Your Study Resources: Module 1
NAVIGATION
Mental Mapper from Xpedition Hall
http://nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/index.html?node=21
Kid-friendly interactive feature from National Geographic. Shows the use of mental maps to organize information in a patial context. Illustrates how children and adults differ in the ways they map the same environments.
Mental Maps
http://geography.about.com/cs/culturalgeography/a/mentalmaps.htm
Good article explaining the concept of “mental maps” from About.
Reading a Map
http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/medium/tour3/readingmap/index.html
An excellent and brief interactive activity from National Park Service on how to read a map, with a focus on contour lines and elevation. Highly recommended.
Topozone
http://www.topozone.com
Search by address, coordinates, or place name and get a topographic map of any location in the United States.
A place in many scales
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0302/es0302page01.cfm
A series of six images begins at a scale that covers the whole earth and ends at a scale showing a city block that includes the capitol building in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Each image shows features ten times larger than in the previous image. The images were generated using data from several satellites.
Many Representations of a Single Place
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0304/es0304page01.cfm
Mount Shasta, a volcano in California, is presented in a satellite image, shaded relief map, lava flow view, geologic map, elevation view, 3-D topographic map, 3-D view of geology and topography, and 3-D fly-through.
Visible Earth
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
An incredible catalog of NASA images and animations of earth.
Destination Earth
http://earth.nasa.gov
Lots of great resources, news and events about earth system science from NASA.
TRAVELING ON THE LAND
The Case of the Disappearing Dark Sky
http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/medium/tour2/darksky/index.html
Interactive game activity from the National Park Service.
Sun Dials
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0405/es0405page05.cfm?chapter_no=investigation
This animation shows how the shadow of a simple sun dial changes through a day.
Navigation by NASA
http://gonorth.obiki.org/explore/scrapbook/classroom_movies.html
A very good, brief movie on navigation from the days of the Vikings including great detail on the North Star. Highly recommended as a tie-in.
Secrets of the Ice
http://www.secretsoftheice.org/explore/dress/underwear.html
An online game in which students can choose clothing for an Arctic expedition to see their resulting outfit and readiness.
Arctic Artifacts
http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/medium/tour2/artifact/index.html
Interactive game from the National Park Service showcasing Arctic tools. Illustrates the widespread influence of Arctic designs and techniques
Gmaps Pedometer
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com
Enter your weight, turn on the calorie counter and click a route. See how many calories you are burning! Super easy and very interesting!
SuperSizeMe
http://www.supersizeme.com/burgerman.htm
Play the official game “Burgerman”!
CASE STUDY: FACT FINDER
Make-a-Flake
http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/
Cut a snowflake in a online environment, save it to your computer, or email it!
Let it Snow
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/environment/story2/snowflakeframes.htm
Meet Eric Erbe and learn how scientist take images of snowflakes.
2006 Holiday Snow Flake Stamps
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2006/sr06_045.htm
Check out the four 39-cent stamps featuring photographs of snowflakes from the U.S. Postal service.
Match the Flakes
http://snowflakebentley.com/match.htm
Reveal the flakes and match them up in this quick online game
U.S. and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover
http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/nh_snowcover/
Daily snow cover maps developed from satellite images for the U.S. and northern hemisphere. Make sure to check out the interactive maps, very cool!
NOAA Storm Watch
http://www.noaa.gov/stormwatch
Watch for snow storms and be ready to collect your snowflakes!
Frizion
http://frizion.com
Incredible snowflake art by one of our Cool Scientists from NASA, Dr. Peter Wasilewski. Watch the movie that explains the science!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa15rDbOSSc
Weather Versus Climate
http://www.eo.ucar.edu/basics/index.html
Straightforward explanations from NCAR: The National Center for Atmospheric Research
Traditional Knowledge
http://gonorth.obiki.org/logistics/climate_chaos/traditional_knowledge.html
Learn more about Traditional Knowledge.
Greenland Ice Sheet Project
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/iecws/materials/online_activities/climate_card/pages/page01a.htm
In 1993 the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 finished drilling through the Greenland Ice Sheet from the top to the ground bottom below the glacier.
CASE STUDY
Chukotka Climate Observations (PDF, 324KB) >>
The Arctic Meltdown (PDF, 2MB) >>
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