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These
activities
enable
students
to
use
remotely-sensed
data-
as
they
tackle
the
real-world
problems
and
tasks
found
in
existing
Event-Based
Science
(EBS)
modules.
Remotely-sensed
data
are
employed
as
an
integral
part
of
both
the
presentation
of
Earth
system
science
concepts,
and
in
the
solutions
to
real-world
problems.
The
activities
emphasize
the
use
of
NASA
remote-sensing
data
from
satellites
and
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This guide was produced for science writers and the media and profiles several Landsat 7 research projects, and provides background and contact information. Landsat 7 is advancing several areas of Earth science, mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics. including monitoring croplands and mapping Antarctic ice streams.
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This
guide
was
produced
for
science
writers
and
the
media
and
provides
research
profiles,
as
well
as
extensive
background
and
contact
information
for
NASA?s
Terra
spacecraft.
Terra?s
launch
marked
a
new
era
of
comprehensive
monitoring
of
the
Earth's
atmosphere,
oceans
and
continents
from
a
single
space-based
platform.
Data
from
the
five
Terra
instruments
are
creating
continuous,
long-term
records
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This
product
provides
an
introduction
to
understanding
and
interpreting
satellite
images.
Beginning
with
two
short
chapters
on
visible
satellite
images
and
radiation,
the
book
then
covers
six
key
Earth-atmosphere
variables
on
topics
including
the
Antarctic
ozone
hole,
El
Nino,
deforestation,
the
missing
carbon
dilemma,
and
the
effects
of
sea
ice,
snow
cover
and
volcanoes
on
atmospheric
temperatures.
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This
interactive
adventure
engages
children
in
a
story-based
scenario
that
emphasizes
concepts
of
remote
sensing
and
how
NASA
scientists
use
satellite
imagery
to
better
understand
the
Earth's
environmental
changes.
It
introduces
students
to
Earth
science
concepts,
beginning
with
classifying
objects
in
satellite
images
by
shape,
color
and
texture,
building
a
foundation
for
interpreting
and
understanding
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This
lithograph
shows
a
Landsat
7
image
of
New
York
City
and
includes
an
activity
for
children
ages
5-9.
The
imagery
highlights
vegetation,
emphasizing
location,
with
additional
information,
classroom
activities
or
discus-shape
and
sizes
of
parks.
The
activity
engages
children
in
following
Amelia
the
Pigeon's
adventure
around
the
parks
in
New
York
City.
The
lithograph
is
a
companion
piece
to
the
Amelia
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These
quizzes
are
designed
to
inspire
understanding
of
the
physical,
biological
and
human
processes
that
influence
our
home
planet
and
cover
topics
from
archaeology
to
zoology.
Several
resources
for
discovering
and
revealing
the
meaning
of
image
features
may
help
new
geographical
detectives
to
solve
the
challenging
quiz
questions.
A
new
Where
on
Earth...?
mystery
quiz
appears
periodically.
Answers
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This
educational
video
details
how
the
sciences
of
astronomy
and
geography
guided
slaves
to
freedom
in
the
1800s,
and
how
the
technologies
of
satellites
and
geographic
information
systems
are
being
used
to
locate
and
visualize
the
secret
paths
they
traveled.
Using
the
North
Star
as
a
compass,
freedom-seeking
slaves
went
from
safe
house
to
safe
house
along
the
Underground
Railroad,
an
intricate
network
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This
tutorial
traces
the
history
of
the
telescope,
beginning
with
Galileo's
first
small
refractor,
to
the
era
of
orbiting
space
telescopes.
Topics
include
Galileo's
trouble
with
the
church
over
the
observations
he
made
with
his
new
instrument,
Sir
Isaac
Newton's
invention
of
the
reflecting
telescope,
and
the
development
of
technologies
that
made
it
possible
to
construct
increasingly
larger,
more
powerful
...
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