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The
purpose
of
this
lesson
is
to
use
NASA
CERES
instrument
cloud
data
and
a
weather
map
to
explore
cloud
coverage
during
a
winter
storm.
Students
will
map
locations
using
latitude
and
longitude
coordinates
as
well
as
use
a
microset
of
satellite
data
to
investigate
cloud
characteristics
by
applying
percentage
to
determine
cloud
cover.
When
atmospheric
scientists,
including
meteorologists,
study
weather
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In
this
activity
students
construct
a
sundial
and
use
it
to
observe
the
movement
of
the
sun
through
the
sky
over
the
course
of
a
day
by
marking
changes
in
the
position
of
a
shadow
once
each
hour.
Students
determine
the
approximate
time
of
solar
noon
at
their
school
as
indicated
by
the
time
of
the
shortest
shadow.
They
revisit
the
site
on
a
subsequent
day
to
estimate
the
time
of
day
using
their
sundial.
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This
program
provides
an
overview
of
the
issues
surrounding
the
construction
of
the
Three
Gorges
Dam
across
the
Yangtze
River
in
China.
When
it
is
completed,
this
dam
will
produce
the
energy
of
15
nuclear
power
plants
and
tame
some
of
the
river's
deadliest
floods.
However,
it
is
also
the
subject
of
much
controversy.
Topics
include
the
loss
of
important
archaeological,
cultural,
and
paleontological
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This
module
engages
students
in
the
use
of
a
clean
room
and
in
the
planning
of
assembly
of
solar
collector
wafers
for
the
Genesis
space
mission.
They
will
work
in
production
design
teams
to
explore
how
the
Genesis
spacecraft
will
collect
bulk
solar
wind
with
the
collector
arrays
and
learn
to
work
as
a
team
in
a
restrictive
environment.
The
module
includes
several
activities
with
accompanying
video
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The
purpose
of
this
activity
is
to
discover
why
an
instrument
shelter
is
built
the
way
it
is.
Students
construct
shelters
that
have
varying
properties
and
place
them
in
the
same
location
or
place
similar
shelters
in
different
locations
and
compare
temperature
data
taken
in
each
shelter.
Students
should
predict
what
will
happen
for
each
of
the
different
shelter
designs
or
placements
and
perform
the
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This
live,
interactive
electronic
field
trip
to
a
North
Carolina
estuary
is
conducted
on
two
dates
each
year.
Previous
field
trips
are
stored
for
non-interactive
access.
Teachers
can
access
resources
on
such
topics
as
estuarine
and
coastal
monitoring,
management,
cultural
traditions,
invasive
species,
and
habitat
restoration.
The
lesson
plans
include
grade
level
and
standards
applicable
for
technology,
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The site offers an interactive discussion of different vantage points associated with dam building. It describes some of the engineering and environmental issues that go into the process of selecting a site for building a dam and the conditions necessary for electrical generation. Links to classroom and family activities are organized by grade level.
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This is a lesson that enables the student to describe how hurricanes move and change appearance over time through the use of the pubic domain image processing software.
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