An Introduction to Electronic Field Trips

The Good Old WATTS Line

JUMP START AT WARP SPEED

Before diving into the meat of this document (how to manage an electronic field trip) get to a phone and order some class materials. Dial 1-908-273-4108. This is the Passport to Knowledge Hotline that will give you information on all electronic field trips offered by the Passport to Knowledge team. After an introduction you will be prompted to press one of seven numbers on your phone.

Below is what you will hear when you call:

Welcome to the Passport to Knowledge Information Hotline, updated January 14, 1996. You may want to have a pen and paper handy to take notes about further options.

This mailbox introduces Passport to Knowledge, an ongoing series of "electronic field trips to scientific frontiers via interactive television and the Internet". Targeted primarily at middle schools, Passport to Knowledge projects are easily adapted to elementary and high schools. These innovative educational experiences are supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation, and PBS K-12 Learning Services.

If your interest is primarily "Live from the Hubble Space Telescope", and you already know about Passport to Knowledge, press 2 to go directly to that mailbox.

Passport to Knowledge incorporates leading-edge telecommunications technologies via World Wide Web sites, email and maillists, live and taped videos carried by NASA-TV and many PBS stations, and print materials, created by research scientists and educators. The project encourages flexible use by those with varying levels of technology and access, from video or print only, up to full Internet connectivity.

Our current project, Live From the Hubble Space Telescope, is an unprecedented, real-world scientific adventure -- encouraging students to collaborate with leading astronomers, as they design and undertake observations of the planets Neptune and Pluto.

For detailed Hubble information, select mailbox 2.

To find out how to order Teacher's Guides, select mailbox 3.

For more about live or taped Videos, select mailbox 4.

For On-line Resources, select mailbox 5.

Those with limited Internet connectivity, can still obtain diskettes of the online information by mail. Select mailbox 6.

Students and educators alike found previous Passport to Knowledge field trips rewarding and valuable, and materials remain available.

To find out more about "Live from Antarctica", select mailbox 7.

For more information about "Live from the Stratosphere", select mailbox 8.

We hope you'll travel with us, virtually, for Real Science, Real Scientists, Real Locations, Real Time.

This mailbox is not accepting messages, but thank you for your interest in Passport to Knowledge.