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In
this
chapter,
users
take
the
role
of
students
from
a
small
town
in
Colorado,
who
team
up
with
students
from
the
town
of
Churchill,
Manitoba,
to
explore
changing
sea
ice
conditions
in
the
Arctic.
Together
they
examine
an
animation
that
shows
30
years
of
satellite
images
to
see
how
the
extent
of
sea
ice
in
the
Arctic
has
diminished
over
time.
The
chapter
storyline
is
built
around
the
real-life
case
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In
this
activity
guide,
students
use
various
mathematical
skills
in
the
context
of
examining
an
ISS
EarthKAM
image
(ISS
004.ESC1.03221557)
of
farmland
in
Texas
and
New
Mexico.
They
randomly
select
a
sample
region
of
the
image,
count
the
number
of
fields
in
that
region,
and
estimate
how
many
fields
are
in
the
entire
image.
They
check
how
reasonable
their
estimate
is,
compare
estimates,
discuss
differences
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This
lesson
plan
uses
NASA
Clouds
and
Earth's
Radiant
Energy
System
(CERES)
instrument
percent
coverage
surface
data
with
a
world
map
to
locate
landmasses
and
bodies
of
water
at
the
Earth's
Equator.
When
using
satellites
to
study
Earth
system
processes,
especially
atmospheric
processes,
it
is
important
to
know
what
is
the
background
that
one
is
seeing
on
the
Earth.
This
lesson
provides
an
introduction
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This lesson plan provides instructions for several activities for students to perform to study the relationship of temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and dew point in cloud formation. The lesson involves graphing of weather balloon data using a spreadsheet program.
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This
user-contributed
tutorial
provides
detailed
instructions
on
how
to
make
Excel
graphs
of
data
that
is
imported
from
the
Internet.
The
tutorial
contains
sample
screen
images
to
assist
in
performing
each
step.
It
involves
importing
a
second
set
of
data
and
adding
it
as
another
series
on
the
original
graph.
The
tutorial
includes
questions
based
on
the
atmospheric
lapse
rates
plotted
for
two
locations.
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This
lesson
plan
uses
NASA
satellite
data
to
contrast
amounts
of
cloud
coverage
over
different
climate
regions
in
Africa.
It
introduces
the
circulation
pattern
of
Hadley
Cells
and
the
band
of
convergence
and
convection
called
the
Intertropical
Convergence
Zone
(ITCZ).
The
lesson
also
discusses
how
frequent
cloud
cover
and
precipitation
occur
along
the
ITCZ
and
how
climate
affects
the
people
living
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This
case
study
developed
as
part
of
the
BioQuest
project
uses
data
from
the
actual
Biosphere
2
experiment
to
construct
a
model
for
Sim-Bio
2.
This
case
study
provides
information
on
how
to
access
the
model
and
explains
how
the
model
can
be
used
to
explore
problems
encountered
with
Biosphere
2.
The
study
poses
several
scenarios
and
asks
questions
that
can
be
addressed
with
the
model.
The
case
study
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In
this
Starting
Point
case
study,
students
will
explore
wetland
hydrology
and
biology.
They
will
decide
whether
or
not
to
restore
a
wetland
or
retain
dams
and
drainage
systems.
Students
will
also
examine
the
complexity
of
decisions
regarding
wetland
restoration
as
well
as
investigate
viewpoints
of
various
stakeholders
in
the
draining
of
wetlands.
While
the
activity
is
set
in
Missouri,
the
case
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This
article,
from
Earth:
Inside
and
Out,
takes
a
look
at
dendroclimatologists,
scientists
who
study
climate
changes
by
examining
the
growth
patterns
of
old
trees.
It
introduces
students
to
the
work
of
Gordon
Jacoby,
a
dendroclimatologist
and
co-founder
of
the
Tree
Ring
Laboratory
at
Columbia
University.
The
site
explains
the
growth
rate
of
trees
and
provides
a
picture
of
Earth's
temperature
changes.
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This
case
study
addresses
the
invasion
of
lionfish,
a
native
to
coral
reefs
in
the
tropical
waters
of
the
South
Pacific
and
Indian
Oceans,
to
the
Alantic
Ocean
off
the
southeastern
United
States.
The
study
explains
how
scientists
are
using
newly
collected
data
and
technology
to
learn
how
an
invasive
species
like
the
lionfish
affects
an
ecosystem.
Students
can
learn
about
the
environmental
and
economic
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