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Earth Science Puzzles: Making Meaning From Data part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book is a collection of data-rich activities for use in the high school earth science classroom. In addition, there is an introduction that places the exercises in the context of the critical ...
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Properties of the Atmosphere part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This QuickTime animation, with accompanying audio, shows how temperature, pressure, and density change with increasing altitude. Whereas pressure decreases fairly uniformly with height, there are ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Global Warming Art part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Like all sciences, the study of climate change relies upon a thorough and comprehensive investigation of the data. It is the goal of Global Warming Art to make some of that data accessible to the ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources
Environment Statistics: Carbon Efficiency By Country part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This table displays the Carbon economic efficiency for 141 countries in metric tons per U.S. dollar of gross domestic product (GDP). The data can be displayed in order by rank (first to last), or in ...Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Hurricanes: New Tools for Predicting part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Hurricane Katrina provided a stark reminder of the importance of accurate hurricane prediction. This video segment, produced a year before Katrina struck, describes the then-current state of research ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Diurnal Temperature Changes and Water Vapor Content part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In this activity, students will examine data for air temperature and dewpoint temperature for two different days at the same station to understand how moisture in the air affects the diurnal ...Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
NASA Hurricane Data Portal part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This portal is designed for viewing and studying hurricanes by utilizing measurements and data produced by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) remote-sensing instruments. Users can ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection
Science Bulletins part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Science Bulletins Web site brings free, current science to the general public, informal learning centers, and classrooms. The Earth Science Bulletins present ongoing research and recent ...Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Hurricane Charley Progression part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This page from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio presents images and an animation of Hurricane Charley from August 2004. This animation zooms down to the Caribbean Sea where Hurricane ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual
Hurricane Isabel Genesis part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This animation follows Hurricane Isabel (2003) from its birthplace in the Ethiopian Highlands of East Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, to the United States. First, the animation zooms into the ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video