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In
this
lesson,
students
download
cloud
coverage
and
surface
data
from
the
NASA
CERES
S-COOL
website
student
observation
database,
then
use
the
Excel
spreadsheet
program
to
develop
plots
of
the
data.
Students
explore
the
relationship
between
cloud
coverage
and
humidity
for
low-,
mid-,
and
high-level
clouds.
The
lesson
provides
detailed
procedure,
related
links
and
sample
graphs,
follow-up
questions
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This
lesson
is
designed
to
help
students
gain
knowledge
in
using
the
MY
NASA
DATA
Live
Access
Server
(LAS)
to
specify
and
download
a
microset
of
data,
and
then
to
use
the
data
to
compare
NASA
satellite
data
observations
with
surface
measurements
of
snow
cover
and
temperature.
Students
will
obtain
snow
cover
and
surface
temperature
data
for
a
locale
in
Alaska,
plot
the
data,
and
then
investigate
seasonal
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This
archive
of
climatic
data
houses
both
national
and
global
datasets
as
part
of
the
National
Climatic
Data
Center's
(NCDC)
mission
to
describe
the
climate
of
the
United
States
and
to
maintain
records
regarding
trends
and
anomalies
of
weather
and
climate.
Users
may
search
the
archive
by
data
type,
national
or
global
coverage,
and
time
period;
or
by
resource
type,
such
as
satellite,
radar,
models,
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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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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
collection
of
lesson
plans
was
developed
by
educators
who
participated
in
the
Commission's
Teaching
Environmental
Science
(TES)
course.
The
lessons
are
intended
to
promote
awareness
of
environmental
sciences
through
simple
activities,
and
can
be
adapted
to
meet
the
needs
of
particular
students.
They
are
listed
by
grade
level
and
subject
(water,
waste,
air,
etc.),
and
have
been
correlated
to
the
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This activity explores the relationship between the amount of water in the atmosphere available for precipitation and the actual precipitation observed by satellites.
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This activity allows students to discover the link between ocean temperatures and currents as related to our concern for climate change.
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This lesson plan examines how snow and ice cover have changed on the Earth from 1994 to 2004, and allows students to practice using some of the data analysis tools available at MY NASA DATA.
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This lesson plan aims to understand how Christopher Columbus made journeys across the Atlantic Ocean by examining wind patterns and data.
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