Programs

 

Links

• Earth Science Challenge Forum - A shared online forum for students and teachers completing Earth Science challenge activities. The forum includes links to the Earth Science Challenge activities and resources and to students’ portfolios of snapshots and observations. Students can upload imagery, text and videos, comment on other’s journals. Teachers can contribute Earth Science lessons of their own. Challenger Center educational staff moderates all posts. http://www.challengerkids.org  

• Windows on Earth is a simulated real-time interactive view from the International Space Station using a database of satellite imagery.  Includes guided tours, comparison images and images for planetary stewardship.
  http://winearth.terc.edu/

• The Gateway of Astronaut Photography - The most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth, The database tracks the locations, supporting data, and digital images for astronaut’s photographs from the Mercury missions in the early 1960s to the ISS.,550 views of the Earth include 331,695 from the International Space Station.
  http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/

• Astronaut Views of the Home Planet: Earth from Space - Searchable database by cities, Earth landscapes, Earth-Human Interactions, Distinctive features, hurricanes and weather, Earth’s Water Habitats, Geographic Regions. http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/efs/

• NASA Earth Observatory - The Earth Observatory’s mission is to share the images, stories, and discoveries about climate and the environment that emerge from NASA’s Earth system science research, including its satellite missions, in-the-field research, and computer models. Many examples of change over time.
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

• Global Climate Change: NASA's Eyes on the Earth - Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA including multimedia interactives such as the Climate Time Machine. Many examples of change over time.
  http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/

• NASA Image Exchange - Provides a single entry point for performing searches for photographs and images at multiple NASA Centers simultaneously.
  http://nix.nasa.gov/.

• The Nature Conservancy - Protecting Nature, Preserving Life – The Nature Conservancy is an organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people that was founded in 1951. They have protected more than 119 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide — and operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally. They address threats to conservation involving climate change, fire, fresh water, forests, invasive species, and marine ecosystems. http://www.nature.org

  EarthKam Project

• ISS EarthKAM - A NASA sponsored program that provides high quality photographs of our planet taken from the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. Since 1996, ISS EarthKAM students have taken thousands of photographs of Earth by using the web to direct a digital camera on select space flights and currently on the International Space Station.
• Image Library – A database of thousands of digital images of the earth.
  http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/images/index.shtml
• Educators - Materials and resources to incorporate ISS EarthKAM into the classroom.
  http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/educators/index.shtml
• Students - See what others have done with their images - have some fun learning about our world and what these digital images show.
  http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/students/index.shtml

Earth from Space Image Collections

• Visible Earth – A Catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet.
  http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
• Smithsonian’s Earth From Space - Developed by the Smithsonian Institution, this website includes images and online tutorials in how to see signs of life, human presence, features of the land, water and air and the use of satellite technology and remote sensing,
  http://www.earthfromspace.si.edu/
• Earth From Space - Quotes from Astronauts and a selection of dramatic images.
  http://www.solarviews.com/eng/earthsp.htm
• Earth from a Spacecraft – To view the Earth as currently seen from a satellite in Earth orbit, choose the satellite from the list below and press the "View Earth from Satellite" button. The satellite database is updated regularly but may not reflect the current position of satellites, such as the U.S. Space Shuttle, which maneuver frequently after reaching orbit.
  http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/satellite.html
• Observing the Earth - European Space Agency
  http://www.esa.int/esaEO/index.html
• Earth Observatory Experiments
  Hands-on educational activities.
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/
• NASA Earth Observations
  View, download, and analyze imagery of Earth science data.
  http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Search.html
• Blue Marble
  Composite satellite images of the entire Earth.
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BlueMarble/