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Resources in books and magazines
Elementary School Lesson Plans:
Florida’s
Fierce Fires: flfires.pdf
Home
Sweet Home: home.pdf
Anatomy
of a Hurricane: hurricaneanatomy.pdf
Introduction
to Satellite Imagery: imageryintro.pdf
Weather
on the Air: weatherontheair.pdf
Middle School Lesson Plans:
GOES
vs. POES: goesvspoes.pdf
Using
Satellite Imagery to Teach Map Skills: mapskills.pdf
Measuring
Distance Using Satellite Imagery: measuringdistance.pdf
Molecular
Motion: molecularmotion.pdf
The
Effects of Hurricanes on the Quality of Life…And the Need for Preparedness:
qualityoflife.pdf
High School Lesson Plans:
Identifying
Visible and Infrared Energy from the Earth Using POES Imagery: VISIRenergy.pdf
Climatic
Patterns: climaticpatterns.pdf
Coriolis
Effect: corioliseffect.pdf
Predicting
Elliptical Orbits: ellipticalorbits.pdf
Applications
of the Electromagnetic Spectrum to Weather Satellite Imagery: EMSpectrum.pdf
Fishing
with Satellites: fishingwithsatellites.pdf
Comparing
the Heat Capacity of Land and Ocean Using POES Imagery: heatcapacity.pdf
Preparedness
in Dealing with Hurricanes: hurricaneprep.pdf
Measuring
Distance using Satellite Imagery: measuringdistance.pdf
Molecular
Motion: molecularmotion.pdf
A
Determination of Rotational Speed Using Sequential POES Images: rotationalspeed.pdf
Image Library:
Forest
Fire Photo: Im1-HookFire.jpg
Hurricane
Mitch: Im2-Mitch.gif
Florida
Wildfires: Im3-G806221998.gif
Florida
Wildfires: Im4-N12ColorIR07021998.gif
Florida
Wildfires: Im5-G807021998.gif
Los
Alamos Forest Fires: Im6-N15Color05112000.jpg
Guatemala
Fires: Im7-N14Color04242000.jpg
Florida
Wildfires: Im8-G806231998.gif
Tennessee
Forest Fires: Im9-G8ch204111999.gif
Tennessee
Forest Fires: Im10-G8ch104111999.gif
NOAA
16 Image without Overlay: Im11-N1610162000.gif
NOAA
16 Image with Overlay: Im12-N16Overlay10162000.gif
GOES
8 Animation, featuring Hurricane: IM13-G809272000.gif
Drawing
of the NOAA 16 Satellite: IM14-NOAA16Photo.pdf
NOAA
15 Image featuring Hurricane Bonnie: IM15-N1508261998.jpg
NOAA
15 Image featuring Hurricane Floyd: IM16-N1509141999.jpg
NOAA
15 Image, Channels 2 and 4 side-by-side: IM17-N1509142000.jpg
NOAA
16 Image featuring Hurricane Keith, Channel 2: IM18-N1610042000CH2.jpg
NOAA
16 Image featuring Hurricane Keith, Channel 1: IM19-N1610042000CH1.jpg
Montana-Idaho
Forest Fires: IM20-N1208182000.jpg
NOAA
11 Image featuring Hurricane Andrew: IM21-N11108231992.gif
Doppler
Radar Image of Hurricane Andrew: IM22-RadarMIA1992.gif
NOAA
14 Image: IM23-N1409112000.gif
NOAA
2 Image from 1973: IM24-N204291973.jpg
NOAA
Image from 1974: IM25-03311974.jpg
Gulf
Stream Image: IM26-GulfStream.jpg
Daytime
Infrared Image: IM27-ir_pm.gif
Nighttime
Infrared Image: IM28-ir_am.gif
NOAA
12 Image: IM29-N1208152000.gif
NOAA
14 Channel 4 Image: IM30-N1411192000Ch4.gif
NOAA
14 Channel 2 Image: IM31-N1411192000CH2.gif
GOES
Image: IM32-G12042000.jpg
GOES
8 Animation: IM33-G810132000CH4.gif
NOAA
14 Channel 2 Image of front: IM34-N14frontCH2.gif
NOAA
14 Channel 4 Image of front: IM35-N14frontCH4.gif
Appendix:
KWL
Chart: Ap1-KWLchart.pdf
Hurricane
Tracking Chart: Ap2-TrackingChart.pdf
NASA’s
Looking at Earth from Space Book: Ap3-LookingatEarthFromSpace.pdf
POES
Coverage of the Earth: Ap4-POEScoverage.jpg
GOES
Coverage of the Earth: Ap5-GOEScoverage.jpg
POES
vs. GOES Satellite Comparison: Ap6-GOESvPOES.jpg
Illustration
of the POES and GOES orbits: Ap7-Orbits.jpg
Map
of Hurricane Andrew’s Damage: Ap8-AndrewsDamage.gif
Tracking
Map of Hurricane Andrew: Ap9-AndrewsTrack.gif
Plot
of Hurricane Andrew’s Path: Ap10AndrewsPlot.gif
Tracking
Data for Hurricane Andrew: Ap11-AndrewsTrackingData.pdf
Plot
of Hurricane Floyd’s Path: Ap12-Floydsplot.gif
Tracking
Data for Hurricane Floyd: Ap13-FloydsTrackingData.pdf
Damage
Photos from the Galveston Hurricane: Ap14-GalvestonDamagePhotos.pdf
American
Red Cross Guide to Hurricane Preparedness: Ap15-ARCHurricanePreparedness.pdf
National
Disaster Education Center Hurricane Guide: Ap16-NDECHurricaneGuide.pdf
Damage
Photos from Hurricane Andrew: Ap17-AndrewsDamage2.jpg
Electromagnetic
Spectrum: Ap18-EMSpectrum.pdf
Satellite
Imagery Interpretation Sheet: Ap19-ImageInterpretationSheet.pdf
Specific
Heats of Various Substances: AP20-SpecificHeat.pdf
Activities
for Electromagnetic Spectrum Lesson: AP21-EMSpectrumActivities.pdf
Photo
of the QFAX Predict Screen: AP22-qfaxpredictscreen.jpg
Photo
of the QFAX Capture Screen: AP23-qfaxcapturescreen.jpg
Albedo
of Various Substances: AP24-Albedo.pdf
Latitude
and Longitude Handout: AP25-LatLong.pdf
Activities
for Predicting Elliptical Orbits Lesson: AP26-EllipticalOrbitsWorksheet.pdf
Temperatures
that Common Species of Fish prefer: AP27-FishTemperatures.pdf
