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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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PASDA Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access: The Pennsylvania Geospatial Data Clearinghouse part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pasda.psu.edu/
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access, PASDA, is the State Geospatial Data clearinghouse for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PASDA is also a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Clearinghouse ...

The Gapminder World 2006 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.gapminder.org/world/
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 ...

US Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/00
This US Census Bureau site contains figures based on the 2000 census. The QuickFacts include information about people, businesses, and geography. Data presented on individual states can be compared ...

United States Census Bureau: Statistical Abstract of the United States part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-1995...
This publication is produced by the US Census Bureau, and provides the most recent census findings as well as older abstracts (1995 to 2000) so that comparisons between years can be made. Relevant ...

NOAA Interactive GIS Climate Maps part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/website/timeline/viewer.htm
This website contains an interactive GIS map with global temperatures, precipitation, ecosystems, population and other layers. The tool can zoom in and out, provide limited geographic information, ...

Real-time weather data: Surface Data Page part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/index.php
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) offers a variety of data on their Real-time Weather Data website. The Surface data page provides an interface so that users can retrieve weather ...

GNIS: Geographic Names Information System part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) provides information on almost 2 million physical and cultural geographical features in the United States. The U.S., its territories, and Antarctica are ...

GPSy part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.gpsy.com/
This site describes GPSy, a sophisticated Macintosh Global Positioning System (GPS) communications and GIS mapping program. The program connects your Macintosh to a broad range of GPS navigational ...

ArcVoyager Makes ArcView Easy! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/education/voyager.html
This site from ESRI features ArcVoyager. The program is a 50-mb package of carefully selected data, ArcView projects, and help files in a tiered format, available as free downloads in both Windows ...

Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Profiles part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/MOLA/
This NASA website features an interactive map that provides access to Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) profiles. Zooming in twice on the interactive map displays individual MOLA tracks; clicking ...