Content Provider: Earth Exploration Toolbook (SERC)
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Earth Exploration Toolbook
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Abstract: The purpose of the Earth Exploration Toolbook is to support the use of scientific datasets, tools, and other products by the broader educational community. The Toolbook provides a collection of earth science datasets and scientific tools along with educational applications of the datasets. Each chapter ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Analyzing Populations with Maps Using the U.S. - Mexico Demographic Data Viewer
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Abstract: In this activity, users are guided through a series of simple steps as they learn how to use a very powerful tool, the US-Mexico Demographic Data Viewer. Users find regions on a map, states within each region, and counties within each state. They describe and compare the geographical and socioeconomic ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Analyzing the Antarctic Ozone Hole
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Abstract: Users download and analyze satellite images showing the amount of ozone in the stratosphere. They interpret the images to identify the ozone "hole" that develops over Antarctica each summer, and compare its size from year to year. Using freely available image analysis software, ImageJ, users quantify ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Analyzing Wetlands
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Abstract: The Ramsar Wetlands Data Gateway is a database containing information on protected international wetlands. In this activity, users search the database to find a wetland that they are interested in helping to protect. Using the database search capabilities, users select various wetland characteristics ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Annotating Change in Satellite Images
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Abstract: This activity of the Earth Exploration Toolbook walks users through a technique for documenting change in before-and-after sets of satellite images. The technique can be used for any set of time-series images that are spatially registered to show the exact same area at the same scale. In the chapter, ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Creating Custom Map Images of Earth and Other Worlds
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Abstract: This chapter familiarizes users with Jules Verne Voyager, a freely available online map tool that includes data for Earth as well as 19 other planets and moons. Users create a variety of map images then save and import the images into a presentation or a word-processing document. In the activity, users ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Exploring Regional Differences in Climate Change
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Abstract: In this activity, users download and graph modeled climate data to explore variability in climate change. Most people know that climate changes are predicted over the next hundred years, but they may not be aware that these changes are likely to vary from region to region. Using data from the University ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Investigating Earthquakes: GIS Mapping and Analysis
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Abstract: This activity describes the technique of preparing latitude-longitude based data so it can be imported into a geographic information system (GIS). The chapter describes the steps to create a map to display data and guides users through some basic geographic analyses. The focus of the chapter's case study ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Investigating the Precipitation-Streamflow Relationship
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Abstract: This activity prepares you to launch an investigation of the relationship between precipitation and streamflow for a local watershed. It can enrich a study of the water cycle. Following the step-by-step instructions in a case study you will locate, download, format, and finally graph one year of Web-based ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Looking into Earth with GIS
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Abstract: Step-by-step instructions walk users through working with data from a seismic wave model in a freely available GIS (geographic information system) program, ESRI's ArcVoyager SE. Users generate and examine maps and produce graphs to explore variations in seismic wave velocities at depths of 28 and 100 ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Measuring Distance and Area in Satellite Images
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Abstract: Users download and analyze MODIS imagery from 2001 and 2003 to quantify the shrinking of the Aral Sea. The chapter steps users through downloading, installing, and measuring with ImageJ, a freely available image analysis program. Users employ the software to set the spatial calibration of an image, then ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Using GLOBE Data to Study the Earth System
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Abstract: This Earth Exploration Toolbook chapter guides users through the process of locating and graphing data that has been collected by students who participate in the GLOBE Program. Users access the online GLOBE graphing tool and produce a graph comparing four Earth system variables over two complete years. ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Visualizing Carbon Pathways
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Abstract: This EET Chapter will introduce you to visualization capabilities available through NASA's Earth Observatory. You'll build several animations of satellite data that illustrate carbon pathways through the Earth system. For instance, you'll build animations of fire images that indicate carbon is being ... More »
Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: When is Dinner Served? Predicting the Spring Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Maine
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Abstract: In this activity, users learn about the variables that influence the abundance of phytoplankton, the microscopic plants that form the base of the marine food chain. Users apply this knowledge to make predictions about the timing of the spring phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Maine. They obtain and ... More »