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ACE Mission - Fusion and Nucleosynthesis
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Biochemistry, Earth's Resources, Science and 5 additional..This educational brief explains the idea that nuclear fusion is thought to be the mechanism by which virtually all of the elemen...Views: 0Favorites: 0Identifying Elements in the Stars
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Science, Physics, ChemistryThis educational brief provides a description of the use of spectroscopy to identify elements in the stars, including a scientif...Views: 0Favorites: 0Where's Phyto? An Investigation of Phytoplankon in the Marine Biosphere
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems, Cells and 5 additional..As part of this activity, students examine the effects of light and temperature on the phytoplankton population. Using ocean col...Views: 0Favorites: 0Visual Universe: Data Into Insight
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Earth & Space Science, Nature & Method of Science, Technology and 6 additional..This educational brief provides an overview of how scientists turn data, numbers, and words into pictures through the process of...Views: 0Favorites: 0Landsat 7: Remote Sensing Environmental Problems
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Life Sciences, Environmental Issues and 6 additional..This educational brief presents a discussion of how the Landsat project has been able to provide data on environmental changes a...Views: 0Favorites: 0Studying Solar Wind and Magnetosphere Interactions
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources, Science and 2 additional..This educational brief describes the structure of Earth's magnetosphere, how it interacts with energetic particles emitted by th...Views: 0Favorites: 0Solar Activity and the Earth
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Our Solar System, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources and 4 additional..This educational brief provides an overview of the types of solar activity and their potential effects on Earth, along with brie...Views: 0Favorites: 0OMNIWeb: The Ionosphere and Solar Wind
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) and 3 additional..This educational brief provides an overview of the layers of the atmosphere, the effects of the solar wind upon them, and how th...Views: 0Favorites: 0Ice Sheets
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Science and 2 additional..This educational brief describes the nature and properties of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets. Topics include the thickn...Views: 0Favorites: 0
