en The goal of this NASA Earth Science Enterprise-funded project is to increase the use of satellite data in high school and college science classrooms by developing classroom materials linked to guided inquiry computer exercises. Studying the Earth's Environment from Space (SEES) consists of four modules on the following topics: 1) Stratospheric Ozone, 2) Global Land Vegetation, 3) Oceanography, and 4) Polar Sea Ice Processes.This record encompasses the Oceanography module. The module has three parts, classroom resources, computer lab resources, and a glossary and acronym list. The classroom resources are presented as electronic lectures viewable by a Web browser. Each section can stand alone (you don't have to use the lecture materials to complete the computer lab activities, and the classroom resource materials don't require that you complete the computer lab activities). The computer lab materials contain public domain software for data display and analysis, tutorials, satellite data, and computer exercises for students and an instructors guide. The software is a version of NIH-Image for the Macintosh that was modified by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center especially for SEES. It will also work on Windows machines with a Mac emulator. Image2000, a cross-platform Java version of the software, is expected to be available by the end of year 2000. After a student has learned about the scientific topic, satellites, data, and how to analyze the data, the student may continue on their own scientific discovery by accessing archived and current data from various NASA Earth Science data centers. oceanography glossary image processing remote sensing satellite data atmospheric science environmental science sea surface temperature Pacific Ocean, Northwest Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean 2 Draft Principal Investigator Dr. Blanche W Meeson National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA)/Goddard Space Flight Center/Earth Sciences Directorate/Scientific and Educational Endeavors Greenbelt MD 20771 USA 301-614-5341 301-614-5620 bmeeson@see.gsfc.nasa.gov http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html 2000-06 Last updated as of: Principal Investigator Elizabeth A. Smith Old Dominion University, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography Crittenton Hall, 768 West 52nd Street Norfolk VA 23529 757-683-5567 lizsmith@ccpo.odu.edu 2000-06 Last updated as of: Principal Investigator CDR Michael Alfultus United States Coast Guard Academy Science Department, 27 Mohegan Ave New London CT 06320-8101 USA 860-444-8633 MAlfultis@cga.uscg.mil 2000-06 Last updated as of: Contributer Dr. Barbara Gage Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Road Largo MD 20774-2199 USA 2000-06 Last updated as of: Contact Elizabeth A. Smith Old Dominion University, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography Crittenton Hall, 768 West 52nd Street Norfolk VA 23529 757-683-5567 lizsmith@ccpo.odu.edu 2000-06 Last updated as of: Publisher National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA)/Goddard Space Flight Center/Earth Sciences Directorate/Scientific and Educational Endeavors Code 900 Greenbelt MD 20771 USA helpdesk@see.gsfc.nasa.gov http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html 2000-06 Last updated as of: DLESE Program Center Catalog Number DLESE-000-000-000-007 Creator Ms. Holly Devaul DLESE Program Center (DPC)/ University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) P.O. Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 USA 303-497-2653 303-497-8336 devaul@ucar.edu http://www.dlese.org 2000-09-07 IMS version 1.1 (June 2000) based on IEEE LOM v3.5 (1999-07-15) en text/html image/gif application/pdf http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/SEES/ocean/ocean.htm Browser Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer Software SEE Image Operating System MacOS Plug-In Adobe Acrobat Exercises, software, and images can be downloaded and saved to disk. CD ROMs are being developed by NASA Central Operation of Resources for Educators at http://core.nasa.gov/. SEE Image 2.56 68k will run on some Macintosh emulation software such as ARDI's Executor. Curriculum Activity-Computer Answer key Index Instructors Guide 3 Learner Teacher Undergraduate lower division Undergraduate upper division High school No No There are no copyright restrictions on any of the materials that appear in the modules. If you use any of these materials in publications, please acknowledge NASA as follows: NASA. Studying Earth's Environment From Space. June 2000. ( the date you accessed these materials) http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov/edu/SEES/. IsPartOf Studying the Earth's Environment from Space Module 1 Stratospheric Ozone http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/SEES/strat/strat.htm DLESE Program Center Catalog Number DLESE-000-000-000-005 IsPartOf Studying the Earth's Environment from Space http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/SEES/index.html DLESE Program Center Catalog Number DLESE-000-000-000-00X References Global Land Vegetation http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/SEES/globa/global.htm DLESE Program Center Catalog Number DLESE-000-000-000-00X References Polar Sea Ice Processes http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/SEES/polar/polar.htm DLESE Program Center Catalog Number DLESE-000-000-000-00X References Stratospheric Ozone http://see.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/SEES/strat/strat.htm DLESE Program Center Catalog Number DLESE-000-000-000-00X References Jet Propulsion Laboratory Physical Oceanography, Distributed Active Archive Center http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov DLESE Program Center Catalog Number References National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov DLESE Program Center Catalog Number References NOAA's CoastWatch Program http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/NSORS/ML/nsors1.html DLESE Program Center Catalog Number Discipline DLESE Contolled Vocabulary Keyword List Standard National Science Education Standards 9-12 Standard A Science as inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry 9-12 Standard D Earth and Space Science: Energy in the Earth system 9-12 Standard F Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Environmental quality 9-12 Standard G History and Nature of Science Standards: Nature of scientific knowledge 9-12 Standard G History and Nature of Science Standards: Science as a human endeavor The "standards" characteristic are criteria that illustrate a level to which academic achievement is desired. The standards presented here include the National Science Education Standards and the National Geography Standards. The National Science Education Standards present a vision of a scientifically literate populace. They outline what students need to know, understand, and be able to do to be scientifically literate at different grad levels. The National Geography Standards provide guidelines on what students should know about geography. Content standard K-12 Science Grade level DLESE Difficulty Scale (optional) Grade 9 4 Grade 10 4 Grade 11 4 Grade 12 4 Grade 13 3 Grade 14 3 The DLESE Difficulty Scale is used to describe how hard it is to work through a resource for a target grade level. The numerical values for any grade level having the following meaning: 1 is very easy, 2 is somewhat easy, 3 is average, 4 is somewhat difficult, and 5 is difficult for a grade level. Evaluation Level DLESE Evaluation Level Scale 1 Reviews Collection Group DLESE Collection Group Specification DLESE Collections Broad Collection