Web Activities Using Scientific Data

    Join Jane as she explores the Web using Browser tools and doing scientific analysis using data from government and university sources.

    This is the Web version of the popular Internet Activities Using Scientific Data produced by the Space Environment Center and its education partners.-June 1998

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Introduction

 

    A series of mice help get through the fine points of Web understanding and navigation. It's worth a stop here to find out what you don't know.

  • URL types
  • Conventions
  • About the government sites
  • Cool Sites

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Activity 1: Finding People in Cyberspace

Meet Jane and help her plan an anniversary party for her parents.

  • Run a Web Browser
  • Use the Mail feature
  • Browse for e-mail addresses

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Activity 2: Finding Science on the Web

With her new puppy, Sandy, Jane checks out local earthquakes.

  • Conference with Browsers (talk, draw, file transfer, video conferencing)
  • Browse for subjects
  • Look for recent local earthquakes

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Activity 3: The Space Shuttle

Jane looks into space shuttle launches and visits the library.

  • Investigate some of the NASA sites
  • Visit Library Card Catalogs

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Activity 4: Weather and Climate

Jane plans a school outing based on the weather, and finds out about climate, too .

  • Find local weather
  • Research El Nino
  • Track icebergs

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Activity 5: Finding Programs

Jane looks for programs on the Web, something different from Web pages.

  • Search with archie
  • Transfer the file
  • Run a game or simulator

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Activity 6: The Sun

Jane researches information about sunspots by going to a gopher site. While there she checks out the latest eclipse pictures.

  • Use veronica to search gopher sites
  • Look at images of the sun and a plot of sunspot number
  • Check High Frequency Radio Propagation reports
  • Look at images of an annular and a total eclipse

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Activity 7: Hazards

Jane looks at hazards around the world with an eye towards moving.

  • Search an earthquake database for specific locations and losses.
  • Search for volcano locations.
  • Grab data off the Web and plot it on your own computer.
  • Look at plate tectonics and city lights.

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Activity 8: The Winds

Jane helps the family ready for a flight across the country.

  • Look at an elevation map of the country.
  • Learn to read data on a weather map
  • Check the winds at 30,000 feet

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Activity 9: Study Greenhouse Gases

Jane finishes up the semester with a report on greenhouse gases.

  • Read about Greenhouse Gases
  • Look at plots of the Ozone hole
  • Download CO2 data and plot it

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