Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
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DATA: GLOBE Program Surface Temperature. TOOL: My World GIS. SUMMARY: Explore the urban heat island effect using student collected surface temperature data. Subset large datasets, buffer others, examine spatial relationships, and gather statistics to investigate temperature differences in urban and rural school sites.
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Grade: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Topics: Professional Development
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Tool for: Teachers