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This
module
from
the
Space
Place
Web
site
allows
students
to
learn
the
secret
code
spacecraft
use
to
send
images
back
from
space.
It
introduces
the
language
of
computers
and
spacecraft.
Binary
and
hexadecimal
notations
are
explained.
The
Space
Place
is
an
educational
NASA
site
for
children
and
adults
with
activities
and
facts
related
to
the
exploration
of
space
?
past,
current
and
future.
Some
activities
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This
online
Flash
game
is
hosted
on
the
James
Webb
Space
Telescope
Web
site.
Because
the
Webb
Telescope
is
unusual
in
appearance,
it
doesn't
look
like
a
telescope
-
but
it
actually
does
have
a
lot
in
common
with
simple
tube-shaped
telescopes.
"Scope
It
Out!"
includes
an
introduction
to
reflecting
and
refracting
telescopes
and
four
levels
of
matching
games,
where
you
compare
a
simple
reflecting
telescope
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In
this
interactive
web
game,
participants
learn
about
the
different
types
of
galaxies
(spiral,
elliptical
and
irregular)
by
viewing
them
in
different
wavelength
bands
(infrared,
visible,
x-ray).
They
then
learn
about
active
galaxies
vs.
quiescent
galaxies
by
examining
visible
light
spectra
together
with
the
multi-wavelength
images.
The
final
challenge
is
to
observe
a
model
of
our
own
galaxy
to
determine
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Students participate in two interactive exercises designed to help the user learn about river processes like discharge, flooding, and flood frequency. Each activity requires a person to make careful observations and measurements, do simple calculations, and answer questions about his or her work. A Certificate of Completion is available for printing at the end of each activity.
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Students
often
hear
that
winters
were
colder
or
had
more
snow
in
the
past.
This
activity
will
help
them
to
determine
if
this
is
a
true
or
accurate
statement
for
their
location.
Students
will
access
historic
weather
information
from
NOAA
and
NASA
internet
resources.
They
will
determine
changes
in
average
temperatures,
precipitation
and
cloud
cover
over
time
from
data
and
relate
global
changes
to
local
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El Nino and La Nina are important temperature fluctuations in surface waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean. In this lesson, students will create maps and line graphs of data to compare the effects of El Nino and La Nina at two different longitudinal locations, but at the same latitude, using sea surface temperature and precipitation from real satellite data.
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The
Sun
heats
the
Earth,
but
the
Earth
also
emits
some
of
the
heat
back
into
space.
The
net
amount
of
energy
determines
not
only
seasonal
weather,
but
also
climate
trends.
According
to
NOAA,
monthly
snow
and
ice
amounts
have
declined
over
the
past
decade.
By
matching
maps
of
snow
and
ice
amounts
with
maps
of
net
radiation
flux
for
the
same
time
frame,
this
lesson
will
give
students
the
opportunity
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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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In
this
lesson,
students
will
play
the
role
of
a
senior
science
advisor
for
the
Louisiana
Environmental
Agency.
Due
to
the
recent
damaging
and
deadly
hurricanes
during
2005
(i.e.,
Hurricane
Katrina)
through
2008,
they,
along
with
their
team
of
climatologists,
meteorologists,
and
environmental
impact
experts,
have
been
tasked
to
study
the
danger
of
future
tropical
storms.
Specifically,
they
will
investigate
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In
recent
years
more
and
more
attention
has
been
paid
to
the
Earth's
climate
and
how
it
is
evolving.
When
studying
hurricanes
it
is
important
to
understand
that,
for
a
hurricane
to
grow,
warm
water
is
an
absolute
necessity.
So
if
the
Earth
continues
to
warm,
what
does
that
mean
for
hurricanes
and
their
intensity?
In
this
lesson,
the
student
will
look
at
past
hurricane
data
by
researching
the
intensity
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