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This
lesson
is
designed
to
help
students
gain
knowledge
in
graphing
a
microset
of
data,
then
using
the
graphs
to
investigate
trends
in
cloud
coverage
over
a
given
locale.
Students
are
provided
content-related
activities
to
enhance
background
knowledge
in
cloud
types,
and
then
are
provided
detailed
instructions
on
how
to
download
data
from
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
(LAS)
and
to
use
Excel
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This
map
gallery
contains
a
set
of
maps
depicting
water
use
in
the
United
States
for
the
year
2000.
The
maps
are
thematic
in
nature,
with
different
colors
used
to
represent
ranges
of
data
values.
There
are
maps
depicting
usage
for
a
variety
of
purposes:
total
use,
domestic
and
public
supply,
irrigation
and
livestock,
industry
and
mining,
electric
power
generation,
and
aquaculture.
This
is
part
of
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As
part
of
this
classroom
activity,
students
will
record
and
graph
temperature
data
to
learn
about
the
search
for
water
on
Mars.
Using
models
of
frozen
and
ice-free
"soils"
constructed
from
readily
available
materials
(a
list
is
provided),
they
will
examine
(by
periodically
measuring
temperature
and
graphing
the
results)
how
the
ice
content
of
the
Martian
soil
affects
the
rate
at
which
a
warm
probe
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The
Antarctic
ice
sheet
changes
in
size
over
the
course
of
a
year.
When
it
is
summer
in
the
southern
hemisphere,
the
ice
sheet
decreases
in
size.
As
the
ice
sheet
melts,
it
releases
fresh
water
into
the
ocean.
In
the
southern
winter
(our
summer),
the
ice
refreezes,
drawing
fresh
water
out
of
the
surrounding
ocean,
leaving
the
salt
behind.
These
seasonal
changes
in
the
ice
sheet
are
examined
in
this
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Access to and control of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway has been an ongoing conflict between the countries of Iran and Iraq. This resource explores the major issues associated with this conflict; history, religion, navigation rights and trade.
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This
activity
describes
the
technique
of
preparing
"GIS-ready"
data
and
shows
how
to
map
that
data
and
conduct
basic
analyses
using
a
geographic
information
system
(GIS).
First,
you
will
download
and
format
near
real-time
and
historical
earthquake
data
from
the
USGS.
Using
latitude
and
longitude
fields,
you
will
then
plot
these
data
in
a
GIS.
Next,
you
will
analyze
patterns
by
querying
records
and
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
understand
that
physical
factors
-
temperature
and
precipitation
-
limit
the
growth
of
vegetative
ecosystems.
Students
observe
and
record
seasonal
changes
in
their
local
study
site.
They
establish
that
these
phenomena
follow
annual
cycles
and
conclude
the
activity
by
creating
displays
that
illustrate
the
repeating
pattern
associated
with
the
appearance
and
disappearance
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Users
download
and
analyze
MODIS
imagery
from
2001
and
2003
to
quantify
the
shrinking
of
the
Aral
Sea.
The
chapter
steps
users
through
downloading,
installing,
and
measuring
with
ImageJ,
a
freely
available
image
analysis
program.
Users
employ
the
software
to
set
the
spatial
calibration
of
an
image,
then
select
and
measure
distances
directly
from
the
image.
Measurement
results
are
reported
in
real-world
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BASINS
is
a
multipurpose
environmental
analysis
system
for
use
by
regional,
state,
and
local
agencies
in
performing
watershed
and
water
quality
based
studies.
This
new
software
makes
it
possible
to
quickly
assess
large
amounts
of
point
source
and
nonpoint
source
data
in
a
format
that
is
easy
to
use
and
understand.
Installed
on
a
personal
computer,
BASINS
allows
the
user
to
assess
water
quality
at
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In
this
lesson,
students
explore
the
roles
of
oil
and
water
in
the
Middle
East,
especially
in
Iraq.
They
use
maps
to
look
at
the
distribution
of
oil
in
the
Middle
East
and
discuss
what
it
means
for
the
different
countries
in
the
region.
They
also
examine
how
water
has
influenced
the
region
historically
and
politically
(for
example,
how
Iraq's
access
to
water
is
limited
to
one
small
part
of
its
border).
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