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Web-based Delivery of the Latest and Best Earth Science
Anyone who questions the value of the Internet as an Earth and space science education resource should visit NASA's Earth Observatory. The Web site demonstrates how Internet and visualization technologies can serve as extraordinary resources for classroom studies, teacher professional development and informal education. The site is dedicated to Earth science, providing the latest news, information and satellite imagery about our home planet. Every week, it features timely satellite photography and concise explanations of the latest discoveries in Earth science, any of which can trigger student inquiries and investigations. It offers a rich variety of reference materials on all aspects of Earth and space science, including remote sensing, geoscience pioneers and NASA missions. It provides datasets that users can graph and display with animations, dynamically revealing how key environmental parameters vary over the planet and change over time.
Subscribe to Earth Observatory, which is free, and receive a weekly e-mail announcing the latest images and news culled from NASA satellites, encompassing the full scope of Earth and space science.
www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov
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