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Visualizations for Educators
Overview
Phenomena are observable events that occur in nature. Data visualizations can offer new ways for students to experience and explore Earth and space phenomena that happen over large scales of time and at great distances. This gallery includes visualizations of phenomena that support topics that are taught in middle and high school and are aligned with select Next Generation Science Standards.
This gallery was curated by Anne Arundle County Science Teachers Margaret Graham and Jeremy Milligan with support from Dr. Rachel Connolly during the summer of 2022. A video showing how Jeremy Milligan uses SVS resources to develop a phenomena-based lesson is also available.
ESS1.A The Universe and its Stars
The Earth’s Place in the Universe collection contains visuals that support phenomena based learning with a focus on the NGSS standards. The middle school standards focus on patterns of motion including rotation, seasons, eclipses, moon phases, orbits of planets, and the motions of galaxies. At the high school level topics include the life cycle of the Sun, Big Bang theory, and orbital motion.
- Electromagnetic Spectrum (A graphical representation of the electromagnetic spectrum, Animation depicting the different characteristics of each wavelength type)
- Big Bang Animation
- Zoom In on Galaxy M87
- Black Holes Orrery
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
This animation shows a graphical representation of the electromagnetic spectrum and includes - Radio Waves, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-Rays and Gamma Rays || Electromagnetic Spectrum ||
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Animation depicting the electromagnetic spectrum and the different characteristics of each wavelength type. 4k resolution. || The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all types of EM radiation. Radiation is energy that travels and spreads out as it goes – the visible light that comes from a lamp in your house and the radio waves that come from a radio station are two types of electromagnetic radiation. The other types of EM radiation that make up the electromagnetic spectrum are microwaves, infrared light, ultraviolet light, X-rays and gamma-rays. ||
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Big Bang Animation--5k Resolution
Artist's interpretation of the Big Bang, with representations of the early universe and its expansion. ||
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Zoom In on Galaxy M87
This movie zooms into galaxy M87 using real visible light, X-ray and radio pictures of the galaxy, its jet of high-speed particles, and the shadow of its central black hole. || This movie is available both with and without on-screen text.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterMusic: "Tension Underlying" from Universal Production Music ||
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An Orrery of Black Holes and Their Companions
Full visualization of the binary system black hole orrery with labels and legend included.Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio || This visualization shows 22 X-ray binaries in our Milky Way galaxy and its nearest neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud, that host confirmed stellar-mass black holes. The systems are shown at the same physical scale, and their orbital motion is sped up by nearly 22,000 times. All of the binaries are angled to replicate our view of them from Earth. The star colors range from blue-white to reddish, representing temperatures from 5 times hotter to 45% cooler than our Sun. Because the accretion disks reach even higher temperatures, they use a different color scheme. While the black holes appear on a scale reflecting their masses, all are depicted using spheres much larger than actual size. Cygnus X-1’s black hole, the first one ever confirmed, weighs about 21 times more than the Sun, but its surface – called its event horizon – spans only about 77 miles (124 kilometers). The enlarged spheres also cover up visible distortions produced by the black holes’ gravitational effects.In most of these systems, a stream of gas often flows directly from the star toward the black hole, forming around it a broad, flattened structure called an accretion disk. In others, like Cygnus X-1, a massive star produces a thick outflow called a stellar wind, some of which becomes swept up by the black hole’s intense gravity. Gas in the accretion disk heats up as the material slowly spirals inward, glowing in visible, ultraviolet, and finally X-ray light. ||
ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System
Earth and the Solar System (ESS1.B)
- NASA Eyes Interactive
- Solar System Orbits
- Moon Rotation and Revolution
- Rotating Earth at Night
- Great Zoom with Spin
- Solar System Orbits
- Black Marble
- Seasons (Reason for the Seasons, Vegetation Index, Seasonal Ice and Snow Cover, Seasonal Glow from plants, Global Biosphere, Net Radiation)
- Eclipses (Lunar Eclipse, Eclipses Orbit, Lunar Eclipse from Moon, Lunar Eclipse Explained, Solar Eclipse)
- Moon Phases (Moon Phases for 1 year, Moon Phases w/ Moon orbit)
ESS1.B: Weather and Climate
The Earth’s Systems collection contains visuals showing weather and climate. These standards also focus on systems like the hydrologic cycle, ocean currents, glacial ice melt, and the carbon cycle.
Weather and Climate(ESS1.B)- Global Precipitation 1 Week (current)
- Global Tour of Precipitation
- Global Precipitation June 2015 - Sept 2015
- Earth System of Systems (precipitation, soil moist, wind, clouds)
- El Nino
- El Nino Sea Surface Temperature
- Water Vapor
- Precipitation Diurnal Cycles
- 2021 Hurricane Season
- Aerosols in the Atmosphere
- 3D Atmospheric River
- Dust in the Wind (aerosols)
- Simulated Clouds & Aerosols
- Global Sea Surface Currents and Temperatures
- GLOBE Observer Clouds App
- North Atlantic Surface Currents and Temperatures
- North Atlantic Surface Currents and Temperatures
- Gulf Stream Surface & Depth
HESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
The Earth and Human Activity collection focuses on how humans interact with and change the Earth. These standards include global climate change, environmental hazards and mitigation strategies, and the effects of population increases on natural resources.
- Impact of Climate Change on Crops
- Deforestation in Ji-Parana
- Amazon Deforestation 2000-2010
- Droughts (Root Zone & Groundwater)
- Sea Surface Temp & Diseases
- Global Methane Trends
- Atmospheric Methane for 1 year
- Nitrogen Dioxide 2005-2021
- Human Vulnerability (Danger for Agriculture Workers)
- Covid Shutdowns and Emissions
- Reduced Pollution from Covid-19
HESS3.D: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
- Weekly Arctic Sea Ice 1984-2019
- Global Temp Anomalies
- 2021 Global Temperature Report
- NASA Earth Observatory Temp Anomaly Graph
- Cimate Spiral
- Zonal Climate Anomalies
- Shifting Temperature Distribution
- Climate Drivers (visual & graphs)
- Impact of climate change on crops
- Global Biosphere 20 years (ocean chlorophyll & land plants)
- Groundwater Storage
- CO2 over a year (2020-2021)
- CO2 over 20 years (2002-2022) from space
- CO2 increase graph (Keeling Curve)
- Annual Arctic Sea Ice Min
- Climate Change in Yellowstone
- Ocean Garbage Patch Visualization Experiment