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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSecond Guessing Mother Nature: Forecasting the Surprise Snow of January 2000
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Physics 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 / HyperLinkDiscovery of the Solar System
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Nature & Method of Science, Physics 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 / HyperLinkUnderstanding Our Environment
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Physics, 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 / HyperLinkWhy Do Ice Ages Occur? - Part 1
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Chemistry and 7 additional..This document discusses possible factors that contributed to the formation of massive continental glaciers during four periods o...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat is Happening to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems 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 / HyperLinkEuropa Wedges Educational Activity Page
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Science, ChemistryAs part of this activity, students learn about geologic processes on Earth in order to interpret surface features recently seen ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAtlantic Tropical Storm Tracking by Year
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Physics and 2 additional..Visitors to this site can access information on tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean as far back as 1851. Inform...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanoes and Climate Change
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSOHO UltraViolet Coronagraph Spectrometer
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Science, ChemistryUsers can access a variety of information on the SOHO satellite and instrument. The scientific purpose of the mission, a study o...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVolcanism on Mars
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Science, ChemistryVisitors 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 / HyperLinkHurricanes
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Physics and 3 additional..Students can learn about the conditions necessary for hurricanes to form and sustain themselves. The discussion is accompanied b...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistory of Space Exploration
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Nature & Method of Science, Education Theory and Practice and 4 additional..Users can choose from an extensive selection of links to resources for use in the study of the history of space exploration. The...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWMAP Glossary of Technical Terms
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Science, ChemistryThis glossary of terms is associated with the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotrophy Probe (WMAP).Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGoddard Space Flight Center: Science Question of the Week
Grades: 6 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Science 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: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOceanColor Web: SeaWiFS Images
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Nature & Method of Science, Physics and 3 additional..This archive houses an extensive collection of imagery taken by the SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar spacecraft. Viewers ca...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFathometer in a Box
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..In this activity, students construct a model of the seafloor, prepare profiles, and learn how ocean depth is measured. A materia...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSolar Activity
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Science and 2 additional..This educational brief provides an overview of solar activity, including a description of Earth's magnetosphere and of various s...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAn Overview of SeaWiFS and the SeaStar Spacecraft
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Science and 3 additional..Visitors can read and view animations and a movie that describe the SeaStar spacecraft and the SeaWiFS instrument. Materials pre...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOcean and Climate: Chemical Coupling with the Atmosphere
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Physics and 5 additional..The ocean and atmosphere continually exchange particles and gases in a kind of ongoing "dialogue" that influences regional and g...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe U.S. Global Change Research Program
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Nature & Method of Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 7 additional..This is the homepage of the U.S. Global Research Program (USGCRP), an initiative to support research on the interactions of natu...Views: 0Favorites: 0