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GPM Anime Contest Webquest Part 2: Weather & Climate

Three lightning bolts strike above Washington DC - by Brian Allen
Primary Topic: 
All Topics
Subtopics: 
Weather and Climate, Weather, Climate, Energy Cycle
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, Formal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ESS3.D
Summary: 
Part 2 of a 4 part webquest that teaches the basics of precipitation science and technology. Prepares students for the GPM Anime Contest.

GPM Anime Contest Webquest Part 1: Water Cycle

Photo of a drop of water rippling in a pond
Primary Topic: 
All Topics
Subtopics: 
Hydrologic Cycle, Precipitation, Water & Life
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.C
Summary: 
Part 1 of a 4 part webquest that teaches the basics of precipitation science. Prepares students for the GPM Anime Contest.

GPM Poster and Classroom Activity

GPM Poster showing the GPM core observatory and constellation satellites
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Remote Sensing, Societal Applications, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Image
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, GPM Constellation, international partners, TRMM, JAXA
Summary: 
This poster for the Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM) shows the GPM Core Observatory and constellation satellites on the front, and GPM information and educational activities on the back.

GPM Informational Lithograph

Front page of lithograph showing the GPM core
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Remote Sensing, Societal Applications
Type: 
Image
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, GPM Constellation, international partners, TRMM, JAXA
Summary: 
An informational lithograph / handout which shows images of the GPM Core Observatory and constellation satellites, and explains the goals and methods of the GPM mission.

Satellite Monitors Rain that Triggers Landslides

Landslide in the Philippine village of Guinsaugon,
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Remote Sensing, Floods, Landslides, World Health
Type: 
Article
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS3.B, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
heavy rain, tropics, landslide database, TRMM
Summary: 
This article explains how NASA scientists use TRMM satellite rainfall data to help predict and prepare for landslides.

Faces of GPM: Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, GPM Applications Scientist

Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Remote Sensing, STEM Careers, Societal Applications, Landslides
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS3.B, ESS3.D
Keywords: 
Goddard Space Flight Center, Faces of GPM, physical science
Summary: 
Interview with Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, research physical scientist and GPM Applications Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

How do you Build a Weather Satellite?

How do you Build a Weather Satellite?
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, K - 5
Standards: 
ETS2.A
Keywords: 
engineering, orbit, sensors
Summary: 
This booklet explains the basics of weather satellites and contains activities to explain questions like "How does a satellite stay up in space without falling back to Earth? "

Where do Hurricanes get their Energy?

Where do Hurricanes get their Energy?
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Weather and Climate, Tropical Cyclones, Energy Cycle
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ESS3.B, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
extreme weather, hurricanes, tropical cyclones, satellites, latent heat
Summary: 
How do hurricanes get their energy? NASA hurricane scientist Dr. Jeff Halverson explains how hurricanes draw energy from the ocean surface.

World Droughts From 2005 to 2009 Versus Where Crops are Grown

World Droughts From 2005 to 2009 Versus Where Crops are Grown
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Data, Freshwater Resources, World Health
Type: 
Image
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, Formal, General
Standards: 
ESS3.A
Keywords: 
drought, agriculture
Summary: 
Using data from various satellites, these images show maps of the location of world droughts compared to where crops are grown.

India's Disappearing Water

Screenshot from India's disappearing water
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Remote Sensing, Freshwater Resources, World Health
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS3.A, ESS3.C
Keywords: 
hydrology, groundwater, water table, gravitational field, GRACE
Summary: 
During the past decade, groundwater beneath the northern Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan has decreased by more than 88 million acre-feet. Using NASA's twin GRACE satellites, scientists determined the rate of groundwater change in India.

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