Students practice data collection skills by observing common bugs found in their local environment. Once the data is collected they complete data sheets to compare, contrast, sort, and classify the insects. The lesson includes...

The Space Environment Center put together an introduction to our sun and space weather that it creates during it's 11 year weather cycle. Learn about different solar anomalies and the effects they have on earth with pipelines, geologic...

This slideshow gives an advanced-level explanation of how to calculate the distance that tectonic plates move by using Physics formulas and concepts. Includes a discussion of marine magnetic anomalies and how these impact plate movement....

This website grew out of a field trip to Isle Royale, an island in Lake Superior, to study its geology. This page explains the concept of paleomagnetism, evidence that can be found around Lake Superior, and some magnetic anomalies that...

Topics covered in this slideshow include the Earth's interior, seismic S- and P-waves, the crust and mantle, phase boundaries encountered by seismic waves, the Earth's internal heat, gravity and density, gravitational anomalies, the...

This article discusses a map generated by the European Space Agency's Swarm mission that depicts Earth's magnetic field using satellites to measure magnetism. The map reveals magnetic stripes and magnetic anomalies. The article includes...

Learners analyze data gathered from sensors and develop filtering algorithms for anomalies and outliers, then use these algorithms to make decisions on sensor data as it is being collected.

Provides large colorful maps of climate data about each continent for the current week, month, or previous quarter.

This site is one family's personal experience with Apert's Syndrome in the life of their son. Shows pictures of the deformed child and explains the procedures he underwent to correct them. Also devotes one whole page to explaining the...

This lesson introduces students to the factors that contribute to desertification and solutions that have been implemented in the Sahel region of West Africa. A 21-page teaching guide is also provided. [4:39]

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how and where hurricanes develop. Learn how El Nino events alter the course of atmospheric circulation. Includes background reading material and discussion...

Take a tour of the human skeleton and see computer images of various bones of the body, including the normal bone and bones that have anomalies.

This lesson explores the impact of volcanic eruptions on the atmosphere. Students will analyze three types of visual information: a graph of aerosol optical depth v. global temperature, a global map with temperature anomalies, and an ash...

This site opens with a large picture of a little girl with Apert Syndrome. Scroll down for links to her story and videos of her as a baby. Link to countless other children with the same Syndrome.

This site from the Southampton Oceanography Centre provides an easy-to-understand definition and schematic of a Rossby Wave in the Introduction hyperlink. Also includes information on how to observe Rossby waves in satellite data and a...

Discusses discoveries that laid the foundation for scientists' understanding of paleomagnetism, continental drift, and magnetic reversals.

A team of astrophysicists recently discovered a planet that is not bound by the gravity of a single star. This anomaly has allowed scientists to study the new qualities of this errant planet.

This site from NASA states Kepler's second law of planetary motion and depicts its meaning with an informative diagram. Relates the law to conservation of energy principles and discusses the eccentricity of a satellite's (or a planet's)...

A general site about Craniosynostosis, a birth defect causing the head to be an abnormal shape. What causes it and what can be done for it?

This site provides an image of M.C. Escher's lithograph, "Convex and Concave," which can be enlarged by clicking on it. Included is a brief quote, "from the text of M.C. Escher - the Graphic Work," which provides some insight into...