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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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Precipitation Data and Information Services Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov//precipitation/
This site contains several sets of precipitation data from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Data sources include the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, global precipitation data, and hydrology ...

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 ...

Goddard Institute of Space Studies: Data and Images part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://data.giss.nasa.gov
The Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) key objective is the prediction of atmospheric and climate changes in the 21st century. On this website, the GISS provides data and images regarding the ...

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 ...

NCAR Command Language and NCAR Graphics part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ngwww.ucar.edu/index.html
This website provides information on the NCAR Command Language and NCR Graphics. The NCAR Command Language (NCL) is a programming language designed specifically for the access, analysis, and ...

Weather Graphics part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.weathergraphics.com/
This product site for Weather Graphics Technology contains a large collection of weather-related software programs, books, videos, archived weather data, paper charts and a list of services. Weather ...

Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology: Forecast ENSO Conditions part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/
The site includes easily understood El Nino and La Nina forecasts. The forecasts are summaries of the Australian National Climate Centre's opinion regarding the outputs from various reputable ...

National Snow and Ice Data Center: Gallery; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Images part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://nsidc.org/data/modis/
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) archives and distributes snow and sea ice products derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Earth Observing ...

Population of the U.S. by age and sex 1950-2050 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

www.china-europe-usa.com/level_4_data/hum/011_7.htm
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 ...

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 ...