The S'COOL (Student Cloud Observations On Line) Web site provides information on the project and how to participate, as well as classroom materials and resources. S'COOL is a component of NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) project. CERES is an instrument onboard several NASA satellites that measures the amount of energy reflected and emitted by clouds. S'COOL participants ... Full description.

This site provides a non-mathematical introduction to the magnetism of the Earth, the Sun, the planets and their environments, following an historical thread. It is also available in French, Spanish, and German. Full description.

The S-COOL flyer is a two-page overview of the Student Cloud Observations On-Line (S-COOL) education project.- It covers the projects unique educational contributions, societal benefits, educational outgrowths, and scientific findings.- The flyer shows the numbers and locations of S-COOL participation and regional observation coverage. It also contains URLs for online resources (e.g., GLOBE contrail ... Full description.

The S'COOL Introduction is an eight page brief on how one may get started with the S'COOL project. This product comes complete with the following topics to help teachers become acclimated to the S'COOL project: Where do I start; When to observe; What to observe; Report Forms; Sample schedules; Submitting Data section; Using Data section; S'COOL Resources; and a Website Guide. Full description.

This is a Web-based story of three children who venture out to find their great-grandfather-s treasure box that was lost in the remote state of Alaska. Using simple terminology, the story integrates complex Earth and Space science concepts, such as the formation of gold deposits and the operation of satellites. The children model creative thinking, acquire and interpret radar images, plan a treasure ... Full description.

A team of scientists from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) is studying the presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Antarctic. During January and February 2002 an educator travelled there to participate in the study, and posted daily reports. In addition, this site contains learning activities that you can use to find out how scientists think and work. These include research ... Full description.

Windows to the Universe is a user-friendly learning system pertaining to the Earth and Space sciences. The objective of this project is to develop an innovative and engaging web site that spans the Earth and Space sciences and includes a rich array of documents, including images, movies, animations, and data sets that explore the Earth and Space sciences and the historical and cultural ties between ... Full description.

ChemMatters is a quarterly publication of the American Chemical Society (ACS) geared to a high school audience and designed to demystify everyday chemistry. This special edition is the fourth in a series focused on atmospheric chemistry and NASA's Aura mission. It includes feature articles on how Aura came together as a mission from its beginnings to the present; the nature of chemical equilibrium, ... Full description.

In this activity, users examine satellite images from NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) that show how much ozone is in the atmosphere over the Southern Hemisphere. They interpret the images to identify ozone thinning that develops over this region each summer, and compare its size from year to year. Using freely available image analysis software, ImageJ, users quantify the area of the ... Full description.

The S'COOL Cloud Types Tutorial provides detailed information about how clouds receive their names and the importance of root words. The tutorial was designed to help students make accurate observations for the Students' Cloud Observations On-Line (S'COOL) project. In addition to naming clouds, students will also learn to associate different clouds into height groupings. Interesting facts about all ... Full description.