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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA General Introduction to MISR
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Science and 2 additional..Most satellite instruments look only straight down, or toward the edge of the planet. To fully understand Earth's climate, and t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring the Moon - A Teacher's Guide
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Science, Earth & Space Science, Physics and 2 additional..The rocks and sediment collected by Apollo astronauts contain vital clues to the formation of Earth and the Moon. Most of this i...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMount St. Helens, May 18, 1980
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Science, Physics and 2 additional..This GIF image is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory website, which includes pictures (archived a...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGallery: Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Evolution and Adaptation, Science, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..This site consists of a gallery of artists' conceptions of catastrophic strikes on Earth by asteroids or comets, including the i...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth and Sky Home Page
Grades: TK/K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Science, Earth & Space Science, Physics and 2 additional..This online magazine features articles on astronomy and environmental issues. Users can access sky charts for viewing celestial ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanism and Impact: What Was the Timing of Events?
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Science, Earth & Space Science, Physics and 2 additional..Studies of the chronology of martian meteorites can distinguish various events in the history of the meteorites and give ground ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCERES CLoud Effects
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Chemistry, Nuclear Energy, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..This computer-generated animation depicts the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument in operation. CERE...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOcean Tides Lost and Found
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..The Moon's gravity imparts tremendous energy to the Earth, raising tides throughout the global oceans. What happens to all this ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLocate Your Watershed
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Environmental Issues, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Science and 3 additional..Watersheds are those land areas that catch rain or snow and drain to specific marshes, streams, rivers, lakes, or to ground wate...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat is Gravity
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Science, Force & Motion and 3 additional..This resource provides an explanation of gravity, the weakest of the four universal forces. Newton's Law of Universal Gravitatio...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUF News: Antarctic Ice Sheet Unstable in Past Warming Periods
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Science and 2 additional..This news article examines evidence that parts of the Antarctic ice sheet have undergone episodes of instability that appear to ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGlobal Water Reservoirs, Fluxes, and Turnover Times
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Science and 3 additional..This graphic illustration and accompanying text description show the distribution and relative proportions of water in the form ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Our Environment
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This article explains how the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite has been used to measure changes in sea level due to heat storage in the ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanism on Mars
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Science, Earth & Space ScienceVisitors can read about the characteristics of volcanism on Mars and how it differs from volcanism on our own Moon. A map is pro...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWind-Driven Circulation and the Ekman Balance
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..Materials presented here describe how the Ekman theory of wind-driven circulation in ocean basins was confirmed by measurements ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Artemis Project
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Science, Earth & Space ScienceThe goal of this project is to establish a privately owned, permanent, self-supporting base on the Moon. Materials presented her...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat is the Big Bang Theory?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth's Resources, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, ScienceAstronomer Jonathan Keohane explains and presents evidence for the Big Bang Theory in this "Ask a High Energy Astronomer" questi...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSecond Guessing Mother Nature: Forecasting the Surprise Snow of January 2000
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Chemistry, Science, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..Kids up and down the East Coast woke up to a pleasant surprise on January 25, 2000 - several inches of fresh snow. Even though t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMicrogravity Demonstrator
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Chemistry, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Earth & Space Science, Science and 2 additional..This tool was designed by NASA engineers to demonstrate and teach principles of microgravity and its relationship to science and...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanoes on Venus
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Science and 3 additional..Visitors can read about the characteristics of volcanism on Venus and how it differs from volcanism on Earth. A map showing the ...Views: 0Favorites: 0