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In
this
lesson,
students
create
graphs
to
explore
how
hurricanes
extract
heat
energy
from
the
ocean
surface.
It
is
designed
to
help
students
gain
knowledge
in
using
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
(LAS)
to
specify,
download
and
use
a
microset
of
data.
Students
will
make
graphs
from
the
data
microset,
then
use
the
graphs
to
investigate
locations
along
the
track
of
Hurricane
Rita
where
lowered
Sea
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This
guide
aims
to
assist
educators
in
instilling
interest
in
learning
about
meteorology
by
allowing
the
learner
to
take
increasing
responsibility
for
his/
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In
this
episode
of
Space
Pace
Live,
the
kids
interview
a
cartoon
version
of
the
GOES
satellite
Deputy
Project
scientists,
Andre
Dress.
Andre
works
at
NASA?s
Goddard
Space
Flight
Center
in
Greenbelt,
Maryland.
He
talked
with
Kate
and
Kyro
about
the
new
GOES-O
(Geostationary
Operational
Environmental
Satellites)
weather
satellite
as
it
was
being
prepared
for
launch.
NASA
Space
Place
Web
site
for
kids
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This
set
of
five
activities
and
supporting
teacher
material
allows
students
to
explore
the
beauty,
science
and
mythology
of
the
aurora
through
art
and
writing.
This
standards-based,
flexible
?plug
and
play?
program
is
based
on
research
in
bringing
science
into
the
literacy
and
art
classroom.
It
can
be
used
as
a
complete
sequence
of
lessons
of
can
be
used
as
guidelines
for
teachers
to
develop
their
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In
this
book
and
activities
set,
tThe
GLOBE
Kids
are
on
the
trail
of
Scoop,
an
eager
dog
who
loves
to
dig
holes
in
the
soil.
At
each
hole
Scoop
has
dug,
the
kids
make
observations
of
the
soil,
learn
about
soil
color,
texture,
structure,
and
about
the
?treasures?
one
can
find
in
soil.
*Activity
1:
Getting
to
Know
Soil*
Students
learn
about
soil
profiles
and
the
different
properties
of
soil,
including
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In
this
book
and
activities
set,
the
GLOBE
Kids
share
information
about
the
different
cloud
types
by
acting
out
analogies
that
show
what
each
cloud
type
looks
like
and
its
height
in
the
sky.
*Activity
1:
Cloud
Fun*
Students
learn
about
the
shape
and
appearance
of
cumulus
clouds,
how
to
describe
them,
and
what
kind
of
weather
is
generally
happening
when
these
clouds
are
in
the
sky.
*Activity
2:
Cloudscape*
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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,
users
explore
relationships
between
air
quality
and
population
density
using
the
image
visualization
tool,
Google
Earth.
Humans
discovered
long
ago
that
burning
fossil
fuels
was
a
convenient
way
to
get
power.
In
engines
for
automobiles
and
plants
that
generate
electricity,
huge
volumes
of
oil,
gas,
and
coal
are
burned
every
day.
Where
many
people
live
together
in
concentrated
areas,
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These
space
weather
monitors,
which
detect
changes
to
the
Earth?s
ionosphere
caused
by
solar
flares,
can
be
installed
and
used
by
students
at
their
local
schools.
Students
build
their
own
antenna,
a
simple,
low-cost
structure.
Stanford
provides
a
centralized
data
repository
where
students
can
exchange
and
discuss
data..
The
instruments
are
nicknamed
SIDs,
for
the
Sudden
Ionospheric
Disturbances
that
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This
is
an
electromagnetic
spectrum
science
program
that
incorporates
engineering,
math,
and
solar
system
data
stories
that
use
mission
data
to
explain
how
light
is
used
to
explore
the
solar
system.
A
set
of
foundational
lessons
accompanies
the
program,
helping
students
understand
spectroscopy
at
a
basic
level.
The
data
stories
include
paper
and
pencil
versions,
as
well
as
Flash-based
interactives
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