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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Investigating Earthquakes with ArcExplorer GIS
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentDATA: Recent and Historical Earthquake Data. TOOL: ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education GIS. SUMMARY: Explore earthquake data ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Creating Custom Map Images of Earth and Other Worlds
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Our Solar System, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentDATA: Planetary images and geodesy data. TOOL: UNAVCO's Jules Verne Voyager Map Server. SUMMARY: Generate maps of Earth or any o...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Evidence for Plate Tectonics
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Science, Earth's Resources and 2 additional..DATA: Sea Floor Age, Volcano and Earthquake Distributions TOOL: My World GIS - Identify relationships among sea-floor age, earth...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Measuring Distance and Area in Satellite Images
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development and 3 additional..DATA: MODIS Imagery. TOOL: ImageJ. SUMMARY: Examine images of the Aral Sea from 1973 through 2003. Use image analysis software t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Analyzing the Antarctic Ozone Hole
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Ecology & EcosystemsDATA: Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Images. TOOLS: ImageJ, Spreadsheet. SUMMARY: Animate and explore 10 years of South...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Analyzing Populations with Maps (Retired)
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Professional Development, ScienceNOTE: This chapter was retired from the EET collection after CIESIN's US-Mexico Demographic Data Viewer became unavailable. The ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Exploring and Animating GOES Images
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development and 2 additional..DATA: GOES Weather Images TOOL: ImageJ - Transform a time series of GOES images into an animation. Plot a storm track and determ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Mapping Local Data in a GIS
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional DevelopmentDATA: Student-collected GPS data and site characterizations TOOLS: MyWorld GIS, spreadsheet program - Follow a study of Urban He...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Exploring Seafloor Topography
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentDATA: Digital Elevation Model Data TOOL: GeoMapApp - Explore a timeline about how we have learned about the oceans. Construct a ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Analyzing Plate Motion Using EarthScope GPS Data
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentDATA: EarthScope GPS Data. TOOLS: Spreadsheet, Google Maps. SUMMARY: Learn how GPS monuments make precise measurements of Earth'...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Teaching Notes Page
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Background Information Mid-ocean ridges are major geologic features that all students have not physically seen or experienced. H...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Exploring Monsoon Precipitation and Streamflow in a Semi-Arid Watershed
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentDATA: Precipitation, streamflow, and topographic data TOOLS: Google Earth & My World GIS - Explore a semi-arid watershed in Ariz...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: When is Dinner Served? Predicting the Spring Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Maine
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Science, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Ecology & EcosystemsDATA: Ocean Buoy Data, MODIS Images TOOLS: GoMOOS Online Graphing Tool - Learn about conditions that influence the spring phytop...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Writing to Support the Theory of Plate Tectonics
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentDATA: Topography, EQs, volcanoes, seafloor ages. TOOL: Browser, Learning with Data CD-ROM. Examine and interpret images to write...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Understanding Carbon Storage in Forests
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Current Science, Professional Development, Ecology & EcosystemsDATA: Forest Inventory and Analysis data, TOOLS: isee Player, Spreadsheet application. SUMMARY: Compare field collected data wit...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Shrinking Forest - Growing Problem
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Current Science, Environmental Issues, Professional Development, Ecology & EcosystemsDATA: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Images. TOOL: ImageJ. SUMMARY: Process and measure time-series SAR images to analyze the ra...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Investigating Renewable Energy Data from Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panels
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Using renewable sources of energy benefits the environment and contributes to more sustainable energy use. The burning of fossil...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional DevelopmentDATA: GLOBE Program Surface Temperature. TOOL: My World GIS. SUMMARY: Explore the urban heat island effect using student collect...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Water Availability
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Ecology & EcosystemsDATA: North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR). TOOL: FieldScope GIS. SUMMARY: Use an online GIS from the National Geographic S...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Seeing the Forest for the Trees: What's in Your Woods?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Professional Development, Ecology & EcosystemsDATA: Forest Inventory Growth and Analysis data, TOOLS: Spreadsheet, My World GIS - Investigate forest biodiversity in Maine and...Views: 0Favorites: 0