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Users
download
and
analyze
MODIS
imagery
from
2001
and
2003
to
quantify
the
shrinking
of
the
Aral
Sea.
The
chapter
steps
users
through
downloading,
installing,
and
measuring
with
ImageJ,
a
freely
available
image
analysis
program.
Users
employ
the
software
to
set
the
spatial
calibration
of
an
image,
then
select
and
measure
distances
directly
from
the
image.
Measurement
results
are
reported
in
real-world
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Users
download
and
analyze
satellite
images
showing
the
amount
of
ozone
in
the
stratosphere.
They
interpret
the
images
to
identify
the
ozone
"hole"
that
develops
over
Antarctica
each
summer,
and
compare
its
size
from
year
to
year.
Using
freely
available
image
analysis
software,
ImageJ,
users
quantify
the
area
of
the
Antarctic
ozone
hole
each
October
from
1996
to
2004.
Finally,
they
bring
their
measurements
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This
Earth
Exploration
Toolbook
chapter
guides
users
through
the
process
of
locating
and
graphing
data
that
has
been
collected
by
students
who
participate
in
the
GLOBE
Program.
Users
access
the
online
GLOBE
graphing
tool
and
produce
a
graph
comparing
four
Earth
system
variables
over
two
complete
years.
Data
include
Maximum
Air
Temperature,
Soil
Moisture
(at
depths
of
both
10
cm
and
90
cm),
and
Rainfall
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This
activity
prepares
you
to
launch
an
investigation
of
the
relationship
between
precipitation
and
streamflow
for
a
local
watershed.
It
can
enrich
a
study
of
the
water
cycle.
Following
the
step-by-step
instructions
in
a
case
study
you
will
locate,
download,
format,
and
finally
graph
one
year
of
Web-based
data
for
these
two
variables.
The
graph
highlights
the
details
of
this
often
complex
precipitation-streamflow
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In
this
activity,
users
download
and
graph
modeled
climate
data
to
explore
variability
in
climate
change.
Most
people
know
that
climate
changes
are
predicted
over
the
next
hundred
years,
but
they
may
not
be
aware
that
these
changes
are
likely
to
vary
from
region
to
region.
Using
data
from
the
University
of
New
Hampshire's
Earth
Science
Information
Partner,
a
digital
library
of
Earth
Science
data,
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This
activity
of
the
Earth
Exploration
Toolbook
walks
users
through
a
technique
for
documenting
change
in
before-and-after
sets
of
satellite
images.
The
technique
can
be
used
for
any
set
of
time-series
images
that
are
spatially
registered
to
show
the
exact
same
area
at
the
same
scale.
In
the
chapter,
users
examine
three
Landsat
images
of
the
Pearl
River
delta
in
southeastern
China.
In
the
images,
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This is a comprehensive site that looks at many components of dams, including construction, destruction, and other issues. Access is organized into three levels by grade level. Information on cracks, case histories of the building and problems associated with some well known dams, and some real and imagined scenarios are included.
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This
is
a
well
constructed
curriculum
module
dealing
with
the
water
cycle.
In
this
module,
students
first
carry
out
a
number
of
activities
that
demonstrate
the
concepts
of
evaporation,
condensation,
precipitation,
and
soil
moisture
and
runoff.
The
students
then
construct
a
terrarium
as
a
way
to
observe
the
water
cycle
as
a
whole.
Immediately
following
this,
students
use
the
Internet
to
acquire
real
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This
computer-based
lesson
provides
information
on
ocean
currents,
circulation
and
atmospheric
influences.
Several
sections
cover
"drift"
studies,
including
the
famous
Nike
Tennis
Shoe
study.
Each
segment
provides
relevant
information
and
gives
students
questions
to
answer.
Incorrect
responses
result
in
more
information.
This
unit
is
part
of
an
on-line
course
in
general
oceanography
offered
at
San
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This
lesson
teaches
how
clouds
form
and
how
air
pressure
and
air
temperature
affect
their
formation.
The
lesson
is
delivered
in
the
story
of
Mike
Breezy,
Air
Detective,
who
tries
to
solve
the
"The
Cloud
Case".
His
friend,
Professor
Less,
gives
both
Mike
and
the
students
the
facts
about
clouds.
An
experiment
(Cloud
in
a
bottle)
follows
the
story
that
gives
students
the
chance
to
see
the
principles
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