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This database of water-related educational materials contains information on 160 nationally reviewed curricula for grades K-12. The database can be searched alphabetically, by grade level, or by topic and/
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Using
the
US
Digital
Landsat
Mosaics,
we
can
increase
our
understanding
of
Earth
system
science
and
the
effects
humans
have
on
the
global
environment.
The
mosaics
were
developed
primarily
from
data
collected
by
the
Landsat
4
and
Landsat
5
satellites
as
they
orbited
the
Earth
ten
or
more
years
ago.
This
historical
imagery
is
a
valuable
record
of
the
conditions
on
Earth
around
the
year
1990.
The
CD
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This site provides a number of Landsat 7 scene subsets as LAN files that are intended for use with Purdue University's MultiSpec software. Users also have the option of downloading the Landsat images as TIFF files in four different band combinations. Links are included to download Multi-Spec, a MultiSpec tutorial, and an introduction to remote-sensing PowerPoint presentation with detailed notes.
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This
resource
consists
of
an
interdisciplinary
unit
using
remote-sensing
techniques
and
data
(Landsat,
aerial
photos,
and
MultiSpec
image
processing
software)
to
investigate
urban
sprawl
and
its
consequences
in
the
Washington,
D.C.
region.
The
unit
design
can
be
customized
to
suit
other
problems
besides
urban
growth
using
the
same
techniques.
The
lessons
can
be
implemented
in
only
the
science
classroom
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This
collection
of
educational
resources
is
intended
to
call
attention
to
the
issues
of
locating
and
preserving
healthy
water
supplies
and
fighting
the
spread
of
water-borne
diseases
for
communities
in
Africa.
Teachers
can
choose
from
a
number
of
lesson
plans
for
downloading,
which
are
arranged
alphabetically
by
title,
by
grade
level,
or
by
subject.
These
lesson
plans
cover
such
topics
as
design
of
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This
is
a
fact
sheet
on
the
water
quality
programs
directly
administered
by
the
USGS.
USGS
provides
information
on
issues
such
as
the
suitability
of
water
for
public
supply
and
irrigation,
aquatic
ecosystem
health,
effects
of
agriculture
and
urbanization
on
water
resources,
acid
rain,
and
disposal
of
radioactive
waste.
There
are
hot
links
to
several
studies
and
to
data
available
from
USGS
and
other
...
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BASINS
is
a
multipurpose
environmental
analysis
system
for
use
by
regional,
state,
and
local
agencies
in
performing
watershed
and
water
quality
based
studies.
This
new
software
makes
it
possible
to
quickly
assess
large
amounts
of
point
source
and
nonpoint
source
data
in
a
format
that
is
easy
to
use
and
understand.
Installed
on
a
personal
computer,
BASINS
allows
the
user
to
assess
water
quality
at
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This
activity
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,
users
observe
changes
in
land
use
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This
website
features
the
most
complete
set
of
astronaut
photography
of
Earth
from
the
beginning
of
human
spaceflight
in
the
1960s
to
the
digital
photographs
being
downlinked
daily
from
the
International
Space
Station.
The
underlying
database
includes
over
430,000
records
in
2002,
with
new
data
added
daily.
The
pages
are
maintained
by
the
data
source
at
NASA's
Johnson
Space
Center
and
include
search
...
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Virtual
Vacationland
is
a
resource
to
help
elementary
and
secondary
teachers
find
and
use
Earth
science
data
and
information
on
the
Internet.
The
content
is
arranged
by
science
topic.
Each
topic
has
a
preview
page
that
summarizes
the
material,
as
well
as
2
to
5
detail
pages,
which
show
where
to
access
online
data
and
what
the
data
mean.
Over
40
hands-on
activities
are
available
at
the
site
on
the
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