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This lesson plan provides instructions for several activities for students to perform to study the relationship of temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and dew point in cloud formation. The lesson involves graphing of weather balloon data using a spreadsheet program.
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This
user-contributed
tutorial
provides
detailed
instructions
on
how
to
make
Excel
graphs
of
data
that
is
imported
from
the
Internet.
The
tutorial
contains
sample
screen
images
to
assist
in
performing
each
step.
It
involves
importing
a
second
set
of
data
and
adding
it
as
another
series
on
the
original
graph.
The
tutorial
includes
questions
based
on
the
atmospheric
lapse
rates
plotted
for
two
locations.
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This
DVD
and
Website
contains
NASA
satellite
image
animations
of
several
major
wildland
fires
in
the
United
States
that
occurred
from
October
2001
to
September
2002,
including
the
Hayman,
Rodeo-Chediski,
and
Biscuit
Fires.
It
also
contains
a
recording
of
a
NASA
press
conference
during
July
2003,
which
includes
a
panel
discussion
by
several
key
researchers
regarding
how
NASA
data
is
used
to
help
in
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This
lesson
plan
uses
NASA
satellite
data
to
contrast
amounts
of
cloud
coverage
over
different
climate
regions
in
Africa.
It
introduces
the
circulation
pattern
of
Hadley
Cells
and
the
band
of
convergence
and
convection
called
the
Intertropical
Convergence
Zone
(ITCZ).
The
lesson
also
discusses
how
frequent
cloud
cover
and
precipitation
occur
along
the
ITCZ
and
how
climate
affects
the
people
living
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In
this
unit,
students
learn
about
the
scientific
factors
contributing
to
the
global
warming
debate.
Students
act
as
advisors
to
the
heads
of
state
of
several
nations
and
explore
the
issues
as
they
respond
to
the
various
questions
and
concerns
of
these
leaders.
Activities
include
a
combination
of
physical
labs
and
investigations
using
World
Watcher
software,
a
geographic
data
visualization
tool
developed
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This
resource
consists
of
four
modules
with
teachers?
guides:
1)
Temperature
Variations
and
Habitability,
2)
Modeling
Hot
and
Cold
Planets,
3)
Using
Mathematical
Models
to
Investigate
Planetary
Habitability,
and
4)
How
Do
Atmospheres
Affect
Planetary
Atmospheres.
Scientific
inquiry
and
the
research
tools
used
to
do
research
play
a
major
role
in
these
modules.
Presented
with
a
science
problem,
students
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This
Web
site
includes
shares
the
images,
stories
and
discoveries
that
emerge
from
NASA
Earth
science
research,
including
its
satellite
missions,
in-the-field
research
and
climate
models.
View
global
maps
of
NASA
data,
check
out
the
Image
of
the
Day
and
images
of
current
events,
and
read
feature
articles
and
blogs.
Also
includes
special
collections
of
NASA
images,
including
the
World
of
Change
series,
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