Physical Characteristics of the Troposphere
Students will learn about environmental trends in the troposphere- temperature, dew point, pressure and wind speed- by checking their hypotheses against data collected by weather balloons launched from the NOAA ship R/V Ronald H. Brown September 15, 2001 by Dr. Rob Cifelli from Colorado State University.

Cruise Conditions: Graphing and Statistics Lesson Plan
Students will graph some of the weather conditions at 10N, 95W for the 18-day period when the Ronald H. Brown NOAA research vessel was stationed there.

Correlating Atmospheric Data Lesson Plan
Students will examine data presented on several different graphs to explain anomalies and make correlations.

Exploring Planets:
More than 25 hands-on science activities are provided in classroom-ready pages for both teachers and students for exploring Earth, the planets, geology, and space sciences.

Discoveryschools.com

Teachnology
Space and Astronomy Lesson Plans

The Space Place
A great site from NASA to explore with your students. Don't miss the Goodies for Teachers area for printables and lesson worksheets.

NASA Spacelink
Use this website to start your search of the NASA collection of educational materials, such as classroom lessons, online activities, and multimedia resources.

NASA Explores
Express Lessons and Online Resources

Lesson Plan Central
An educator's guide to lesson plans, worksheets, web links, and more.

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