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

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

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 ...

My NASA Data Lesson Plan: Using Imported Data in Excel: Plot Atmospheric Temperature part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This user-contributed tutorial provides detailed instructions on how to make Excel graphs of data that is imported from the Internet. The tutorial contains sample screen images to assist in ...

Dataset NCEP-GFS-Global_2p5deg part of SERC Web Resource Collection

NCEP GFS Model : AWIPS 228 (A) Grid. Global Lat/Lon grid. Model runs are made at 0, 6, 12, and 18Z, with forecasts hourly from 22 to 32 hours, then every 12 hours from 192 to 384 hours (8 to 16 ...

Dataset NCEP-NAM-Alaska_11km part of SERC Web Resource Collection

NCEP North American Model: AWIPS 242 (S) Grid over Alaska. Model runs are made at 0, 6, 12, 18Z with analysis and forecasts every 3 hours out to 84 hours (3.5 days). Horizontal = 553 by 425 points, ...

Dataset NCEP-NAM-CONUS_20km-noaaport part of SERC Web Resource Collection

NCEP North American Model : AWIPS 215(U) grid over the continental United States - Quadruple Resolution. Horizontal = 369 by 257 points, resolution 20.31 km, LambertConformal projection.

Dataset NCEP-NAM-CONUS_20km-selectsurface part of SERC Web Resource Collection

NCEP North American Model : AWIPS 215(U) grid over the continental United States - Quadruple Resolution. Horizontal = 369 by 257 points, resolution 20.31 km, LambertConformal projection.

Dataset NCEP-NAM-CONUS_40km-conduit part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Model runs are made at 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z and have analysis and forecasts every 3 hours out to 84 hours.

Dataset NCEP-NAM-Polar_90km part of SERC Web Resource Collection

NCEP North American Model : AWIPS 105 Grid. Model runs are made at 0, 6, 12, and 18Z, with analysis and forecasts every 3 hours out to 84 hours. Horizontal = 147 by 110 points, resolution 90.75 km, ...

My NASA Data Lesson Plan: A Comparison of Cloud Coverage over Africa part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This lesson plan uses NASA satellite data to contrast amounts of cloud coverage over different climate regions in Africa. It introduces the circulation pattern of Hadley Cells and the band of ...