1. GOES-R Resources from NOAA, NASA & CIMSS
GOES-R, a new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) is scheduled to be launched in October of Its role is to continue western hemisphere satellite coverage while the existing GOES series winds down its 20-year operation. However, instruments on the next generation GOES-R satellite series will provide major improvements to the current GOES, both in the frequency of images acquired and the spectral and spatial resolution of the images, providing a perfect conduit for STEM education. Most of these improvements will be provided by the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). ABI will provide three times more spectral information, four times the spatial resolution, and more than five times faster temporal coverage than the current GOES. Another exciting addition to the GOES-R satellite series will be the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). The all new GLM on GOES-R will measure total lightning activity continuously over the Americas and adjacent ocean regions with near uniform spatial resolution of approximately 10 km! Due to ABI, GLM and improved spacecraft calibration and navigation, the next generation GOES-R satellite series will usher in an exciting era of satellite applications and opportunities for STEM education. This session will present and demonstrate exciting next-gen imagery advancements and new HTML5 WebApps that demonstrate STEM connections to these improvements. Participants will also be invited to join the GOES-R Education Proving Ground, a national network of educators who will receive stipends to attend 4 webinars during the spring of 2016, pilot a STEM lesson plan, and organize a school-wide launch awareness event.
Margaret Mooney
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
GOES-R Launch Workshop
November 2016

2. About CIMSS Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
CIMSS is a Cooperative Institute between:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
NOAA
NASA
CIMSS operates within the UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
SSEC & CIMSS are renown for satellite remote sensing research
and imagery.
A cadre of NOAA researchers are co-located at CIMSS!
ASPB – Advanced Satellites Products Branch

3. GOES-R Education Proving Ground
The GOES-R Education Proving Ground features the design and development of lesson plans and activities for G6-12 teachers and students in collaboration with NOAA scientists at the Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) co-located at CIMSS.
2016
Project Outcomes
- Awareness of NOAA & NASA’s contributions to satellite remote sensing applications
- Increased utilization of satellite data in science classrooms
- Improvements in science literacy
- Effective transfer of GOES-R satellite products to the educational community

4. Web page includes:
1) Webinar series
2) WebApps
3) Lesson Plans
4) Related resources

5. Related Resources Click on RELATED RESOURCES
in the navigation bar to find this list
of resources.
The Media Toolkit has animated gifs
videos & other helpful tools to that
demonstrate GOES-R instrument
capabilities & improvements.