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1. NASA's Sally Ride EarthKAM Activity

   ... To gain first-hand knowledge of and practice using tools of science and measurement, including: ISS Orbital Mechanics Latitude ... total. Activity Description Sally Ride EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students) is a NASA educational ...

   Dave Curry - Oct 4 2016 - 9:23pm - 0 comments

2. Why is Earth called the Water Planet? - PAESTA Podcast Series: Episode 21

   ... Federle and today I will be answering the question, why is Earth called the water planet?  Now the Earth is a very watery place but the ... glaciers and polar ice caps.  A majority of our freshwater comes from rain falling from the sky and moves into the oceans lakes and ...

   Laura Guertin - Jul 27 2016 - 9:31am - 0 comments

3. Happy Valley (PSU) From the ISS, 261 Miles Up!

   ... Hydrosphere Lithosphere My 8th grade Earth Science students requested this image from the International Space Station's ...

   Dave Curry - Jun 3 2016 - 11:24am - 0 comments

4. Bottled vs. tap water, which is better? - PAESTA Podcast Series: Episode 35

   ... answer. Let’s first talk about who regulates what, when it comes to tap and bottled water. The Food and Drug Administration or, FDA is ... bottled water and tap water are so heavily regulated, it comes down to personal preference. Some people like the taste of bottled water ...

   Laura Guertin - Aug 6 2017 - 7:11pm - 0 comments

5. Energy

   ... to be added) PAESTA Favorite Reads Earth: The Operators’ Manual Energy & Society: An Introduction ... Humans Took Control of Climate Outside of PAESTA - Science and data resources American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has an ...

   Laura Guertin - Mar 14 2017 - 9:38pm

6. Exploring Regional Climate Patterns and Generalizing the Results to Enhance Deep Conceptualization

   ... Activity Description An understanding of climate science and the processes that control Earth’s past, present and future climate is increasingly important for ... The first step in investigating the complexities of climate comes in trying to understand the fluid dynamics of atmospheric circulation. ...

   Bryan Brightbill - May 22 2015 - 10:57am - 0 comments

7. Fast Rising Sea Level on U.S. East Coast

   ... Learning Objectives Students will read a recent science news article and discuss the content. Depending the on the article, ... (Part of the PAESTA In The News - Current Events in Earth and Space Science Series. This series compiles current resources and ...

   Laura Guertin - Apr 18 2016 - 9:53am - 0 comments

8. Focus Day 2: Earth Science Literacy Day

   ... MONDAY  --  Learn the fundamentals of geosciences with Earth Science: Big Idea, a video series developed to explain why Earth science ...

   PAESTA Webmaster - Aug 31 2016 - 9:25am

9. Why 2 degrees Celsius matters

   ... discussion in class of temperature changes with using the Image of the Day exercise in the PAESTA Classroom. I use the image of ... limit? PBS News Hour offers some background on that climate science target (this is a complete transcript (link is external) for the ...

   Laura Guertin - Aug 29 2016 - 3:56pm - 0 comments

10. 2012 PAESTA Conference

    Linking Earth and Space Science Instruction to Career Opportunities In celebration with Earth ... at the American Geosciences Institute Workforce Program . 10:00AM - 11:00 Collaborative Approach to ...

    PAESTA - Apr 2 2014 - 10:53am

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