo, RS, Brasil 
Osmar(euler.unisinos.br 
Commission VI, WG VI/2 
KEY WORDS: Remote Sensing, Geography, GIS, Education, Image, Satellite, Future 
ABSTRACT: 
Since 1998 the INPE Dissemination and Education Space Science Activities has been developing the EDUCA SeRe Program which 
main objective is the development of educational material using remote sensing data in grammar and high schools. In 1998, it was 
created the Remote Sensing and Digital Cartography Laboratory-LASERCA in the Vale do Rio dos Sinos University-UNISINOS. In 
2003 INPE and UNISINOS have decided to developed in partnership the EDUCA SeRe Project III, a pilot project with geography 
grammar and high schools teachers from Porto Alegre metropolitan area and Sinos river valley area, Rio Grande do Sul State, where 
UNISINOS is located. This paper is about this educational experience. 
1. INTRODUCTION 
The National Institute for Space Research-INPE, in Brazil, is an 
institute of the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible 
for carry on space research in Brazil. Since 1998 the INPE 
Dissemination and Education Space Science Activities has been 
developing thc EDUCA SeRe Program which main objective is 
the development of educational material using remote sensing 
data in grammar and high schools. 
In 1998 it was created the Remote Sensing and Digital 
Cartography Laboratory-LASERCA in the Vale do Rio dos 
Sinos University-UNISINOS. 
Since October 2001 INPE, through the EDUCA SeRe Project 
III, one of the EDUCA SeRe Program projects, has developed 
many image-maps about Brazilian state capitals and cities using 
CBERS images, and besides has given training courses for 
schools teachers about the use of this educational material in 
classroom. 
In 2003 booth INPE and UNISINOS have decided to develop 
an educational pilot project together. 
2. THE EDUCA SeRe PROGRAM 
In May 20-23". 1997 the Latin American Remote Sensing 
Society-SELPER/ International's Teaching and Investigation 
Committee, INPE, Itajai Valley University (UNIVALI), Lujan 
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National University (UNLu) and the ISPRS TCVI/WGI- 
Education and Communication organized the 1st Workshop on 
Education on Remote Sensing in MERCOSUL, aiming to 
gather the community interested directly in teaching remote 
sensing in order to discuss and present proposals for a regional 
action. As a consequence of this workshop INPE Dissemination 
and Education Space 
Science Activities created the EDUCA SeRe Program which 
main objective is the development of educational material, 
using remote sensing data and GIS techniques, to teach 
geography and natural science in grammar and high schools. 
This Program is divided into five projects: 
e EDUCA SeRe PROJECT I- Educational Handbooks for 
remote Sensing Teaching; 
e EDUCA SeRe PROJECT II- CD ROM for remote sensing 
teaching; 
e. EDUCA SeRe PROJECT III- Development of Image-maps 
for remote sensing teaching; 
e EDUCA ScRe PROJECT 1V- Development of Homepages 
for remote sensing teaching. 
In October 14th, 1999, INPE, in partnership with China, has 
launched the first China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite-CBERS 
that carried on board three sensors systems (CCD Camera, 
IRMSS Camera and WFI Camera). The CBERS II was 
launched in October 21%, 2004. CBERS-1 and 2 are identical in 
their technical structure, space mission and payload. The 
CBERS data are free for INPE researcher and educational