• Earth Day Origami
Project - The Sun is the source of energy for life on Earth.
Put together this origami model of the Sun and learn more about our nearest star.
www.sec.noaa.gov/info/Origami.pdf
• NASA Kids -
This NASA web site will teach you about astronauts, the Earth, space, rockets,
airplanes and more.
kids.msfc.nasa.gov
Specially for Students - These items are designed especially
for students (grades 6-12) to provide a way of learning about the earth in a
fun and informative way.
• Science with NOAA
Research
- This web page provides middle school science students with research and
investigation experiences using on-line resources. Even if you do
not have much experience using web-based activities in science, the
directions here are easy to follow. Space topics include solar flares,
coronal holes, and solar winds.
www.oar.noaa.gov/k12/html/atmosphere.html
• Spuzzled for Kids
- This site takes NOAA images and offers students the chance to put those images into
the correct order while also learning more about the environmental work of the Agency.
There is a spuzzle at three levels of difficulty in this section.
scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/noaa/spuzzled/index.shtml
• The Geostationary
Satellite Server
- This site provides satellite imagery of the eastern continental
U.S., the western continental U.S., Puerto Rico, Alaska, and Hawaii.
You can also access sea surface temperatures from this site as well
as tropical Atlantic and Pacific information. This tropical
information is particularly interesting
during hurricane season.
www.goes.noaa.gov/k12
• Migration
Concentration - A good way to learn about animals is
to track them from space. Scientists pick individual animals and fit them with lightweight,
comfortable radio transmitters. Signals from the transmitters are received by special instruments
on certain satellites as they pass overhead. These satellites are operated by NOAA.
The polar orbits of the satellites let them see nearly every part of Earth as it rotates below
and receive signals from thousands of migrating animals. After the satellite gets the signal
from the animal's transmitter, it relays the information to a ground station. The ground station
then sends the information about the animal to the scientists, wherever they may be. Tracking
migrating animals using satellites may help us figure out how to make their journeys as safe as
possible and help them survive.
scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/noaa/poes_tracking/index.shtml
• Geostationary Satellites
- This web page helps you learn about the GOES Satellite System. You
can learn basic information to get an overview of the interaction
between spacecraft and the ground systems used to collect, process,
and retransmit data to users in various formats. You can also find a
detailed description of the GOES instrumentation, particularly the
Imager, Sounder, and Space Environmental Monitor, aboard the
spacecraft. If you do not have much experience using web-based
activities in science, the directions here are easy to follow.
Space topics include solar flares, coronal holes, and solar winds.
www.oso.noaa.gov/
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NOAA-N Information NOAA satellites are launched by NASA and
maintained by NOAA after they are in place. Information about the newest NOAA
satellite, NOAA-N, is available on this site. NOAA-N will collect information
about Earth's atmosphere and environment to improve weather prediction and
climate research across the globe. NOAA-N is the 15th in a series of
polar-orbiting satellites dating back to 1978. NOAA uses two satellites,
a morning and afternoon satellite, to ensure every part of the Earth is
observed at least twice every 12 hours.
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/main/index.html
