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This
site
is
intended
to
provide
a
learning
environment
for
college
level
students
interested
in
learning
about
the
Earth
and
how
the
Earth'system
works.
It
is
designed
to
support
three
courses
offered
by
the
Department
of
Earth
and
Environmental
Sciences
at
Columbia
University,
but
its
resources
could
be
used
in
a
variety
of
ways.
The
site
contains
a
variety
of
large
data
sets
designed
to
help
students
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Looking
at
the
Environment
is
a
one-year
high
school
environmental
science
course
that
employs
geographic
visualization
and
data
analysis
tools
in
an
inquiry-based
approach
to
science
education.
Investigations
in
Environmental
Science
places
students
in
the
role
of
environmental
scientists.
It
engages
them
in
investigations
of
realistic
environmental
problems,
in
which
they
must
make
recommendations
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The
Unaami
Data
Collection
is
an
interdisciplinary
set
of
Arctic
data
sets
which
represent
different
geographic
regions
and
data
types.
The
time
series
extends
from
1970
to
the
present
and
includes
basic
physical,
meteorological,
and
oceanographic
data
as
well
as
"impact
data"
such
as
fisheries,
marine
mammals,
ozone,
and
plant
changes.
Data
is
presented
by
geographic
station
and
may
be
displayed
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This
collection
of
remote
sensing
animations,
images
and
videos
produced
primarily
from
satellite
data
and
computer
simulations
can
be
accessed
through
five
different
indexes,
organized
by
keyword,
instrument,
series,
scientist,
animator,
or
ID
number.
The
visualizations
illustrate
not
only
natural
events
and
processes
such
as
hurricanes,
volcanic
eruptions,
glaciations,
global
climate
change
and
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PRISM
is
a
cross-disciplinary
scientific
model
that
creates
a
collaborative
forum
where
scientists,
students,
decision
makers
and
community
members
can
share
Puget
Sound
area
earth
science
data,
information
and
knowledge.
It
supports
the
integration
of
earth
science
and
education
science,
suggesting
that
future
earth
science
discovery
will
be
based
on
the
hypothesis
and
analysis
skills
acquired
with
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This
site
provides
access
to
real-time
meteorological
data
collected
by
buoys
in
the
Pacific
Ocean.
Featured
data
fields
include
air
and
sea
temperature,
wind,
current,
humidity,
and
pressure.
Buoy
locations
are
displayed
on
a
latitude/
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The
Center
for
Global
Change
Science
(CGCS)
at
MIT
was
established
to
address
long-standing
scientific
problems
regarding
changes
in
the
global
environment.
The
initial
objectives
of
this
research
are
focused
on
five
fundamental
processes
in
the
global
climate
machine:
1)
convection,
atmospheric
water
vapor
and
cloud
formation,
2)
oceans
and
ocean-atmosphere
coupling,
3)
land
surface
hydrology,
4)
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This
web
site
provides
resources
to
integrate
math
and
environmental
science
using
real
environmental
data.
The
site
features
many
data
sets
which
are
ideally
suited
for
use
as
a
classroom
exercise.
The
data
sets
are
sorted
by
topics,
such
as
ecology,
energy,
air
pollution
or
water
resources.
The
data
is
also
sorted
by
type,
such
as
linear
scatterplot,
histogram,
or
exponential.
With
each
data
set
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This
site
houses
a
compilation
of
curricular
materials.
Dozens
of
courses
are
listed,
representing
a
broad
spectrum
of
topics
in
the
sciences
and
humanities.
Most
of
the
material
was
written
for
middle
school
and
high
school,
but
could
be
adapted
to
a
wider
audience.
There
are
several
courses
in
the
earth
sciences,
including
geology,
global
change,
and
environmental
science.
Each
course
includes
self-contained
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This
site
contains
a
variety
of
information
related
to
global
change
research
and
specifically
the
research
efforts
of
the
US
Global
Change
Research
Program
(USGCRP).
Some
of
the
sections
on
this
site
include
global
change
data
from
a
variety
of
government
agencies
as
well
as
reports
from
national
and
international
research
projects.
Frequently
updated
lists
of
new
research
findings
and
calls
for
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