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Elementary GLOBE: Water Wonders
Get PDFStudents will be introduced to different species of macroinvertebrates. They will hypothesize why each insect looks the way it does. Then students will make observations of macroinvertebrates in an aquarium in their classroom. For an optional extension, teachers can take students to a local stream or pond to conduct field observations. The purpose of this activity is to introduce students to hydrology and the study of macroinvertebrates and to understand how macroinvertebrates help scientists understand water quality. After completing this activity, students will have an understanding of what macroinvertebrates are and why scientists study them. Educational levels: Primary elementary, Intermediate elementary
S'COOL Lesson Plan 47: Introducing Temperature Measurements
No full textThis lesson plan introduces very young students to measurement, graphing and estimation. Educational levels: Primary elementary
S'COOL Lesson Plan 59: Weather Jeopardy
No full textThis lesson plan describes an activity related to the S’COOL project, which provides elementary students an opportunity to review related concepts. The Students’ Cloud Observations On-Line (S’COOL) project encourages students of all ages to participate in real science by reporting ground truth observations of clouds, helping to assist in the validation of NASA’s CERES satellite instruments. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary
MY NASA DATA : Hurricanes As Heat Engines Lesson
No full textIn this lesson, students create graphs to explore how hurricanes extract heat energy from the ocean surface. It is designed to help students gain knowledge in using the MY NASA DATA Live Access Server (LAS) to specify, download and use a microset of data. Students will make graphs from the data microset, then use the graphs to investigate locations along the track of Hurricane Rita where lowered Sea Surface Temperature is observed. The lesson provides detailed procedure, related links and sample graphs, follow-up questions and extensions, and Teacher Notes. Educational levels: Middle school, High school
S'COOL: Intro to Clouds/ Sky Watcher Chart
No full textThis cloud identification chart includes explanations. It was jointly produced by NASA and NOAA. Educational levels: Informal education, General public
MY NASA DATA: Ocean Currents and Sea Surface Temperature
No full textThis activity allows students to discover the link between ocean temperatures and currents as related to our concern for climate change. Educational levels: Middle school, High school
Comment on Phases of the Moon
No full textThis a great site to teach a lesson from. It works step by step with students on the moon phases, what we see, when we see it, why we see it. It provides useful charts and vocabulary for learning about the different phases. It also supplies viewers with a great calendar in order to show what phase the moon will be in on a particular day. This site is a great way for new learners to understand what they see when they look up at the sky every evening.
Weather and Climate Basics
No full textThis primer from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) defines weather and climate, and explains related concepts such as the atmosphere, natural hazards, rising sea level, and modeling. Users explore how dynamic forces within the atmosphere change our weather and climate. They learn what causes weather events and climate change and how NCAR scientists are exploring our atmosphere through scientific research. Educational levels: Middle school, High school, General public
Weather and Health
No full textFunded by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), this course will help meteorologists and others broaden their understanding of the impacts of weather and climate on public health, including the impacts of heat waves and cold temperatures, winter storms and thunderstorms, flooding, drought, poor air quality, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfire, ultraviolet radiation, and other phenomena. Educational levels: High school, Undergraduate lower division, Undergraduate upper division, General public
Space Math: Image Scale Math
Get PDFThis booklet contains 11 problems and nine ‘Extra for Experts’ challenges that require the student to determine the scale of an astronomical image involving the lunar surface, Mars, planets, stars and galaxies. With a millimeter ruler, students use provided textual information to determine the image scale (e.g. kilometers per millimeter) and then identify the smallest and largest features in the images according to their actual physical sizes. These problems involve measurement, dividing whole numbers, decimal mathematics, and scaling principles. (8.5 x11, 28 pages, 11 color images, PDF file) Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school