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Analyzing Tectonic Plate Motion with GPS Data 1 match
Case Study: Climate History from Deep Sea Sediments 1 match
Cool Cores Capture Climate Change 1 match
Exploring Albedo with NASA NEO 1 match
Exploring the Sabino Canyon 1 match
GLOBECarbon 1 match
Litter Reliever with a GPS Receiver 1 match
NCAR Climate Change Data with GIS 1 match
Using Satellite Images to Understand Earth's Atmosphere 1 match
Water Availability 1 match
Writing to Support the Theory of Plate Tectonics 1 match
Analyzing the Antarctic Ozone Hole 1 match
Analyzing Wetlands 1 match
Annotating Change in Satellite Images 1 match
Are Our Cities Warming the Earth? 1 match
Aura 1 match
Carbon 1 match
Envisioning Climate Change Using a Global Climate Model 1 match
Evidence 1 match
Exploring and Animating GOES Image 1 match
Exploring Regional Differences in Climate Change 1 match
GreenlandMelt 1 match
Ice Stream 1 match
Investigating Earthquakes 1 match
Investigating Earthquakes 2 1 match
Investigating the Precipitation-Streamflow Relationship 1 match
Jules 1 match
Measuring Distance and Area in Satellite Images 1 match
MyMap 1 match
PMEL 1 match
Pollen and Climate Change 1 match
Predicting Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Maine 1 match
Sea Floor 1 match
SeaIce 1 match
Seismic Wave Velocity 1 match
SHALDRIL 1 match
Using GLOBE Data to Study Earth's System 1 match

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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

Annotating Change in Satellite Images part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Annotating Change in Satellite Images
LuAnn Dahlman, NOAA
DATA: Landsat Images. TOOL: ImageJ. SUMMARY: Examine time-series images that show landuse changes in China. Produce a map documenting how human activities have changed the coastline.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning
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

Measuring Distance and Area in Satellite Images part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Measuring Distance and Area in Satellite Images
LuAnn Dahlman, NOAA
DATA: MODIS Imagery. TOOL: ImageJ. SUMMARY: Examine images of the Aral Sea from 1973 through 2003. Use image analysis software to measure changes in the width and area of the freshwater lake over time.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Computer Applications, Activities:Classroom Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Datasets with Teaching Activities, Tools
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Using GLOBE Data to Study the Earth System part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Using GLOBE Data to Study Earths System
Nick Haddad, TERC; Tamara Ledley, Bentley University, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 20452 Past: Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, 2017; TERC, 1997-2017
DATA: Student-collected environmental data TOOL: GLOBE Online Graphing Tool SUMMARY: explore, graph, and compare data from the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Program.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Litter Retriever with a GPS Receiver part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Litter Reliever with a GPS Receiver
DATA: GPS waypoints TOOL: GPS unit, Google Earth SUMMARY: Track litter in a park or public space with a GPS receiver. Then import the data into Google Earth and consider the ideal location for new trash receptacles.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Tools, Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Waste:Waste Solid
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Water Availability part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Water Availability
DATA: North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR). TOOL: FieldScope GIS. SUMMARY: Use an online GIS from the National Geographic Society, to investigate the relationship between precipitation, evaporation, and surface runoff.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Computer Applications
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Hydrology, Geography:Geospatial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Using NASA NEO and ImageJ to Explore the Role of Snow Cover in Shaping Climate part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Exploring Albedo with NASA NEO
DATA: NASA Satellite Images. TOOLS: ImageJ and Image Composite Explorer (ICE) of NASA Earth Observations (NEO). SUMMARY: Explore and animate satellite images of reflected short wave radiation, snow cover, and land surface temperature downloaded. Then observe, graph, and analyze the relationship between these three variables.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Maps, Computer Applications, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review

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

Investigating Earthquakes with ArcExplorer GIS part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Investigating Earthquakes 2
Carla McAuliffe, TERC
DATA: Recent and Historical Earthquake Data. TOOL: ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education GIS. SUMMARY: Explore earthquake data and import them into a Geographic Information System (GIS). Analyze the data to predict where the next big earthquake will occur.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Computer Applications
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review