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Ask Dr. Global Change
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..Users of this resource may direct questions about global change to staff members at the U.S. Global Change Research Information ...Views: 0Favorites: 0GEOTAIL Spacecraft Homepage
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Physics, Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceUsers can learn about the GEOTAIL spacecraft and its mission to study the Earth's magnetotail. Materials presented include an ov...Views: 0Favorites: 0History of Manned Spaceflight (title provided or enhanced by cataloger)
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Nature & Method of Science, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..This website, produced by the Kennedy Space Center, provides histories of NASA's manned space missions, beginning with the first...Views: 0Favorites: 0Mercury
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Physics, Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceThis lithograph shows mosaic images of Mercury, captured by the Mariner 10 spacecraft. The images are accompanied by a brief des...Views: 0Favorites: 0Sun Earth Connection Education Forum: Reference Desk
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Environmental Issues, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..This page links to several sites with reference materials covering such topics as solar storms and flares, the magnetosphere, an...Views: 0Favorites: 0Goddard Space Flight Center: Science Question of the Week
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Our Solar System and 2 additional..Selected science questions are posted here and answered at the end of the week. Previous questions of the week and their answers...Views: 0Favorites: 0Great Images in NASA: Planetary Astronomy
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Science, Physics, Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceThis site consists of JPEG images of the planets, including photographs of Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, historic photographs, and arti...Views: 0Favorites: 0Earth Observatory: From the Dust Bowl to the Sahel
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Chemistry and 4 additional..This site provides a brief description of the Dustbowl in the American Great Plains during the 1930s and relates its effects to ...Views: 0Favorites: 0Desertification
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Life Sciences, Chemistry and 4 additional..Desertification, the degradation of formerly productive land into desert, is a complex process. It involves multiple causes, and...Views: 0Favorites: 0WMAP Glossary of Technical Terms
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Earth's ResourcesThis glossary of terms is associated with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotrophy Probe (WMAP).Views: 0Favorites: 0What is Happening to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Chemistry, Earth & Space 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: 0Minerals in our Environment
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space 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: 0Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) Mission Overview
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Chemistry, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..This site presents information about the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft and its mission, science goals, history,...Views: 0Favorites: 0Keplerian Elements Tutorial
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science 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: 0Retreat of the Muir Glacier
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Ecology & Ecosystems, Chemistry 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: 0Volcanoes and Climate Change
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, Physics 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: 0Hurricanes
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..This is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's hurricane website. Features include weather watches, warnings, and...Views: 0Favorites: 0Trajectories and Orbits
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Nature & Method of Science, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..Materials presented here outline some basic concepts associated with space flight. Users can read about orbits and the differenc...Views: 0Favorites: 0Visit to An Ocean Planet: Salinity and Deep Ocean Currents
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Properties of Matter, Ecology & Ecosystems, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science 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: 0Sun Earth Connection Education Forum: Missions
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Chemistry, Earth & Space Science 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

