Earth Science Week 2015: Visualizing Earth Systems (Oct. 11-17)
This gallery was created for Earth Science Week 2015 and beyond, and includes a quick start guide for educators and first-hand stories (blogs) for learners of all ages by NASA visualizers, scientists and educators. It's our hope that your understanding and use of NASA's visualizations will only increase as your appreciation grows for the beauty of the science they portray, and the communicative power they hold.
ESW is an initiative of the American Geosciences Institute (AGI). NASA is a partner in ESW, collaborating with AGI's Center for Science and Society and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).
Join Kel Elkins in NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio as he shares insights into the creation of three Earth science visualizations. In addition, Kel answers questions about his work, education and career.
Kristen Weaver, an education specialist for NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission, discusses various ways of visualizing data, using snow as an example.
Kel Elkins, a visualizer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, talks about creating one of his visualizations and the challenges he faced along the way.
Rich Moore, a research physical scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center, explains how clouds effect Earth's climate and why studying them in the Artic is helpful.
Dalia Kirschbaum, a research physical scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, explains how visualization aids her work with the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission.
Kevin Hussey, manager of the Visualization Technology Applications and Development Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, talks about his career in visualization and gives advice to current students.
Greg Shirah, a visualizer at NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio talks about how he developed an visualization on ocean garbage patches using buoy and model data.
Roman Kowch, a staff research scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center, describes how he uses NASA data and Google Earth™ to study the underlying factors that drive weather patterns.
Erica Alston, a research scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center, answers questions about her work on the Rad-X project. She explains how she uses visualizations and gives advice to current students.
View hand-picked visualizations that are ideal for introducing students to complex Earth science topics and designed to encourage student questioning and conversation. Links are provided to related learning resources for elementary, middle and high school.
This digital library includes over 2,000 peer-reviewed Earth and space science resources for educators of all levels – from elementary to college, to out-of-school programs. Use NASA Wavelength to q...
Through the use of the MY NASA DATA Live Access Server, students can experience a wealth of scientific data from NASA missions. Also included are mission plans on a wide variety of topics, as well as ...
Utilize this digital poster for activities with K-12 students. Exercises include comparison and analysis of visualization time series of multiple data types....
This recorded webinar will walk you through activities for K-12 students with an emphasis on meeting NGSS standards, and cross cutting concepts for Earth System Science....
This online interactive allows users to explore NASA visualizations in 3D. Users have access to a number of data sets, as well as imagery of Earth mission satellites in orbit. Information is included ...
This 16-page NASA Earth Science Images and Data booklet illustrates multiple NASA sources that allow educators to incorporate real data and images in their teaching. Sample resources as well as firsth...
This 3-part series of recorded webinars developed for educators will introduce you to Landsat imagery, teach you how to create images of your own location or other area of interest, and more. ...
This web¬site features images, stories and discoveries from NASA Earth science research. Check out the Global Maps section for animated maps showing month-to-month changes of key parameters in Earth...
This website features a collection of climate news, visualizations, FAQs, interactives and resources related to the changing climate and NASA’s role in studying climate change. Interactives like the...
NASA Earth Observations (NEO) helps users picture climate and environmental changes as they occur on Earth. Browse and download imagery of satellite data from NASA's constellation of Earth Observ...