This user-contributed tutorial provides detailed instructions on how to make Excel graphs of data that is imported from the Internet. The tutorial contains sample screen images to assist in performing each step. The tutorial includes importing a second set of data and adding it as another series on the original graph. The tutorial includes questions to be answered based on the atmospheric lapse rates ... 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.

This lesson plan uses NASA satellite data to contrast amounts of cloud coverage over different climate regions in Africa. It introduces the circulation pattern of Hadley Cells and the band of convergence and convection called the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). The lesson also discusses how frequent cloud cover and precipitation occur along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and how ... Full description.

This lesson plan uses NASA satellite data to correlate cloud cover over Africa to the solar declination. The four seasons on Earth have a scientific basis. The earth is tilted 23.5 degrees from vertical. This tilt and the Earth's orbit around the sun are the reasons for the seasons. Earth's tilt and orbital position cause differing angles at which the sun's rays hit the surface of the Earth. As Earth ... 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.

The NASA CloudSat Mission CD ROM provides a detailed overview of the satellite, its mission, personnel, other satellites in the -A-Train-, science and technology behind the mission, launch information, and its partners.- In addition, the CD ROM contains educational activities, artwork and references, along with a glossary, video clips of CloudSat scientists and other mission personnel describing their ... 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.

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 webpage, developed by William Beaty at the University of Washington, provides long list of common scientific misconceptions organized by topic. Topic include work and power, space, sound, measurement, properties of matter, magnets and magnetism, lithosphere, light, heat and temperature, forces, fluids, motion, energy, electricity, color and vision, biosphere, atmosphere and astronomy. Full description.