The Education Center
SurveySoftware for Mac OS9
Stand-alone software for museums or companies to collect survey data from customers or visitors. Questions, backgrounds, responses, and images are all tailorable. Survey data exportable as tab-delimited text. Users can see how other responded.
Name: Museums Teaching Planet EarthSource: http://earth.rice.edu/software/Survey_Software/
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SurveySoftware for Windows
Stand-alone software for museums or companies to collect survey data from customers or visitors. Questions, backgrounds, responses, and images are all tailorable. Survey data exportable in tab-delimited text. Mac version also available.
Name: Museums Teaching Planet EarthSource: http://earth.rice.edu/software/Survey_Software/
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Word Search and Crossword Puzzles
- Astronomy/space science/planetology
- Atmospheric science
- Biology
- Biology (includes zoology and botany)
- Climatology
- Earth Science
- Ecology
- Ecology (includes ecosystems)
- Education Center
- Environmental Science
- General Science
- Geology
- Hydrology (surface and ground water)
- Informal
- Intermediate (3-5)
- Middle (6-8)
- Online Interactive
- Primary (K-2)
- Public
- Structural geology (tectonics
- volcanos
The ORNL DAAC has developed a series of word search and crossword puzzles related to science themes in Grades 1 through 7. The science themes include Climate and Weather; Earth's Geology; Ecosystem processes; Energy: Sources and Types; Environmental Concerns; and Space Exploration. The puzzles and answer keys are available online for free in PDF format (http://www.daac.ornl.gov/educator/puzzles.htm)
Name: ORNL DAAC for Biogeochemical DynamicsSource: http://www.daac.ornl.gov
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TicTacToe game player - MacOS9 version
Tic Tac Toe Player game - Mac OSX version. Can run any of a number of games, including Ham Radio "Technician" quiz. A fun way to practice for the Ham Radio "Technician" quiz, against the computer or against a friend! All the current questions - on
Name: Museums Teaching Planet EarthSource: http://earth.rice.edu/software/TicTacToe/index.html
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Connecticut's Changing Landscape
The UConn Center for Land use Education And Research (CLEAR) has classified and interpreted images captured by satellites to provide information about how our landscape has changed since 1985, with a special emphasis on the growth of developed land. For the state of Connecticut, CLEAR has released four land cover maps from 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2002, as well as a map of change. The maps are available for viewing in both pdf format and through an online interactive map. Data can also be downloaded.
Name: Center for Landuse Education And ResearchSource: http://clear.uconn.edu
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NWGISS
NASA HDF-EOS Web GIS Software Suite (NWGISS) is a suite of web GIS software that makes HDF-EOS data available to GIS users based on Open GIS Consortium's (OGC) interoperability protocols. It consists of the following components: a map server (WMS), a coverage server (WCS), a catalog server, a Multi-Protocol Geoinformation Client (MPGC), and a toolbox. Those components can work both independently or collaboratively. NWGISS can work with all three types of HDF-EOS data, namely swath, grid, and point.
Name: Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standard (LAITS)Source: http://laits.gmu.edu
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NASA EOS Poster Series
Explore the facets of the Earth Observing System (EOS) project with these informative, eye-catching posters. Each poster takes a specific topic ranging from ice sheets to volcanoes a nd explains what NASA scientists are doing to understand that topic. Colorful and instructional satellite images, graphs, and pictures complement the fact-filled information making the posters ideal for the classroom. Four posters in the series consist of Air, Ice, Land, and Water
Name: NASASource: http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.php
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NASA Facts Earth Science Series of Fact Sheets
These brochures explain several Earth science topics with easily understood text and graphics. Topics include El Nino/La Nina, global warming, ozone loss, volcanoes and climate, and polar ice.
Name: GSFCSource: http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov
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NASA EOS Poster Series of Color Lithographs
Lithographs complement many of the NASA Fact Sheet topics, and consist of satellite inages or graphics, information on the source of the image, and a classroom activity on the topic.
Name: GSFCSource: http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Lightning Detection From Space
An online primer on lightning theory and formation, history of lightning observations, and present-day satellite-based remote sensing of lightning.
Name: GHRCSource: http://ghrc.msfc.nasa.gov
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