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In
this
chapter,
users
take
the
role
of
students
from
a
small
town
in
Colorado,
who
team
up
with
students
from
the
town
of
Churchill,
Manitoba,
to
explore
changing
sea
ice
conditions
in
the
Arctic.
Together
they
examine
an
animation
that
shows
30
years
of
satellite
images
to
see
how
the
extent
of
sea
ice
in
the
Arctic
has
diminished
over
time.
The
chapter
storyline
is
built
around
the
real-life
case
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In
this
chapter,
using
My
World
GIS,
users
explore
data
that
characterize
the
dynamic
Greenland
Ice
Sheet.
By
examining
photographs,
map
views,
and
tabular
data,
users
gain
an
understanding
of
how
and
why
scientists
are
monitoring
the
ice
sheet
and
what
they
are
finding.
Users
explore
map
layers
that
represent
ice
sheet
thickness,
weather
station
locations,
and
annual
melt
extents
of
the
ice
sheet.
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This
set
of
lithographs
from
the
ISS
EarthKAM
program
contains
an
educators'
guide,
student
information
and
worksheets,
and
several
Earth
photos
taken
from
the
Space
Shuttle.
Shuttle
astronauts
and
the
ISS
EarthKAM
program
provide
photos
of
our
planet
from
the
unique
perspective
of
Earth
orbit.
This
resource
can
enhance
students'
studies
of
Earth
and
space
science,
geography,
social
studies,
mathematics,
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This brochure gives a brief overview of the Earth science research that is being done with data from the instruments onboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. Note: this brochure was produced before the Terra launched; for the most recent information, go to http:/
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These curriculum support materials link the content, skills, and perspectives of Geography for Life: The National Geography Standards with NASA Earth science missions, research, and science. Mission Geography contains three distinct sets of materials for K-4, 5-8, and 9-12.
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This
interactive
adventure
engages
children
in
a
story-based
scenario
that
emphasizes
concepts
of
remote
sensing
and
how
NASA
scientists
use
satellite
imagery
to
better
understand
the
Earth's
environmental
changes.
It
introduces
students
to
Earth
science
concepts,
beginning
with
classifying
objects
in
satellite
images
by
shape,
color
and
texture,
building
a
foundation
for
interpreting
and
understanding
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This poster, part of a four-part series, highlights recent images from select NASA Earth Science spacecraft and showcases related research results. The back gives a brief overview of the science and missions behind NASA's study of WATER.
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This
resource
provides
detailed
information
about
cloud
identification,
observing,
and
reporting.
It
also
provides
an
activity
on
how
to
make
a
cloud
in
a
bottle.
French
and
Spanish
versions
of
the
chart
are
also
available.
This
resource
was
developed
for
the
Student
Cloud
Observations
On
Line
(S'COOL)
project.
S'COOL
is
a
component
of
NASA's
Clouds
and
the
Earth's
Radiant
Energy
System
(CERES)
project.
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This
Web
site
hosts
the
most
complete
online
collection
of
astronaut
photographs
of
the
Earth,
including
over
600,000
photos
from
Space
Shuttle
and
the
International
Space
Station.
Users
can
search
the
database
of
photos
by
geographic
coordinates
or
region,
mission,
features,
cloud
cover
and
many
other
options.
The
site
also
features
an
image
of
the
week,
as
well
as
special
collections
of
images,
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This lithograph set contains images with information about: Our Solar System, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Asteroids, Jupiter, Moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Charon, and Comets.
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