Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)
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The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) is a grassroots, community-based effort involving teachers, students, and scientists working together to create a library of educational resources and services to support Earth system science education. DLESE supports Earth system science education by providing access to high-quality collections of educational resources; access to Earth data sets and imagery; support services to help educators and learners effectively create, use, and share educational resources; and communication networks to facilitate interactions and collaborations across all dimensions of Earth system education.
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The Case of the Wacky Water Cycle
This educator's guide accompanies a NASA "SCI Files" activity that focuses on student understanding of the water cycle and water conservation. Topics include weather and precipitation, groundwater hydrology, climate change, use and storage of fresh water, desalination, and water conservation. The guide includes background material, student worksheets and additional resources. Each program supports the national mathematics, science, and technology standards. A 60 minute video (available on-line) and an interactive website accompany the activities. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary
(application/pdf) - 07-feb-2008
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The Case of the Galactic Vacation
This is an Educator's Lesson Guide with Activities for a program of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) SCI (Science) Files. The focus of this program is student understanding of the human relationship with space beyond the Earth. Topics addressed include the great distances in space and how to measure them using parallax, problems of working and living in unusual alien environments like the surface of the moon or Mars or the weightless environment during space travel, and the future in space including tourism and plasma rockets. Also covered are the stars and galaxies of deep space and how...
(application/pdf) - 17-may-2008
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Environmental Distance Learning (EDL)
Environmental Distance Learning (EDL) provides classroom-based Internet distance learning while taking into account the classroom and curriculum requirements set by the state of Florida. EDL provides teachers with the plans and know-how to fulfill these requirements while providing students with interactive learning opportunities for basic scientific skill sets. It provides real-time environmental data in an interactive learning context and the tools and directions to manage the data. Currently, EDL provides water, weather, and satellite imagery data from a variety of sources. Information is collected from the network of sensors and transmitted via cellular or satellite communications to a central computer....
(text/html) - 24-may-2008
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EXPLORES! Curriculum Project
The EXPLORES! Curriculum Project, founded at FLorida State University, is intended to increase use of weather satellite receiving technology and weather satellite imagery in K-14 schools. It features over 20 lesson plans relating to weather satellite imagery. These lesson plans are grouped by grade level (elementary, middle, or high school) and are accompanied by an image library, an appendix of resources used in the lessons, links to related internet resources, and a bibliography of books and magazines on related topics. The lessons cover such topics as natural disasters (fires, hurricanes), weather phenomena, use of satellite imagery to teach map skills,...
(text/html) - 10-oct-2008
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Elliptical Orbits - Roberta Johnson
This resource provides a textual explanation as well as animated illustration of elliptical orbits with different eccentricities. It also shows how the Sun is at the focus of an ellipse, and some of the math behind elliptical orbits. Beginner, intermediate and advanced versions of the content are available. Educational levels: General public, High school, Informal education, Middle school, Undergraduate lower division
(text/html) - 06-nov-2009
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