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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClimate Diagnostics Center- U.S. Climate Division Plotting Page
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Chemistry and 2 additional..This web page enables the user to plot a map of current or historic climate data for the United States using datasets provided b...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe ABC's of Distances
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Science, Earth's ResourcesThis tutorial explains some of the techniques developed by astronomers to determine the distances of objects we see in the sky. ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Vast Oceans
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 5 additional..This site provides background information about the relationship between ocean currents and surface winds. There are links to im...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDiscovery of the Solar System
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Chemistry, Science and 2 additional..This page is part of NASA's website "From Stargazers to Starships". It discusses the evolution of scientific thought concerning ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education Materials, Physics, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space Science and 5 additional..This site is provided by the Mineral Resources Program (MRP) of the U.S. Geologic Survey. It is an online geographic information...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Technology, Earth & Space ScienceThis document discusses the use of LIDAR (Laser Infrared Detection and Ranging) to detect and map water vapor in the atmosphere....Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Are Deserts Dry?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Chemistry and 2 additional..The deserts of the world today are not the deserts of the planet's past. Fossilized hippopotamus and elephant bones tell us that...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Disintegrating Glacier
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Chemistry and 3 additional..Recent satellite images have revealed two new icebergs floating off the Antarctic coast. The icy behemoths are fragments of the ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Meteorite Mysteries
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Our Solar System, Chemistry and 2 additional..This educator guide provides information and activities related to meteorites and their origins. Topics include sources and coll...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSun Earth Connection Education Forum: Missions
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Chemistry and 3 additional..This portal provides links to the homepages of twenty-seven NASA missions whose objectives involve Sun-Earth studies. Research t...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentVisit to An Ocean Planet: Salinity and Deep Ocean Currents
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Biochemistry, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences and 8 additional..This resource uses text, images, maps and a laboratory exercise to explain how differences in the temperature and salinity of oc...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrajectories and Orbits
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Our Solar System, Chemistry and 3 additional..Materials presented here outline some basic concepts associated with space flight. Users can read about orbits and the differenc...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHurricanes
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Chemistry and 3 additional..This is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's hurricane website. Features include weather watches, warnings, and...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanoes and Climate Change
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Chemistry and 2 additional..Major volcanic eruptions alter the Earth's radiative balance, as volcanic ash and gas clouds absorb terrestrial radiation and sc...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRetreat of the Muir Glacier
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 5 additional..This animation shows the retreat of the Muir Glacier between 1941 and 1982. A scale bar gives some idea of the distance involved.Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKeplerian Elements Tutorial
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Mathematics, Earth & Space Science, Chemistry and 2 additional..This tutorial explains the Keplerian elements, the seven numbers which are required to define the orbit of a satellite. Each sec...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAdvanced Composition Explorer (ACE) Mission Overview
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Our Solar System and 4 additional..This site presents information about the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft and its mission, science goals, history,...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMinerals in our Environment
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Chemistry, Science, Earth's ResourcesThis downloadable poster (36 in. by 60 in.) describes how minerals are used in household substances and objects, listed by name,...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat is Happening to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Earth & Space Science, Chemistry, Science and 2 additional..This site discusses the loss of ice from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which has been observed for the last thirty years. Topics...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWMAP Glossary of Technical Terms
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Science, Earth's ResourcesThis glossary of terms is associated with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotrophy Probe (WMAP).Views: 0Favorites: 0