Elizabeth Smith, Michael Alfultus, Barbara Gage, Old Dominion University, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, United States Coast Guard Academy, Prince George's Community College, Old Dominion University, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography
The goal of this NASA Earth Science Enterprise-funded project is to increase the use of satellite data in high school and college science classrooms by developing classroom materials linked to guided inquiry computer exercises. This Oceanography module is one of four Studying Earth's Environment from Space (SEES) modules. Each module consists of three sections: Class Resources, Computer Lab Resources and a Glossary and Acronym List. Class Resources is an electronic lecture viewable by a Web browser. Computer Lab Resources contains an instructor's guide, data and software. The instructor's guide contains exercises for using the data and software. The public domain software, a version of NIH-Image for the Macintosh that was modified by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center especially for SEES, is for data display, analysis and tutorial of satellite data. The software will also work on Windows machines with a Mac emulator. Image2000, a cross-platform Java version of the software, is expected to be available by the end of the year 2000. Each module section can stand-alone (e.g. you don't have to use the Class Resources in order to complete the Computer Lab Resources). Students and instructors may continue their own scientific discovery by accessing archived and current data from various NASA Earth Science data centers.
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Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Oceanography, Atmospheric Science:Climatology Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Lab Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets Inquiry Level: Step-By-Step Instruction Special Interest: Computer-Based Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12) Use: Illustrating concepts and ideas Ocean Environments: Surface Waters Theme: Teach the Earth:Incorporating Societal Issues:Climate Change, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Oceanography, Atmospheric ScienceKeywords: Oceanography, Ocean circulation, Image processing, Remote sensing, Electromagnetic radiaion, Satellite data, Atmospheric science, Environmental science, Sea surface temperature
