Working with representatives of these and other agencies, as well as a 
group of commercial companies, Jerry Sproull, coordinator of the JEdI 
project, assembled statistical data, high resolution graphical images, and 
basic printed material (including workbooks) to support a curriculum in 
science.  In addition, the private sector contributed personal computers, 
CD ROM drives, and dollars to bring a group of teachers to Washington, D.C. 
for a two-week seminar in the use of these materials.

The first seminar in the summer of 1990 was a great success, and has been
followed by another in the summer of 1991.  As of August 1991, JEdI has 
been picked up by the University of Maryland, and if expected funds are 
granted, will expand in scope and in the number of teachers impacted.

JEdI remains a program reaching for the highest ideal of interaction among 
scientists, teachers and their students.

The full JEdI collection is three CD ROMs full of a variety of data, 
compatible with both the IBM PC platform family and the Apple Macintosh.  
We can show you here only a small sample of the kind of information 
provided, but we hope it provides a taste of the exciting nature of such a 
program.

In the first section are highlights from the JEdI 1990 Teacher Activities 
Book, the manual used to guide teachers (and ultimately their students) 
through the process of using high quality information in their curriculum 
and lesson plans.  In addition to background about the project, there are 
several examples of the activities and lesson plans themselves.

Secondly, we have chosen a small selection of the images on the JEdI discs.  
Even out of context, they are strikingly beautiful.

For more information about the future of the JEdI program, contact Jerry 
Sproull, JEdI Project, 912 National Center, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA 
22092, 703/648-6636.