Much of Earth is illuminated at night by city lights. This poster shows a global view of Earth at night, compiled from over 400 satellite images collected during the nighttime phase of the orbit. Includes elementary-secondary activities on the poster backside from Mission Geography (http://missiongeography.org/). Full description.

This online course in satellite meteorology was developed for middle and high school science classes. There are currently 8 modules in the course with numerous hands-on activities: 1) An Introduction detailing the evolution of remote sensing technology, 2) Weather Satellites and Orbits, 3) The Electromagnetic Spectrum, 4) Cloud Identification, 5) Satellite Images, 6) Satellite Winds, 7) Wild Weather, ... Full description.

This contrail ID chart is a two-page, full-color identification chart distributed as a hard copy or Adobe Acrobat file that is translated into six languages; English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and Arabic. The chart is intended as a basic guide to observing contrails for scientific investigations being conducted by NASA scientists. Participants of the program will develop a clear understanding ... Full description.

The Science Bulletins Web site - Earth - brings free, current science to the general public, informal learning centers, and classrooms. The Earth Science Bulletins present ongoing research and recent discoveries in the Earth sciences. The bulletin has three types of stories: features, data visualizations, and weekly news snapshots. A video and editorial crew follows scientists into the field to capture ... Full description.

This brochure gives a brief overview of the Earth science research that is being done with data from the instruments onboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. Full description.

DataSlate is a multi-curricular, image visualization tool for students. It allows students to easily and quickly maneuver through huge image data sets, overlay and compare images gathered over time, or with different instruments, and observe historical, geographical, geological, and environmental change or to compare images of the same area at different wavelengths. DataSlate includes a CD-ROM (with ... Full description.

This product is a website developed to support the GLOBE Contrail Protocol. It is a website that contains the latest information pertaining to contrails. It includes the history of contrails, the science behind contrails, and their importance to society. In addition, it also contains examples of imagery available from satellite in a contrail gallery. It provides learning resources for teachers like ... Full description.

This book of 19 essays, written by leading Earth scientists, provides insight into the dynamic processes that shape the Earth. The essays are edited to reach educators, high school students, and the general public and are supported by case studies describing a range of current research projects (including Looking for Life in Antarctica-and Mars, Mapping Mt. Rainer, and Mapping Hot Springs on the Deep ... Full description.

This module introduces the history of wave theories, basic descriptions of waves and wave motion, and the concepts of wave speed and frequency. Full description.

An introduction to Newton's theories and calculations for Universal Gravitation. Full description.