Ames Aerospace Encounter - NASA Ames Research Center hosts fourth, fifth, and six grade classes in an interactive, hands-on
program, entitled the Ames Aerospace Encounter. Located in a renovated supersonic wind tunnel, the
Aerospace Encounter involves students in activities focused around four topics: aeronautics, space science,
living and working in space, and Earth system science.
In the Earth science section, children work with a variety of scientific information collected by aircraft and
spacecraft. The Earth system science tutorial features images of Earth taken from aircraft and satellites.
The students find their way from space to Moffett Field, California by identifying specific geographic
features in these remotely-sensed images. In Aeronautics, students learn about the principles of flight,
wind tunnels, and use computers to design airplanes. In the Space Sciences section youngsters experience
some of the basics of physics in fun physical ways. Young people become astronauts on a simulated space
station with different experiments to complete.
NASA Ames Research Center hosts fourth, fifth, and six grade classes in an interactive, hands-on
program, entitled the Ames Aerospace Encounter. Located in a renovated supersonic wind tunnel, the
Aerospace Encounter involves students in activities focused around four topics: aeronautics, space science,
living and working in space, and Earth system science.
In the Earth science section, children work with a variety of scientific information collected by aircraft and
spacecraft. The Earth system science tutorial features images of Earth taken from aircraft and satellites.
The students find their way from space to Moffett Field, California by identifying specific geographic
features in these remotely-sensed images. In Aeronautics, students learn about the principles of flight,
wind tunnels, and use computers to design airplanes. In the Space Sciences section youngsters experience
some of the basics of physics in fun physical ways. Young people become astronauts on a simulated space
station with different experiments to complete.
The Ames Aerospace Encounter is free; groups are accepted on a space-available basis for this popular
program.
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Classic CZCS Scenes - Ocean color data provide an incomparable view of the changeable patterns of biological activity in the
marine realm. These data also indicate how, and where, physical processes interact with the biological
communities of the ocean, particularly the minute plants (phytoplankton) that produce organic carbon by
photosynthesis. The images at this web site are some of the most striking examples of ocean color data obtained
by remote sensing from space, and they are used in this tutorial to illustrate discussions of
selected biological and physical oceanic phenomena.
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Earth Climate Course - Module 1: What Determines Global Climate? - What determines global mean climate? This module guides you through background material and hands-on activities that provide a
framework for answering this guiding question. By comparing different characteristics of Earth and two of its neighboring planets, Mars
and Venus, you will learn about what makes Earth's climate habitable and why.
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Earth Climate Course - Module 2: What Determines Local Climate? - Activities and
background material
designed to develop
knowledge and skills
about the physics,
chemistry, biology,
and mathematics
related to
investigating
planetary
environments.
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Forest Watch - Forest Watch is an environmental education program developed and run by Complex Systems Research
Center at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). It is designed to introduce both teachers and their
students to field, laboratory, and satellite data analysis methods for assessing the state-of-health of local
forest stands. Forest Watch provides workshops which are designed to help K-12 teachers introduce their
students to selected hands-on techniques for evaluating the health of white pine (Pinus strobus), a
bio-indicator for tropospheric ozone damage. Through Forest Watch, students become actively involved in
doing meaningful scientific research. Students and teachers setup permanent sampling plots in a forest
stand and conduct several ecological and biophysical measurements using scientific protocols. Students
collect and help analyze valuable data for UNH researchers while participating in this educationally
beneficial program. Contact: Dr. Barry Rock, Program Director, or Mr. Shannon Spencer, Program Coordinator, Complex
System Research Center, Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824; Phone: (603)
862-1792; Fax: (603) 862-0188; Email: forestwatch@unh.edu
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Introductory Pressure Tutorial - A basic introduction to pressure and pressure gradient, how storms develop, and how winds lead to storms.
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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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Ocean Color From Space - For the first time, oceanographers now have
the ability to view the global distribution of
photosynthetic organisms in the world's
oceans from space. The observations made
from the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS),
a radiometer that operated on NASA's
Nimbus-7 satellite from 1978-1986, have
sparked a revolution in the way we think, about physical and biological processes in the sea. Using techniques principally developed at the University of Miami and Goddard Space Flight Centers, color images have
been produced which show the incredible variability that exists in the distribution and concentration of phytoplankton--microscopic, single-celled ocean plants that provide the
ultimate source of food for marine life. The CZCS global data sets lay the scientific foundations for new generations of
satellite ocean color sensors and have formed a cornerstone for international efforts to understand the ocean's role in the global carbon cycle.
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Ocean Color Research in India - Dr. Neera Chaturvedi has been working on Ocean Color remote sensing in India. She has studied data from Landsat, the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS), and Nimbus 7's
Costal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS). Some of her work is listed at this web site.
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