ChemMatters is a quarterly publication of the American Chemical Society (ACS) geared to a high school audience and designed to demystify everyday chemistry. This special edition is the fourth in a series focused on atmospheric chemistry and NASA-s Aura mission. It includes feature articles on how Aura came together as a mission from its beginnings to the present; the nature of chemical equilibrium, ... Full description.

Explore recent images and research results from NASA Earth science missions with this poster depicting how NASA scientists are working to understand the cryosphere (ice). Satellite images, graphs, and pictures complement the fact-filled information. The posters can be ordered from the WWW site above; this site also includes PowerPoint and PDF files with the poster information. Full description.

Explore recent images and research results from NASA Earth science missions with this poster depicting how NASA scientists are working to understand the geosphere (land). Satellite images, graphs, and pictures complement the fact-filled information. The posters can be ordered from the WWW site above; this site also includes PowerPoint and PDF files with the poster information. Full description.

This is a Web-based story of three children who venture out to find their great-grandfather-s treasure box that was lost in the remote state of Alaska. Using simple terminology, the story integrates complex Earth and Space science concepts, such as the formation of gold deposits and the operation of satellites. The children model creative thinking, acquire and interpret radar images, plan a treasure ... Full description.

Explore recent images and research results from NASA Earth science missions with this poster depicting how NASA scientists are working to understand the hydrosphere (water). Satellite images, graphs, and pictures complement the fact-filled information. The posters can be ordered from the WWW site above; this site also includes PowerPoint and PDF files with the poster information. Full description.

This resource provides detailed information about cloud identification, observing, and reporting. It also provides an activity on how to make a cloud in a bottle. French and Spanish versions of the chart are also available. This resource was developed for the S'COOL (Student Cloud Observations On Line) project. S'COOL is a component of NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) project. ... Full description.

This brochure gives a brief overview of the Earth science research that is being done with data from the instruments onboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. Full description.

MY NASA DATA (Mentoring and inquirY using NASA Data) is an effort to develop microsets of Earth science data that are interesting and useful to the K-12 and citizen scientist communities. The datasets can be used with existing curriculum and enable students to practice math skills using real measurements of Earth system variables and processes. This Website provides the datasets along with lesson ... Full description.

This user-contributed tutorial provides detailed instructions on how to make Excel graphs of data that is imported from the Internet. The tutorial contains sample screen images to assist in performing each step. The tutorial includes importing a second set of data and adding it as another series on the original graph. The tutorial includes questions to be answered based on the atmospheric lapse rates ... Full description.

This lesson plan uses NASA Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument percent coverage surface data with a world map to locate landmasses and bodies of water at the Earth's Equator. When using satellites to study Earth system processes, especially atmospheric processes, it is important to know what is the background that one is seeing on the Earth. This lesson provides an introduction ... Full description.