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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- Air Quality 5 matches
- Ecosystems 6 matches
- Energy 3 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Water Quality and Quantity 4 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 13 matches
- Waste 2 matches
- Mineral Resources 1 match includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Soils and Agriculture 4 matches
- Land Use and Planning 3 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 8 matches
- Natural Hazards 6 matches
- Policy 6 matches
Environmental Science
Science Background Required
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- Images/Illustrations 19 matches
- Maps 26 matches
- Animations/Video 8 matches
Audio/Visual
1 match General/Other
SubjectResults 1 - 10 of 36 matches
The Visualization Tool Kit (VTK) part of Data, Simulations and Models:Tool Sheets
An image created with the Visualization Toolkit showing ice surface velocity from a modeled collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Image by Chuck Anderson, Penn State University. submitted by Chuck Anderson, ...
Exploring NASA Aerosol Data in the Classroom part of Datasheets
NEO gives access to georeferenced NASA satellite imagery and provides the means for easy export into other browsers (like GoogleEarth) or analytic tools (like ImageJ or ICE). The site also contains the MODIS Blue Marble, which is a series of monthly true-color global composite images.
Sea Ice Index part of Data, Simulations and Models:Tool Sheets
submitted by Walt Meier, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder General Description The Sea Ice Index ( This site may be offline. ) is a collection of data and tools to examine sea ice ...
Google Earth Blog: Great collection of resources for the Fukushima power plant part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Google Earth blog entry features a single network link from Valery Hronusov devoted to the Fukushima power plant. The file is packed with information about the plant -- photo overlays, 3D ...
Nuclear Fission Simulation part of SERC Web Resource Collection
A PhET simulation showing nuclear fission. Companion activities are linked from the simulation page.
The Gapminder World 2006 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Gapminder is a non-profit venture developing information technology for provision of free statistics in new visual and animated ways. Goal: enable you to make sense of the world by having fun with ...
Mineral Resources On Line Spatial Data part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Ths portal allows users to view or download spatial data on regional and global geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and mineral resources. The data can be accessed by using interactive map browsers of ...
IRIS: Seismic Monitor part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This web site provides an interactive map of global seismic activity that is updated every 30 minutes. The site uses data from the National Earthquake Information Center to produce a world map with ...
NASA Global Change Master Directory: Discover Earth science data and services part of SERC Web Resource Collection
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 ...
Population of the U.S. by age and sex 1950-2050 part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site is an animated pyramid graph depicting the population of the US by age and sex from 1950 to 2050. The animation runs continuously. Links to other animations and a homepage are also ...