K-12 students from all over the world are participating in the GLOBE program by taking environmental measurements at their schools and sharing their data via the Internet. NASA scientists use GLOBE data in their research and provide feedback to the students. The Soil Chapter of the GLOBE 2003 Teacher's Guide presents information on how to characterize soil profiles and measure soil moisture and temperature. ... Full description.

This resource consists of an interdisciplinary unit using remote-sensing techniques and data (Landsat, aerial photos, and MultiSpec image processing software) to investigate urban sprawl and its consequences in the Washington, D.C. region. The unit design can be customized to suit other problems besides urban growth using the same techniques. The lessons can be implemented in only the science classroom ... Full description.

Using the US Digital Landsat Mosaics, we can increase our understanding of Earth system science and the effects humans have on the global environment. The mosaics were developed primarily from data collected by the Landsat 4 and Landsat 5 satellites as they orbited the Earth ten or more years ago. This historical imagery is a valuable record of the conditions on Earth around the year 1990. The CD ... 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.

Poster with remote-sensing images from NASA's Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS). The teaching supplement augments the poster with descriptive summaries of the variety of geophysical phenomena that can be seen in each image. The supplement also includes a glossary of terms and a listing of URLs for additional information. Recommended for advanced high school students and lower-level undergraduate. ... Full description.

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

In this activity, users examine satellite images from NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) that show how much ozone is in the atmosphere over the Southern Hemisphere. They interpret the images to identify ozone thinning that develops over this region each summer, and compare its size from year to year. Using freely available image analysis software, ImageJ, users quantify the area of the ... Full description.

This poster presents visual data collected from satellites, ground based observations, and model predications representing solar energy, average temperature, cloud cover, precipitation, soil moisture and vegetation over a 12-month period in 1987. The poster and the associated learning activities enable students to use the data to explore ideas about the environment and gain an understanding of the ... Full description.

In this activity, the GLOBE Kids are excited to perform a play for the rest of the school, demonstrating what they have learned about the Earth and all of its parts. They hit a glitch when they can't decide which Earth component is the most important, but end up learning a lot about the Earth, sun, water, air, soil, and living things, and the way these components are interconnected. In Activity 1: ... Full description.

Virtual Vacationland is a resource to help elementary and secondary teachers find and use Earth science data and information on the Internet. The content is arranged by science topic. Each topic has a preview page that summarizes the material, as well as 2 to 5 detail pages, which show where to access online data and what the data mean. Over 40 hands-on activities are available at the site on the ... Full description.