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Exploring Mote Marine Laboratory Oceanography Data in the Classroom part of Datasheets
Transect station data from the Phytoplankton Ecology Program at the Mote Marine Laboratory provide processed data in graphical form illustrating salinity, temperature, fluorescence, and density for a transect ...

Exploring Marine Conservation in the Classroom using Reef Environmental Education Foundation Data part of Datasheets
Accessing Fish Population Data from the Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) allows users to explore how REEF involves divers (experienced and novice) in marine conservation efforts by supporting the ...

NERC Foliar Chemistry Database part of Datasheets
This interactive site provides access to a large database of foliar chemistry for the northeastern US. The elements and compounds in the databse are Ca, Al, Mg, Mn, P, K, Sr, nitrogen, lignin, cellulose, hydrogen, ...

Exploring inter-annual variability of budburst using GLOBE data part of Datasheets
The site provides GLOBE data in tabular form for budburst dates, maximum and minimum air temperatures, and other environmental data from GLOBE schools. Click the image on the right to see the annual profile of ...

Exploring Oceanography in the Classroom Using Data from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute part of Datasheets
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) provides near real-time, quality controlled, oceanographic data in many places on it's website. Four of the main datasets include: mooring, mapping, MUSE ...

Using Data to Teach Earth ProcessesAn Illustrated Community Discussion at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America part of Data, Simulations and Models:Workshop 03:Activities
Tamara Shapiro Ledley TERC - The Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET) provides step-by-step instructions for using Earth science datasets and software tools in educational settings. Each chapter of the EET walks users ...

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 ...

My NASA Data Lesson Plan: Seasons and Cloud Cover: Are They Related? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/Solar_Decl.html

This lesson plan uses NASA satellite data to correlate cloud cover over Africa to the solar declination. The four seasons on Earth have a scientific basis. The earth is tilted 23.5 degrees from ...

My NASA Data Lesson Plan: State of the Atmosphere: Interpreting Weather Observations part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/docs/L2_Radiosonde_LaFra...

This user-contributed lesson plan provides instructions for several activities for students to perform to study the relationship of temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and dew point in cloud ...

My NASA Data Lesson Plan: Storm Clouds-- Fly over a Late Winter Storm onboard a NASA Earth Observing Satellite part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/Storm_Clouds.html

This lesson plan uses Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) cloud data and a weather map to explore cloud coverage during a winter storm. When atmospheric scientists, including ...