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Discover Clues from a Colder Climate with GeoMapApp part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Ice Stream
DATA: Global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) TOOLS: GeoMapApp, Spreadsheet SUMMARY: Use GeoMapApp to search for evidence of glacial expansion and retreat. Produce a research report of your findings modeled on peer-reviewed papers in the field of glaciology.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Datasets and Tools, Activities:Project, Project:Investigative Case Studies, Independent Research, Computer Applications, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Visualizing Carbon Pathways part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Carbon
LuAnn Dahlman, NOAA; Ali Whitmer, University of California-Santa Barbara; Bruce Caron, New Media Research Institute; David Herring; Ray Tschillard
DATA: NASA Satellite Images TOOLS: ImageJ and Image Composite Explorer (ICE) of NASA Earth Observations (NEO). SUMMARY: Build animations of satellite data to illustrate and explore carbon pathways through the Earth system.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Process Oriented Guided Inquiry, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Classroom Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Datasets with Tools, Computer Applications, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Carbon capture & storage, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Carbon capture & storage, Environmental Science:Energy:Carbon Capture & Storage, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Biology:Ecology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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Detecting El Niño in Sea Surface Temperature Data part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:PMEL
David Smith, GLOBE; Betsy Youngman, none
DATA: Sea Surface Temperature (SST). TOOL: My World GIS. SUMMARY: Examine 15 years of SST data from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Create and analyze average SST maps to identify El Nino and La Nina events.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Maps, Computer Applications, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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Exploring Seafloor Topography part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Sea Floor
Sandra Swenson
DATA: Digital Elevation Model Data. TOOL: GeoMapApp. SUMMARY: Explore a timeline about how we have learned about the oceans. Construct a profile across the Atlantic Ocean and create 3-D visualizations of the seafloor.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Audio/Visual:Maps, Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Geology, Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

When is Dinner Served? Predicting the Spring Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Maine part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Predicting Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Maine
Denise Blaha, University of New Hampshire-Main Campus; Amy Holt Cline, University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
DATA: Ocean Buoy Data, MODIS Images TOOLS: GoMOOS Online Graphing Tool SUMMARY: Learn about conditions that influence the spring phytoplankton bloom. Use an online graphing tool to predict the date of the bloom.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Datasets with Tools, Computer Applications
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Water Column, Biology:Ecology:Principles, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review