Magueyes Island, the field station of the Marine Science Department, was the venue of the NASA’s OSSCEE Workshop entitled Remote Sensing: Educational Tool to Understand Land and Marine Processes. This workshop took place during June 13 – 17, 2010 and was sponsored by the NASA project “Our Star the Sun Center for Educational Excellence”. It was a three and a half days retreat experience designed to introduce the fundamental concepts of remote sensing and applications to bring the real world into the classroom. The science and mathematics (STEM) teachers explored the powerful tool of satellite imagery as a resource for learning and discovery through interactive activities, exciting field trips, seminars, and exchanges with NASA and local experts. This workshop connected fifteen educators and experts in different fields in the venture to achieve educational excellence. One of the speakers was Fernando Gilbes, whom gave the seminar titled “Remote Sensing of the Earth System”. His presentation intended to give an overview of the available tools to monitor the four main components of our planet: geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
