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Solar
cells
have
varying
amounts
of
effectiveness
depending
on
factors
such
as
latitude
and
cloud
coverage.
For
example,
locations
with
more
cloud
coverage
will
produce
less
solar
energy.
By
comparing
the
monthly
averages
of
surface
downward
radiation
in
various
locations
around
the
United
States,
students
can
analyze
areas
that
would
be
more
or
less
beneficial
to
having
solar
panels
per
month.
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No
study
of
Maine
weather
would
be
complete
without
analysis
of
the
year
of
1816
-
the
year
with
no
summer
in
an
area
from
western
Pennsylvania
and
New
York,
up
through
Quebec
and
across
to
Maine
and
the
Canadian
maritimes.
In
this
five-unit
lesson,
students
will
investigate
the
causes
and
effects
of
the
Fabled
Maine
Winter
by
exploring
a
variety
of
data
sources.
They
will
locate,
graph,
and
analyze
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Over
the
past
several
decades,
the
levels
of
ozone
in
the
atmosphere
have
received
a
lot
of
media
and
government
attention.
Major
focus
has
centered
on
the
hole
or
area
of
depletion
of
the
ozone
layer
over
the
Arctic
and
Antarctic
poles
in
winter
months,
which
has
been
found
to
be
due
to
human
emissions
of
chlorofluorocarbons.
This
lesson
uses
SAGE
III
satellite
data
and
ozonesonde
data
captured
over
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Each
student
will
keep
a
science
journal
during
each
of
the
four
seasons.
Students
will
record
observations
of
the
general
outdoor
environment
they
visit
and
then
will
make
observations
of
one
specific
item
from
the
habitat
in
each
season.
At
the
end
of
the
school
year,
students
will
make
comparisons
of
their
seasonal
drawings
and
share
the
results
with
the
class.
The
purpose
of
the
activity
is
to
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Using
a
color
chart,
students
will
make
observations
outside
during
each
of
the
four
seasons.
During
each
session,
they
will
try
to
find
as
many
colors
as
possible
and
record
what
they
see.
As
a
class,
they
will
make
charts
describing
the
colors
they
find
in
each
season.
At
the
end
of
the
school
year,
students
will
compare
their
results
and
generate
conclusions
about
variations
in
colors
in
nature
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In
this
activity,
students
will
record
a
list
of
things
they
already
know
about
hummingbirds
and
a
list
of
things
they
would
like
to
learn
about
hummingbirds.
Then
they
will
conduct
research
to
find
answers
to
their
questions.
Using
their
new
knowledge,
each
student
will
make
a
hummingbird
out
of
art
supplies.
Finally,
using
their
hummingbirds
as
props,
the
students
will
play
charades
to
test
each
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In this lesson, students define and classify the various ways in which numbers are used in forecasting and coping with the effects of a hurricane. This is followed up with an opportunity for research to compare and contrast these numbers as they apply to Hurricane Floyd and other recent hurricanes. There are also directions on how students can graph their findings.
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This 26-slide PowerPoint is an introduction to methods of analyzing student cloud observations reported to the S'COOL project and for analyzing corresponding student observation/
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This
booklet
includes
11
problems
of
increasing
difficulty
that
explore
the
properties
of
black
holes.
Students
learn
about
the
relationship
between
black
hole
size
and
mass,
time
dilation,
energy
extraction,
accretion
disks,
and
what?s
inside
a
black
hole
by
working
with
a
series
of
math
problems
that
feature
simple
algebra,
scientific
notation,
exponential
functions,
and
the
Pythagorean
Theorem.
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This
booklet
includes
17
problems
relating
to
the
Moon
and
its
exploration.
Images
from
NASA
are
analyzed
to
determine
image
scales
and
the
physical
sizes
of
various
crates
and
features.
The
probability
of
meteor
impacts
near
a
lunar
colony
are
calculated,
and
the
horizon
distance
is
determined
using
simple
geometry.
Also
covered
are:
determining
the
mass
of
the
Moon,
a
simple
model
for
the
lunar
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