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1. Teacher's Guide: Monitoring Estuarine Water Quality [dataintheclassroom_waterquality]   PARENT SERF
These lessons and accompanying online tools will introduce students to water quality monitoring using real data. First, students need to understand how to access and interpret water quality data, ...

2. FEMA for Kids [FEMA-Kids]
This site teaches you how to be prepared for disasters and how you can prevent disaster damage. You can also learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories and become a Disaster Action Kid.

3. The Echinoids - An Educational Web Site about the phylum Echinodermata [Echinoids-01]
(Adapted from The Natural History Museum Echinoid Website) Echinoids are a major group of marine invertebrates with a long fossil record. If you know nothing about the group the obvious place to start ...

4. Ask An ARM Scientist: The ARM Global Warming, Radiation, Weather and Environment Virtual Help Desk [09-virtual_help-Scientist-00]
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program is an important part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) strategy to understand global climate change. The ARM Program has established three ...

5. Desert Landscaping, Plants for a Water-Scare Environment, A Multimedia CD-ROM [01-Desert_Landscape-CD-00]
(Summary adapted from the Desert Landscaping web site) Desert Landscaping : Plants for a Water-Scarce Environment is a multimedia CD-ROM plant selector covering over 600 low water-use plants. Search ...

6. Into the Arctic: Information and Educational Activities for Studying Climate [01-Into_to_Arctic_CD-ROM-01]
Through 3,000 meters of ice, a history of the world's climate was discovered in Greenland. Beginning in 1993 scientists from all over the world participated in a project that brought this environmental ...

7. Student's On-Line Atmospheric Research (SOLAR) [LARC_SOLAR]
Student's On-Line Atmospheric Research (SOLAR) is a NASA sponsored Educational Outreach Program. If you are a K-12 science teacher looking for ways to engage your students in learning activities that ...

8. The CERES S'COOL Project - Classroom Participation in Weather Ground Truth Measurements [01-scool-00]
(Summary adapted from the S'COOL web site.) S'COOL - Students' Cloud Observations On-Line - is a project which involves school children in real science. They provide ground truth (calibration) measurements ...

9. JetStream, the National Weather Service Online Weather School [JetStream]
JetStream, the National Weather Service Online Weather School. This site is designed to help educators, emergency managers, or anyone interested in learning about weather and weather safety.. The ...

10. NASA Hurricane Resource Page [NASA_HURRICANE]
The NASA hurricane web page is a compilation of data from various satellites and computer models, and it explains why and how NASA investigates hurricanes. It also covers the relationship of NASA's ...

11. Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences [SERC-TQS]
Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences Quantitative skills are an essential tool for both the geoscientist and the citizen. Helping students master skills ranging from ...

12. Worldwide Water Education [PROJECT_WET]
Since 1984, Project WET, an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has dedicated itself to the mission of reaching children, parents, teachers and community members of the world with water ...

13. Columbia Earthscape [Earthscape]
Columbia Earthscape is an integrated, interdisciplinary resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with their social, political, and economic dimensions. Although it primarily serves ...

14. Exploring Earth Hazards [USGS_Earth_Hazards]   PARENT SERF
Understanding the mechanisms of natural events, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and floods, is important for the United States and the world at large. Natural disasters ...

15. MetEd (Meteorology Education and Training) [MetEd]   CHILD SERFs
The MetEd (Meteorology Education and Training) Website was established to provide education and training resources to benefit the operational forecaster community, university atmospheric scientists ...

16. Supercourse - Irene [PITT_EDU_SUPERCOURSE_IRENE]   PARENT SERF
The Global Environmental Health Supercourse site captures and classifies most the environmental health PowerPoint lectures on the web. The lectures include 550 from the Supercourse. This lecture discusses ...

17. The Learning Web [Learning_Web]   CHILD SERFs
The Learning Web, a portion of the USGS website, is dedicated to K-12 education and life-long learning. Explore things on, in, around and about the Earth such as land, water, plants and animals, and ...

18. The Encyclopedia of Earth [EOE]
The Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of ...

19. CINDI in Space [cindiinspace]
Cindi in Space comic book. This is the story of the android spacegirl Cindi and her two dogs who explain the purpose of the CINDI instrument as part of the C/NOFS mission and the science involved. ...

20. Earth Observation Land Training Course [ESA_LandTrainingCourse2011]
Future Earth observation scientists: learn about using satellite data for science and applications development. An ESA series of advanced thematic training courses in remote sensing applications was ...

21. International e-learning course on Introduction to Remote Sensing Technology [CEOS_E_Learning_Remote_Sensing]
The Mission of the CEOS Working Group on Capacity Building & Data Democracy (WGCapD) is to build upon the CEOS Data Democracy Initiative in an effort to increase the capacity of institutions in less ...

22. The Changing of the Land: A Wisconsin Forest History Unit [uwsp_leaf_change]
The Changing of the Land was developed in 2002 under a Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB) grant at the Central Wisconsin Environmental Station (CWES). The unit was originally distributed ...

23. The Climate TimeLine Information Tool: "Exploring Weather & Climate Change Through the Powers of 10" [NCDC_CLIMATE_TIMELINE]
"http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/" Designed as an online tool allowing users to examine climate change and variability at different time scales, the Climate TimeLine has been developed through ...

24. Virtual River: Discharge and Flooding - Geology Labs On-line [Virtual_River-02]   PARENT SERF
(Adapted from the Virtual River webpage) Virtual River consists of two activities (Discharge and Flooding) that help students understand some of the important process of rivers such as discharge ...

25. WI K-12 Urban Forest Lesson Guide [uwsp_leaf_urban]
This guide also supplements the Wisconsin K-12 Forestry Education Lesson Guide. Wisconsin?s urban forests are a very important resource. However, many Wisconsin residents don?t recognize the benefits ...

26. WI K-12 Wildland Fire Lesson Guide [uwsp_leaf_wildland]
This guide supplements the Wisconsin K-12 Forestry Education Lesson Guide. Ninety percent of all forest-related fires in Wisconsin are started by humans. Education is a key prevention tool to develop ...

27. Science and Technology of Gold [gsa-gold]
Science & Technology of Gold (Elementary Education) "Everything you need to add science and technology to your gold rush history unit. Teacher notes, images, student activities and 3-D Models. Let ...

28. Activities and Readings and the Geography of the United States (ARGUS) [AAG_ARGUS]
Activities and Reading and the Geography of the United States (ARGWorld) consists of an interactive CD-ROM, copy-ready student activities, and a variety of teacher support materials. The ARGWorld ...

29. Carbon and Lifestyle Calculator [ECP_CARBON_CALCULATOR]
The Earth Conservation Plan (ECP) Carbon and Lifestyle calculator is the first calculator of its kind that allows you to factor in your lifestyle - not just your Carbon Footprint. The calculator ...

30. Gridded Population of the World [CIESIN_SEDAC_GPW]
Demographic information is often provided on a national basis, but global environmental and other cross-disciplinary studies usually require data that are referenced by geographic coordinates, such ...

31. i WAS wondering: A Curious Look at Women's Adventures in Science [Women-in-science]
I Was Wondering: A Curious Look at Women's Adventures in Science. This resource is a National Academy of Sciences project that showcases the accomplishments of contemporary women in science. Through ...

32. Invasive Species Forecasting System [NASA_ISFS]
The NASA Office of Earth Science and the US Geological Survey are working together to develop a National Invasive Species Forecasting System for the early detection, remediation, management, and control ...

33. State of the Cryosphere; An Educational Site about the Earth's Changing Snow and Ice Masses [01-NSIDC_Cryosphere-00]
The Cryospheric regions, or regions where water is found in solid form, are among the most sensitive to temperature change. Average temperatures in snow and ice-covered areas typically remain below ...

34. Data Management Education Modules [dataone_education_modules]
Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) is the foundation of new innovative environmental science through a distributed framework and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that meets the needs of science ...

35. Looking at Earth from Space: Teachers Guide with Activities for Earth and Space Science [Earth_from_Space]
Looking at Earth from Space Teachers Guide with Activities for Earth and Space Science This publication replicates much of the material taught during the graduate-level course and developed by the ...

36. S.K. Worm Teaches Soils, On-line [01-sk-worm-01]
S.K.Worm teaches soils--It?s a dirty job but someone has to do it--S.K.Worm, the official annelid, or worm, of the Natural Resources Conservation Service teaches students about soil. Basic concepts ...

37. The Physical Environment [PHYSICAL_ENVIRONMENT]
The Physical Environment is one of the first, totally online physical geography learning environments. The Physical Environment combines text, images, audio and video programs to deliver the subject ...

38. The Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE) [WISE]
The Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE) is a simple yet powerful learning environment where students examine real world evidence and analyze current scientific controversies. The curriculum ...

39. Botany through Web 2.0, the Memex and Social Learning [Bot_2.0]
The NSF-funded Bot 2.0 project is an innovative technological approach to retaining student interest in the biological and botanical sciences and addresses the lack of diversity in the student population ...

40. Educational Global Climate Model (EdGCM) [EdGCM]
EdGCM provides a research-grade Global Climate Model (GCM) with a user-friendly interface that can be run on a desktop computer. For the first time, students can explore the subject of climate change ...

41. Kids' Science Page, National Agricultural Library [nat_ag_kids-00]
(Adapted for National Agricultural Library Kid's Science Page) Kids, parents and teachers often contact the National Agricultural Library (NAL) to ask about kids' books on agricultural topics or ...

42. Satellite Meteorology [Sat_Meteor]
This Satellite Meteorology course was developed for middle and high school science classes. Modules were designed to serve as stand-alone lessons, however, we strongly encourage a sequential approach ...

43. Ames Aerospace Encounter - A Hands-On Program to Teach Pre-Middle School Students About Aeronautics [01-ames_encounter-00]
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 tunned, the ...

44. The TRMM Composite Climatology (TCC) of Tropical Rainfall [GES_DISC_TRMM_TCC_V6]
The TRMM Composite Climatology (TCC) is a climatology (or map of mean values) of surface precipitation based on 13 years of data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). The TCC takes ...

45. Ground Water Basics,USEPA [USEPA_GWB]   PARENT SERF
This 117 page .pdf document contains activities that explain the management of ground water resources using a balanced approach, focusing on interdependencies in the environment. Activities, fact ...

46. Aquarius - Mobile Mission Information [NASA_JPL_APP_Aquarius]
NASA?s Aquarius is a satellite mission of exploration and discovery that will measure salinity ? the concentration of dissolved salt ? at the ocean surface, a key missing variable in satellite observations ...

47. The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon [Amelia_the_Pigeon]
"The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon" project is a interactive web site with supporting lesson plans and hands-on activities to illustrate science concepts to children in grades K-4. The animated ...

48. Climate Discovery Teacher's Guide [ClimateDiscovery]
Climate Discovery Teacher's Guide This teacher's guide was produced by the National Center for Atmospheric Research as a companion to the Climate Discovery exhibit at our Boulder, Colorado laboratory. ...

49. Web Weather for Kids [WebWeather]
Web Weather for Kids is an Internet site for kids in grades 5-8. It presents hands-on activities and information about dramatic weather events - thunderstorms, lightning, blizzards, hurricanes and ...

50. 27 Ideas for Teaching With Topographic Maps [USGS_TEACH_TOPO_MAPS]
The USGS publishes approximately 57,000 different topographic maps covering the United States. Topographic maps show contour lines (elevation and landforms), hydrography (rivers, lakes, marshes), ...

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