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Browse Satellites Resources

Our World: Monitoring the Earth's Climate with CERES

CERES Thumbnail
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Climate, Technology, Satellites, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, K - 5
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
clouds, CERES, atmosphere, radiation budget, energy budget
Summary: 
Learn how scientists use a satellite called CERES to study the clouds and monitor Earth's climate changes.

GPM Anime Contest Webquest Part 3: Technology

GPM satellite and constellation
Primary Topic: 
All Topics
Subtopics: 
Technology, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Launch Vehicle
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, General
Standards: 
ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
GMI, DPR, GPM Core Observatory, GCPEx, Goddard Space Flight Center
Summary: 
Part 3 of a 4 part webquest that teaches the basics of precipitation science and technology. 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.

GPM Water Cycle Droplet Handout

Front of GPM droplet handout
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Hydrologic Cycle, Satellites, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Image
Audience: 
Outreach, Formal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, transpiration, evaporation, groundwater
Summary: 
Educational handout in the shape of a raindrop. The front shows a diagram of the water cycle, and the back has information about GPM and facts about water.

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? "

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.

Mississippi Flooding in 2011

Mississippi Flooding in 2011
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Remote Sensing, Floods
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS3.B
Keywords: 
natural disasters, LANDSAT
Summary: 
Heavy spring rains and snowmelt led to devastating floods along the Mississippi River in May 2011. Landsat 5 flew over the Mississippi River on May 10, 2011, giving a distinct view of the extraordinary extent of the flooding.

GPM Solar Array Deployment Test

Screenshot from solar deployment test
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Satellites, STEM Careers
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ETS2.A
Keywords: 
solar panels, Goddard Space Flight Center, GPM Core Observatory
Summary: 
This and other similar tests will verify the deployment function of the GPM Core Observatory solar arrays in ambient condition.

GPM: The Fresh(water) Connection

Water droplets
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Water & Life, Satellites, Societal Applications, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center
Summary: 
In this promotional video NASA scientists discuss why it is so important to study and track Earth's freshwater resources, and explain the purpose of the Global Precipitation Measurement mission.

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