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This learning activity familiarizes students with the concept of modeling as it is related to remote sensing and to the... see more
The purpose of this resource is to To observe seasonal migration patterns, feeding habits, and nesting behavior of... see more
The purpose of this resource is to To observe seasonal migration patterns, feeding habits, and nesting behavior of... see more
This lists as a catagory of, hmmm, I didn't know that. My daughter and I were just talking about this the other day and... see more
This exercise has students use a simple physical model of the Earth, sun, and moon to understand why the moon changes... see more
In this activity, presented by the Lane Community College MAPS GIS Program, students will learn the concept of a digital... see more
Use valley and slope deposits to reconstruct recent landscape erosion and sedimentation history.
Part of MIT's innovative OpenCourseWare Project, that provides materials from MIT classes to the public on the web, the... see more
Part of MIT's innovative OpenCourseWare Project, that provides materials from MIT classes to the public on the web, the... see more
Students run a pump test and interpret the results as drawdown curves and hydraulic conductivity measurements.
Take students into the field and give each team a list of rocks or mineral types you want found and brought back within... see more
This site has a collection of role-playing exercises that provide the students with equations and data to use in... see more
Students contribute ground truth observations of clouds as a form of satellite validation.
The purpose of this resource is to select 15 km x 15 km Land Cover Sample Sites.
The purpose of this resource is to investigate the center pixel of a homogeneous land Cover Site in order to understand... see more
The purpose of this resource is to investigate the center pixel of a homogeneous land Cover Site in order to understand... see more
The purpose of this resource is to investigate the idea that every dynamic system has energy and matter in different... see more
The purpose of this resource is to investigate the idea that every dynamic system has energy and matter in different... see more
This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the concept of solar ovens. In this... see more
Introductory students use Excel to graph monthly mean Greenwich sunspot numbers from 1749 to 2004 and perform a spectral... see more
In this activity, students will collect and use solar data to (estimate or) compute, using angular velocity, the Sun's... see more
This Stella model allows students to learn about chemical mass balance in the atmosphere and apply this to atmospheric... see more
This project has at its heart a re-engagement with science that begins with teacher preparation and ends with broader... see more
This strategy game has players prospect for oil using seismic profiles on limited budgets.