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EPOXI Mission: Comet on a Stick
Get PDFIn this activity, students examine their concepts of a comet by designing and building a model. The goal is to have students replicate the scientific processes of observing, modeling, forming an explanation, making new observations, and revising. In this manner, students have the opportunity to emulate the experience of scientific discovery that makes science so exciting. Younger students will learn the basic characteristics of a comet. Older students will practice evaluation and improvement of their comet model. The importance of this activity is not the initial design and construction of the comet model, but rather the fact that it will provide an opportunity for students to emulate a process that scientists and engineers follow on all missions. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school, General public, Informal education
GLAST Large Area Telescope Simulator
No full textThe main scientific instrument on the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is the Large Area Telescope (LAT). This interactive computer-based educational activity allows students in grades 11-14 and informal web users to see the results when gamma-ray photons of different energies and incident angles hit the LAT. The photons convert into electron-positron pairs which travel through 19 interleaved layers of silicon into the cesium-iodide calorimeter. Background information about the mission and the LAT is also provided, which is part of the Virtual Visitor Center site for the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Note: In 2008, GLAST was renamed Fermi, for the physicist Enrico Fermi. Educational levels: High school, Undergraduate lower division
The Dynamic Earth: NASA Observes Our Ever-Changing Planet
No full textThis DVD provides an 18-minute introduction to how NASA is observing our ever-changing planet. On the The Dynamic Earth DVD Web page you can download the video as an iPod or iPhone version, as well as an AppleTV/Full resolution version, and access a glossary and links to related Web sites. Educational levels: General public
Cool Cosmos: The Infrared Yellowstone Website
No full textIn this activity students examine infrared images taken at Yellowstone National Park. Educational levels: High school
Cool Cosmos: Infrared Astronomy Tutorial
No full textThis Web site includes the following sections: Discovery of Infrared; What is Infrared?; Infrared Astronomy; Atmospheric Windows; Near, Mid & Far Infrared; IR Astronomy Timeline; Background & Technology; The Infrared Universe; Infrared Spectroscopy; News & Discoveries; and Images & Videos. Educational levels: High school
Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
No full text"Acid Test", a film produced by NRDC, was made to raise awareness about the largely unknown problem of ocean acidification, which poses a fundamental challenge to life in the seas and the health of the entire planet. Like global warming, ocean acidification stems from the increase of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school
An Overview of Tropical Meteorology
No full textThis distance learning course is a committed effort to provide forecasters with a better understanding of the meteorological processes in the tropics and lead to more advanced study in tropical meteorology. It also aims to stimulate future research focused on forecasting problems in the tropics. The modules that comprise this course provide introductions to the atmospheric processes in the tropics and recent developments in the field of tropical meteorology. Educational levels: Undergraduate lower division, Undergraduate upper division, Graduate or professional
Space Weather Action Center
Get PDFThis is a revised "Tracking a Solar Storm-Student Observation Network" with a new format and Web site. The Space Weather Action Center (SWAC) allows students to use near real time data and track a solar storm. By following the basic steps in the Instructional Guide students can access, analyze and record NASA satellite and observatory data. There is a downloadable 'step-by-step' Educator's Setup Guide where you will find a variety of recommendations and diagrams detailing how to construct a fully functional SWAC while keeping potential limitations on space and technology in mind. Flip charts provide the step by step data use and there are also instructions for using green screen technology. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school, Undergraduate lower division, Undergraduate upper division, Graduate or professional
Blue Marble Matches
Get PDFThis activity is designed to introduce students to geologic processes on Earth and how to identify geologic features in images. It also introduces students to how scientists use Earth to gain a better understanding of other planetary bodies in the solar system. Educational levels: Middle school, Middle school, High school, High school
S'COOL Brochure
Get PDFThis brochure describes and promotes the S'COOL program. S'COOL, the Students' Cloud Observations On Line, is a component of NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) project. Participants make ground truth measurements for the CERES experiment to compare with satellite data for the purpose of improving the satellite results. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school