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Using the Internet as a resource to locate and graph scientific data, students will explore the seasonal changes in precipitation for the Costa Rican Region. They will generate and analyze satellite data for precipitation to identify the two seasons of Costa Rica and relate their importance to the travel industry.
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This
lesson
is
designed
to
help
students
gain
knowledge
in
using
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
(LAS)
to
specify
and
download
a
microset
of
data,
and
then
to
use
the
data
to
compare
NASA
satellite
data
observations
with
surface
measurements
of
snow
cover
and
temperature.
Students
will
obtain
snow
cover
and
surface
temperature
data
for
a
locale
in
Alaska,
plot
the
data,
and
then
investigate
seasonal
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This
lesson
is
designed
to
help
students
gain
knowledge
in
using
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
(LAS)
to
specify
and
download
a
microset
of
data,
then
to
use
the
data
to
investigate
the
carbon
monoxide
level
at
a
fixed
latitude.
Using
the
LAS,
students
will
download
data,
and
then
will
use
Excel
to
create
maps
of
the
carbon
monoxide
level
for
a
particular
latitude.
They
will
then
look
for
trends
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This
lesson
is
designed
to
help
students
gain
knowledge
in
using
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
(LAS)
to
specify
and
download
a
microset
of
data,
then
to
use
the
data
to
investigate
tropospheric
ozone
for
several
US
cities.
Using
the
LAS,
student-groups
will
create
line-plots
of
tropospheric
ozone
for
a
particular
date
and
city.
From
that
information
they
will
investigate
possible
trends
in
ozone
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In
this
lesson,
students
download
cloud
coverage
and
surface
data
from
the
NASA
CERES
S-COOL
website
student
observation
database,
then
use
the
Excel
spreadsheet
program
to
develop
plots
of
the
data.
Students
explore
the
relationship
between
cloud
coverage
and
humidity
for
low-,
mid-,
and
high-level
clouds.
The
lesson
provides
detailed
procedure,
related
links
and
sample
graphs,
follow-up
questions
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One
of
the
strongest
observed
ENSO
events
of
the
century
began
to
unfold
in
1997.
Fortunately,
an
extensive
network
of
satellite
and
ocean
buoy
instruments
was
prepared
to
monitor
and
record
the
historical
event.
In
this
lesson,
students
will
collect
data
from
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
to
understand
how
scientists
detect
the
onset
of
El
Nino
conditions
and
the
reversal
to
La
Nina
conditions
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There
are
several
factors
that
influence
the
climate
or
prevailing
weather
conditions
for
any
given
location
on
Earth.
The
most
important
factor
is
the
latitude
of
the
location
because
that
affects
the
amount
of
solar
radiation
received
throughout
the
year.
Other
factors
include
its
distance
from
a
body
of
water
(its
moisture
source),
elevation
and
local
topography.
In
this
6
to
10
day
unit
plan,
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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
lesson
is
designed
to
help
students
gain
knowledge
in
using
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
(LAS)
to
specify
and
download
a
microset
of
data,
then
to
use
the
data
to
estimate
percentage
of
snow
cover
for
each
continent.
The
data
used
in
this
lesson
come
from
the
International
Satellite
Cloud
Climatology
Project
(ISCCP).
ISCCP
computes
fractional
snow
and
ice
coverage
by
scanning
the
Earth
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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 the relationship between volcanic activity and the presence of atmospheric aerosols. The lesson provides detailed procedure, related links and sample graphs, follow-up questions and extensions, and Teacher Notes.
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