NOAA's Satellites and Information Service manages data relating to the Earth and solar environments. The links below are resources within NESDIS and NOAA which we believe may be of interest to students, educators, and anyone interested in learning more about our Earth-Sun environment. We welcome your input to our programs and invite comments, suggestions, and partners for development of new material. A listing of current materials and relevant links is shown below.
 

Materials

• Posters and Slide sets from NGDC
• GLOBE Earth System Poster (580 Kb)
• Marine Data Visualization
• Brief descriptions of what NESDIS does, including handout materials
  

Other NOAA Web Resources

• NOAA
  • Ocean Explorer - Education page
  • NOAA Library
  • TIROS Bibliography - 2007 Update
  • Office of Global Change Library
  • Teacher at Sea Program
  • Oceans
  • Research
  • Space Weather
  • Weather
  • Virtual Laboratory for Satellite Training and Data Utilization

Educational Resources
(Note: links with  # beside it will lead you out of the Federal Government webspace)

• Climatic Data Center
• World Ocean Atlas
• Oceanographic Data Center
  (Units Conversion Guide)
• Coastal Data Center
• Ocean and Earth Sciences Resources
• Earth Magnetism FAQ
• Earth Magnetism Resources
• Satellite Meteorology for Grades 7-12 #
• All About Snow #
• All About Glaciers #
• Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Primer #
• Climate Timeline Information Tool
• Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Cloud Exploration Quiz
  • Landsat Image Quiz
  • Earth System Science Movies and individual Images
• Glossary of solar-terrestrial terms
• Natural Hazards
  • Kid's Quiz
  • Teacher's Guide to Stratovolcanoes of the World Poster
• Sea Ice #

Other Web Resources

• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Free resources from the U.S. Department of Education
• ERIC - A national information system designed to provide ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature, supported by the US Department of Education and administered by the National Library of Education (NLE).
• Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies # (CIMSS) is involved in a variety of formal and informal education projects, ranging from university classes to workshops for high-school students and teachers.