How Cities Affect Their Local Climate part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
DATA: GLOBE Program Surface Temperature. TOOL: My World GIS. SUMMARY: Explore the urban heat island effect using student collected surface temperature data. Subset large datasets, buffer others, examine spatial relationships, and gather statistics to investigate temperature differences in urban and rural school sites.

Part 4—Prepare Data for Analysis part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
Part 4âPrepare Data for Analysis Step 1 – Explore U.S. County Population Data in Ohio to Consider Factors That Might Affect Surface Temperature Launch My World GIS by ...

Case Study: Students Investigate the Impact of Cities on Temperature part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
Case Study: Students Investigate the Impact of Cities on Temperature Note: This chapter was retired in October 2018. The visualization tool (My World GIS) is no longer supported. Worldwide Surface ...

Part 3—Explore GLOBE Surface Temperature Data part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
Part 3âExplore GLOBE Surface Temperature Data Step 1 – Explore GLOBE Surface Temperature Data in Table Format Get a sense of the data collected by the GLOBE students by observing the ...

Extra part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
Extra In any step, click the Show me link to reveal extra information. If you prefer a printout of the full set of instructions for this part, choose Print from the File menu. Step 1 - Explore ...

Tools and Data part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
Tools and Data Tool My World GIS http://www.myworldgis.org/ My World GISâ is a Geographic Information System (GIS) designed specifically for use in middle school through college classrooms. It ...

Part 2—Launch My World GIS and Import Data From File part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
Part 2âLaunch My World GIS and Import Data From File Step 1 – Launch My World and Open the Urban Heat Island Project File Launch My World GIS by double-clicking its icon on ...

Part 1—Download Software and Data part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
Part 1âDownload Software and Data Step 1 – Download and Install My World GIS Software Note: (2018) My World GIS is now unavailable Note: (August 2015) A 45-day free trial of My ...

Part 5—Examine Spatial Relationships Between Cities and the Urban Heat Island Effect part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
Part 5âExamine Spatial Relationships Between Cities and the Urban Heat Island Effect Step 1 – Select GLOBE Temperature Data based on Spatial Location Now that the GLOBE temperature ...

Teaching Notes part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
Teaching Notes Note: This chapter was retired in October 2018. The visualization tool (My World GIS) is no longer supported. Example Output Example Output Map and statistics displayed on My World ...