This 30-page guide includes classroom activities that feature content taken from National Geographics' Atlas of the Ocean: The Deep Frontier. Each activity in the guide takes the student on an underwater adventure exploring our oceans. Subjects include undersea hot spots, underwater archaeology, bioluminescence, coral reefs, and polar sea exploration. This book of maps, charts and deep sea images ... Full description.

This poster shows a global view of Earth at night, compiled from over 400 satellite images collected during the nighttime phase of the orbit. Much of Earth is illuminated at night by city lights. The poster includes elementary-secondary activities on the backside from Mission Geography (http://missiongeography.org/). Full description.

This series of five problem-based learning modules is designed to bring NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) science into the classroom. Modules for grades 5-8 include Clouds, Precipitation, Weather and Winds; the fifth module, Energy, was developed for high school-level audiences. The modules use role-playing scenarios to help students discover real-world applications of data. While these ... Full description.

This site provides a number of Landsat 7 scene subsets as LAN files that are intended for use with Purdue University's MultiSpec software. Users also have the option of downloading the Landsat images as TIFF files in four different band combinations. Links are included to download Multi-Spec, a MultiSpec tutorial, and an introduction to remote-sensing PowerPoint presentation with detailed notes. Full description.

This booklet includes a collection of 24 views of the Earth witnessed by NASA astronaut Dr. Kathryn Sullivan while on orbit aboard the Space Shuttle. It was adapted from a version published in Update, the newsletter of the National Geographic Society's Geography Education Program, during Fall 1991. Full description.

This poster/handout is a companion to the EOSDIS Data Sampler #1 CD-ROM for the Western U.S. Wildfires 2000. It features coincident images taken on 8/30/2000 by the instruments ASTER, CERES, MISR, and MODIS, and data from August 22-27 for MOPITT, at various combinations of spectral bands, look angles, and resolutions. Text on the front assists the user to understand what the images display. Background ... Full description.

This special edition of ChemMatters is the fourth in a series focused on atmospheric chemistry and NASA?s Aura mission. ChemMatters is a quarterly publication of the American Chemical Society (ACS) geared to a high school audience and designed to demystify everyday chemistry. It includes feature articles on how Aura came together as a mission from its beginnings to the present; the nature of chemical ... Full description.

This CD includes The materials provided in each of the four presentations on this CD are intended to assist scientists and educators when presenting to K-12 audiences on the Sun-Earth connection. Each version of the presentation represents information collected from NASA scientists, seminars, web sites, and publications. Ultimately, it is designed to spark an interest to learn more about the Sun-Earth ... Full description.

This activity guide illustrates how teachers can use planetary comparisons between Earth and Mars to teach basic geologic activities - i.e. volcanoes, impact cratering, layering, river processes, and crosscutting relationships to help the students understand a planet's history. This lesson is using current science results, as it contains actual orbital data from the Mars Global Surveyor mission. The ... Full description.

This poster, one in 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 ICE. Full description.