The Weather Underground: Application of Computer Technologyto Science in Michigan Secondary Schools

科学界面临的挑战是， 对于那些传统上不被吸引的学生， 工程和科学。 该项目将提供一个 密歇根大学和教师之间的联系， 密歇根州中等教育的学生 最初的重点是密歇根州东南部，通过 创建一系列计算机服务， 交互式获取当前天气和气候变化 信息. 利用独特的计算机网络 密歇根州内名为MichNet的容量， 在几乎所有主要城市提供本地电话端口， 国家和大学可用的资源 通过大学大气公司 研究（UCAR）UNIDATA计划，该项目将提供 拥有最先进技术的中学 交互式气象信息系统 实时数据 通过系统提供，并辅以互动 与地球合作设计的计算机模块 科学教师，将提供动画背景 一系列与气候和天气有关的信息 话题 虽然该项目的主要目标将 是提供教育刺激的交互式计算机 电子天气和气候模块， 在底特律市中心及其周边地区的应用， 现有计算机网络的独特性质将 允许该州几乎所有的学校系统 access. 随后成功完成了该项目 最终可以使同样的系统提供给其他 城市和州。

The scientific community is challenged by the need to reach out to students who have traditionally not been attracted to engineering and the sciences. This project would provide a link between the University of Michigan and the teachers and students of secondary education in the State of Michigan with an initial emphasis on southeast Michigan, through the creation of a range of computer services which will provide interactive access to current weather and climate change information. Taking advantage of a unique computer network capacity within the State of Michigan named MichNet which provides local phone ports in virtually every major city in the state, and the resources available to the university community via the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) UNIDATA program, this project would provide secondary schools with access to a state-of-the-art interactive weather information system. The real-time data available via the system, supplemented by interactive computer modules designed in collaboration with earth science teachers, will provide animated background information on a range of climate and weather related topics. While the principal objective of this project will be to provide educationally stimulating interactive computer systems and electronic weather and climate modules for application in inner city Detroit and its environs, the unique nature of the available computer networking will allow virtually every school system in the state to have access. Subsequently successful completion of this project could eventually make the same systems available to other cities and states.