What is DLESE?
DLESE is the Digital Library for Earth System Education, a free resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system. DLESE’s development was funded by the National Science Foundation and continues to be built by a distributed community of educators, students, and scientists to support Earth system education at all levels. DLESE is operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Computational and Information Systems Laboratory and the NCAR Library on behalf of the education community. DLESE provides: • Easy access to quality teaching and learning resources about the Earth as a system for a wide range of learners • Services to help users effectively create, use and evaluate digital learning resources • Interfaces and tools to allow student exploration of Earth data Resources in DLESE include lesson plans, scientific data, visualizations, interactive computer models, and virtual field trips – in short, any web-accessible teaching or learning material. Many
