Atmosphere Links

• NOAA Solar Noon Calculator
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• NOAA News (info on today)
• National Weather Service - A NOAA Organization
• Cloud Quiz (photo multiple choice from National Climate Data Center)
• American Meteorological Society
• DataStream Project (AMS)
• AMS Education
• Oklahoma Climatological Survey -- Teacher Resources
• Weather Teacher Lounge - The Weather Channel
• Weather and Global Monitoring - Charles Sturt University, Australia
• ClimateLink - EPA
• AirNow - EPA

Servere Weather, Climate Change

• Winter Weather Awareness NWS - Office of Meteorology (actions to take in servere weather)
• On the SafeSide - The Weather Channel
• Here Comes Urban Heat

Hydrology Links

• HACH H2OU
• USGS Water Resources Education Resources (activities, lesson plans)
• National Ice Center NOAA
• Project WET Water Education for Teachers
• Water Properties - Iowa Project WET
• Water Treatment - University of Exeter, UK
• Snow Crystals - Caltech

International Year of the Ocean

• International Year of the Ocean (1998)
• Ocean Planet Homepage - Smithsonian (be sure to visit education page)

Soils Links

• Soil Science Education Page
• Soil Characterization Protocols (step by step with pictures)
• Natural Resources Conservation Service - NRCS
• NRSC Soils Website

Landcover/Biology

• GLOBE Landcover (The GLOBE Land Cover Team Site)
• TopoZone (has topo maps for entire USA, great to double check your elevation)
• PhotoFinder (cheap aerial photos from USGS)
• WWW Virtual Library: Forestry
• TreeLink: What Tree Is That? (tree key)

Geographic Information Systems and Map Links

• MultiSpec Homepage - Purdue University (free download of program to manipulate your school's satellite image)
• Working with Maps From USGS "The Learning Web" (activities for K-12)
• Map Machine - National Geographic
• Intergraph GIS Software (free teacher kit)
• USGS Mapping Information (search for your school in this query form)
• GIS Day - National Geographic Society, ESRI and The Association of American Geographers
• EPA GIS
• US Community Atlas From ESRI (great project for 9th-12th grades
• Earth and Sky Radio Program
• Greater Yellowstone Area Data Clearninghouse (great maps of Yellowstone)
• ArcView School Tools (extension to ArcView that lets you register satellite images to maps, clip features, merge features, join tables, change fonts, create buffers, and more... Available for Macs and PC's)
• Geography About.com

Satellite and Space Links

• LANDSAT 7 - USGS
• LANDSAT 7 Informational Article
• SatPasses (Satellite Passes Over North American Cities)
• Earth View Whole Earth Images
• TerraServer Unique Images from Satellites and USGS
• Digital Terrain Data - NOAA National Data Centers
• NASA Image Studio
• NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library
• Remote Sensing Core Curriculum

Phenology/Seasons

• Operation Ruby Throat (GLOBE's only animal protocol!)

Miscellaneous Great Links

• Time Service Department - U. S. Naval Observatory (UTC Master Clock Time)
• - Sun/moon event times by Location and Date (Solar Transit is Noon)
• Discover (science news)

  If you know of a link which should be on this list please send your suggestion to Marcy Seavey, Coordinator GLOBE Iowa.