Earth to Class


Classroom Resources
	Teacher-Created Remote Sensing Instructional Activities DEENA BOLLINGER (South Orangetown MS) created this activity based on th3 2004 E2C workshop: Amazon River Plume Inquiry Activity KAREN COLE (Spence School, New York City) created this activity based on the 2005 E2C workshop: Nitrates, Phosphates, and Water Quality Stan Ogonowski (Smithtown, LI, Freshman Center and AMS DataStreme Participant) offer this activity for teaching about remote sensing: Remote Sensing of Earth by Satellite NASA Teachers Resources about SeaWIFS http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS/TEACHERS/ There are links to a NASA Teacher Workshop; a “Remote Sensing Tutorial”; “From a Distance,” which provides K – 12 lesson plans; and more. NASA ISS EarthKAM Educational Resources http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/educators/index.shtml The International Space Station will not become fully functional for years, but since 1996, images have been taken from the ISS that provide scientists and students with great views of our planet. You can find out much more about the ISS through http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/. Numerous activities for students have been created and are available on-line at http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/educators/activities/index.shtml. These include "Introductory" actvities about using the ISS EarthKAM images (presented through a bingo game); Earth Science and geography lessons about deltas, volcanoes, and other features; studying weather from space; and mathematics. SERC Earth Exploration Toolkit http://serc.carleton.edu/eet/chapters.html "When is Dinner Served? Predicting the Spring Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Maine" by Denise Blaha and Amy Holt Cline Previous E2C Remote Sensing Presentations Dr. Christopher Small has presented Workshops for Teachers every year about his research using remote sensing techniques. You might wish to explore these: “Using Satellite Data to Map the Sea Surface and Sea Floors”—Christopher Small (Apr. 2000) Remote Sensing of Our Planet”—Christopher Small (Apr. 2002) “Overview of Remote Sensing Techniques”—Christopher Small (Oct. 2002) "Exploring the Southern Oceans with Ships and Satellites" -- Christopher Small (Mar 2004) Web Sites used in creating today's presentations Click here for selected web sites suggested by Dr. Ajit Subramanian. Click here for selected web sites suggested by Dr. Michael J. Passow. (Some are on both lists.) American Meteorological Society Education Program links: DataStreme Ocean: In the "Biological" section, check out the links to "Ocean Color (Productivity)," "Harmful Algal Blooms," "Chesapeake Bay Phytoplankton," and others that may interest you. Water in the Earth System: Examine some of the images available through the "NASA Earth from Space" and "NASA Earth Observatory" links.

"When is Dinner Served? Predicting the Spring Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Maine" by Denise Blaha and Amy Holt Cline