Earth from Above: Using Color-Coded Satellite Images to Examine the Global Environment - Written by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientist Claire Parkinson, Earth from Above provides an
easy introduction to understanding and interpreting satellite images. Beginning with two short chapters on
visible satellite images and radiation, the book then covers six key Earth-atmosphere variables on such
environmentally important topics as the Antarctic ozone hole, El NiÛo, deforestation, the missing carbon
dilemma, and the effects of sea ice, snow cover, and volcanoes on atmospheric temperatures. A final
chapter broadens the discussion to consider satellite Earth observations in general.
The book is heavily illustrated, including photographs, maps, schematic diagrams, and 50 color-coded
satellite images. Each section concludes with a list of questions encouraging the reader to review the text
and, in the case of sections with satellite image, to examine the images and find answers from them.
Answers to all questions are provided at the back of the book.
Available for $38 from University Science Books, 55D Gate Five Road Sausalito, California 94965;
Phone: (415) 332-5390; Fax: (415) 332-5393; Email: univscibks@igc.org. 192 p., ISBN 0-935702-41-5.
The book can also be ordered online at http://www.uscibooks.com/.
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Earth Science Enterprise Education Update - A free, monthly E-mail newsletter, which contains information on NASA Earth science education activities,
research announcements, current science news, and calendar of upcoming education events. To subscribe,
please send Email to mtpe_ed_newsletter@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov. Back issues are available at:
http://www.earth.nasa.gov/education/edreports/index.html.
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Echo the Bat Pop-up Book - This picture book of Echo the Bat is accompanied by a set of activities that reinforce four basic themes or concepts fundamental to the interpretation of satellite imagery: perspective, shape and pattern, color, and texture. Activities and activity sheets are also provided on a companion Website: http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/k-4/index.html. The pop-up book will be available from NASA CORE Spring 2000. Recommended level: K-4.
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Ecosystem Change and Public Health - The purpose of this textbook is twofold: (1) to raise awareness of changes in human health related to global ecosystem change and (2) to expand the scope of the traditional curriculum in environmental health to include the interactions of major environmental forces and public health on a global scale. The book covers such topics as global climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, water resources management, and ecology and infectious disease. Case studies of cholera, malaria, the effects of water resources, and global climate change and air pollution illustrate the analysis and methodology. The book also includes a resource center describing places to start searches on the WWW, guidelines for finding and evaluating information, suggested study projects, and strategies for encouraging communication among course participants.
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Educator Resource Center - The Educator Resource Center at the Goddard Space Flight Center serves educators in the eleven northeastern states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont) and the District of Columbia.
Located at the Goddard Visitor Center, the Educator Resource Center is a place where educators can come and use NASA resources to develop their aerospace education programs.
Here educators research, gather ideas and duplicate audiovisual materials.
Materials available at the resource laboratory reflect NASA's research and technology development and relate to such curricula areas as astronomy, Earth science, aeronautics,
mathematics, physical science and life science. Teachers in disciplines other than science and mathematics are encouraged to explore ways in which aerospace materials may be
incorporated into their classroom lessons.
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EOS Science Plan - The Earth Observing System (EOS) Science Plan is the product of leading scientists around the world
who are participating in NASA's Earth science program. The purpose of the Plan is to state the concerns
and problems facing Earth Science today, and to indicate contributions that will be made toward providing
solutions to those problems, primarily through the use of satellite-based observations that will be obtained
with EOS satellites and instruments.
Within this publication, the reader will find types and quality of data that will be produced from the
satellite observations, how they will improve over existing measurements, and how the data will be applied
to solving the problems described. Seven topical chapters discuss the nature of the science being reviewed:
radiation, clouds, water vapor, precipitation, and atmospheric circulation; ocean circulation, productivity,
and exchange with the atmosphere; greenhouse gases and atmospheric chemistry; land ecosystems and
hydrology; cryospheric systems; ozone and stratospheric chemistry; and volcanoes and climate effects of
aerosols.
All 7 topical chapters and the chapter summaries are provided in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document
Format (PDF) and can be downloaded from http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci_plan/chapters.html.
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Forces of Change - Forces of Change is a comprehensive program being developed by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, through funding from NASA and other donors, to explain the geological, environmental, and historical processes that have shaped our world. It will consist of a permanent exhibit in the Museum, a traveling exhibit, publications, interactive computer programs, and public programming which will include a lecture series and electronic classroom courses.
The cornerstone of the Forces of Change program is a permanent exhibit in the National Museum of Natural History scheduled to open early in 2001. The 5,400 sq. foot display will examine the forces of change that have shaped and sustained the Earth since the beginning of geologic time. The goal of the exhibit will be to inform visitors about the history and present condition of our environment as the world prepares to enter the 21st century. The exhibit will be a marriage of traditional and high-tech approaches to learning about Earth systems and managing our precious natural resources. Upon entering, visitors will encounter the Earth Systems Monitoring Station, a multi-media display of remote-sensing imagery, real-time data links, historic evidence and other techniques that demonstrate how the Earth is affected by geological, environmental, and human changes, and how all of these processes are interconnected. A rotating case study area will highlight regional themes, changing every two years and allowing visitors to learn about how global forces have affected specific parts of the planet. The inaugural section on Antarctica will illustrate how the relatively pristine landscape of this remote continent serves as a living laboratory for scholars around the world interested in studying the processes of global change through geologic time. Other regional studies under consideration are the North American Grasslands, Hawaii, the Chesapeake Bay and Amazonia.
In addition to the exhibit, Forces of Change will be available in a variety of formats - videos, CD-ROMs, and posters - for use in: classrooms, municipal buildings, malls, and airports. A traveling exhibit on agriculture in the North American grasslands will circulate through libraries nationwide and a richly illustrated coffee-table book, published by National Geographic, will further articulate the programs themes.
Contact: Barbara Stauffer, National Museum of Natural History, Office of Exhibits, 10th and Constitution, Washington, DC 20560 -0101; Phone: (202) 357 -2377; Fax: (202) 786 -2567; Email: stauffer.barbara@nmnh.si.edu
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Geomorphology from Space - The bulk of the images at this site are those taken by the Multispectral Scanner (MSS) on
Landsats 1, 2, and 3, the Return Beam Vidicon (RBV) on Landsat 3, and the Thematic Mapper
(TM) on Landsats 4 and 5. The site is a gallery of space imagery consisting of 237 Plates, each
treating some geographic region where a particular landform theme is exemplified. The
arrangement of the gallery is by geomorphic theme: (1) Tectonic (Structural), (2) Volcanic, (3)
Fluvial, (4) Delta, (5) Coastal, (6) Karst and Lakes, (7) Eolian, (8) Glacial, and (9) Planetary
Landforms. This is one of the most impressive collection of remote sensing images on the web
today.
Commentary,
photographs, locator maps, and sometimes a geologic map
accompany each plate.
An out-of-print, NASA classic publication by Nick Short, Sr. and Robert W. Blair, Jr., is now available on
CD-ROM and on the World Wide Web. This publication is designed for use by the remote-sensing
science and educational communities to study landforms and landscapes. It contains a gallery of 237 color,
and black and white plates of space imagery primarily of the Earth, each treating a geographic region
where a particular landform theme is exemplified. Each image is paired with a detailed scientific
description of the features in the image, some images are accompanied by line drawings, locator maps,
geologic maps, and on-the-ground photographs of the landform. Available on CD-ROM from NASA
CORE at http://core.nasa.gov (Item #400.0-87). Recommended level: high school-adult.
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GLOBE - Soil Science Education - This web site contains a lot of new, exciting, fun and informative material on the soil. There is a Soil Gallery, where
you can see the Soil of the Month and read some soil stories in Once Upon a Sandy Loam. You can even sing some soil songs in Rock 'N Soil. You can also find
out about some Secrets Hidden in the Soil. Do you know how much soil there is on the earth? Do you know what soil looks like? Does it look different during the
different seasons? Does it have different shapes? Do you know what the soil does? Do you need ideas for science fair projects?
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Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics Education and Public Outreach - This conglomerate of information (compiled by scientists and non-scientists alike) is valuable for all, from elementary school age to adult. There are activities, links, projects, guides, glossaries, book lists, games, pictures and graphics, and in-depth studies, all in an easy-to-navigate format. The Current Events page is updated regularly to keep the readers aware of upcoming events at NASA, in the world community, and locally. It includes natural events, space events, and even man-made events with links and ideas for watching eclipses, launches, etc. Contact: Diana Taggart, web administrator, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics Education and Public Outreach, Code 696.0, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA; Phone: 301-286-7424; FAX: 301-286-1468; email: taggart@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov
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