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The Using Data in the Classroom project was active between 2003 and 2010. Much of the content dates from that time period and so may not be up to date. We are preserving the content here because it still contains useful ideas.

The Activities Collection draws from newer projects across SERC. You may also want to explore the Data and Models resources discoverable through Teach the Earth

Data Sources and Tools

These sites provide on-line or downloadable tools for visualizing or manipulating data or datasets that can be used in the classroom.



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United States Geological Survey Water Use in the United States part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://water.usgs.gov/watuse/
This site provides access to water use reports for the country and by county and watershed at five year intervals from 1950 to 2000. There is also a region by region comparison and information about ...

U.S. Geological Survey: Earthquake Activity for the Previous Week part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all...
This list contains information on all earthquakes with magnitude greater than 2.5 located by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and contributing networks in the last week. Magnitudes 4 and above are ...

Java OceanAtlas part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://odf.ucsd.edu/joa/index.html
Java OceanAtlas is a software application that provides a graphic exploration tool to examine and plot oceanographic data. The data sets were compiled from over 2000 vertical ocean sections collected ...

The World Glacier Inventory part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://nsidc.org/data/g01130.html
This web site is part of the National Snow and Ice Data Center's World Glacier Monitoring Service. The World Glacier Inventory contains information for over 67,000 glaciers throughout the world. ...

Quantitative Environmental Learning Project part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.seattlecentral.org/qelp/index.html
This web site provides resources to integrate math and environmental science using real environmental data. The site features many data sets which are ideally suited for use as a classroom exercise. ...

NASA Global Change Master Directory: Discover Earth science data and services part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://gcmd.nasa.gov/Aboutus/sitemap.html
NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) is an online card catalog of data sets covering just about every scientific area of global change research. The website includes downloadable ...

National Water and Climate Center - SNOTEL part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) installs, operates and maintains an extensive, automated system to collect snowpack and related climatic data in the western United States called ...

Southern California Earthquake Data Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.data.scec.org/index.html
This site features an interactive map of recent earthquakes in California and Nevada, a searchable earthquake data archive, a clickable fault map of southern California, and an interactive map of ...

Monthly Energy Review part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://eia.doe.gov/mer/contents.html
The Monthly Energy Review contains many databases on energy production, consumption and trade. Categories of information include petroleum, electricity, natural gas, coal, nuclear power, energy ...

Population Reference Bureau part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.prb.org/
This is the homepage of the Population Reference Bureau, an organization dedicated to providing information about worldwide population, health, and environment. Materials available here include ...