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Analyzing Hurricanes
Ben Laabs, North Dakota State University-Main Campus
The exercise uses GIS to explore historical data on hurricanes (path, strength, name). Students identify trends in hurricane records, the impact of hurricanes on major U.S. cities, and how hurricanes change through ...

Numerical Algebraic Modeling of Earth's Atmosphere using MSExcel
Mookesh Dhanasar, North Carolina A & T State University
This activity was designed to incorporate Mathematical Modeling, Algorithm Development, Scientific Programming, Data Visualization and Analysis in a High School STEM activity to model the Earth's Atmospheric Model.

Nutrient addition from atmospheric deposition
Greg Michalski, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University Topic: Linking a couple of courses we are currently developing (Atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere) Course type: ...