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This
is
a
Web-based
story
of
three
children
who
venture
out
to
find
their
great-grandfather's
treasure
box
that
was
lost
in
the
remote
state
of
Alaska.
Using
simple
terminology,
the
story
integrates
complex
Earth
and
space
science
concepts,
such
as
the
formation
of
gold
deposits
and
the
operation
of
satellites.
The
children
model
creative
thinking,
acquire
and
interpret
radar
images,
plan
a
treasure
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This
Web
site
includes
over
50
individual
Earth
system
science
modules
that
faculty
can
select
from
to
use
in
their
courses
or
directly
with
their
students.
Online
courses
for
school
teachers
are
offered
by
colleges
and
universities
across
the
United
States
as
part
of
the
NASA-NOAA-NSF-funded
ESSEA
Program
(Earth
System
Science
Education
Alliance).
The
courses
are
structured
as
a
collaborative
experience
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This
resource
aims
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
following
science
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This
textbook
was
published
to:
1)
raise
awareness
of
changes
in
human
health
related
to
global
ecosystem
change;
and
2)
expand
the
scope
of
the
traditional
curriculum
in
environmental
health
to
include
the
interactions
of
major
environmental
forces
and
public
health
on
a
global
scale.
The
book
covers
such
topics
as
global
climate
change,
stratospheric
ozone
depletion,
water
resources
management
and
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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
product
contains
geographic
information
system
(GIS)
software,
data
sets
and
lesson
plans
designed
for
educators
who
are
interested
in
using
GIS
technology
to
explore
global
climate
change
issues.
The
package
is
available
on
a
free,
PC-compatible
CD
(request
from
the
Web
site
provided);
it
includes
a
free
GIS
software
program
called
ArcExplorer
by
ESRI
and
comes
with
a
user
manual
to
help
get
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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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This
multi-curricular,
image
visualization
tool
allows
students
to
maneuver
through
huge
image
data
sets,
overlay
and
compare
images
gathered
over
time,
or
with
different
instruments,
and
observe
historical,
geographical,
geological,
and
environmental
change
or
to
compare
images
of
the
same
area
at
different
wavelengths.
DataSlate
includes
a
CD-ROM
(with
12
sample
data
sets
and
12
sample
lesson
plans),
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In
this
activity
guide,
students
use
various
mathematical
skills
in
the
context
of
examining
an
ISS
EarthKAM
image
(ISS
004.ESC1.03221557)
of
farmland
in
Texas
and
New
Mexico.
They
randomly
select
a
sample
region
of
the
image,
count
the
number
of
fields
in
that
region,
and
estimate
how
many
fields
are
in
the
entire
image.
They
check
how
reasonable
their
estimate
is,
compare
estimates,
discuss
differences
...
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This
chapter
walks
users
through
a
technique
for
documenting
change
in
before-and-after
sets
of
satellite
images.
The
technique
can
be
used
for
any
set
of
time-series
images
that
are
spatially
registered
to
show
the
exact
same
area
at
the
same
scale.
In
the
chapter,
users
examine
three
Landsat
images
of
the
Pearl
River
delta
in
southeastern
China.
In
these
images,
users
observe
changes
in
land
use,
...
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Educational standards associated with this resource:
National Science Education Standards (NSES), National Geography Standards: Read
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