Bright Hub: Technology Used to Collect Weather Data

Bring the sun to your class! Young scholars analyze actual solar wind data in the second instructional activity of a five-part series. Their analysis includes speed, temperature, and density data.

Evaluate global temperature anomalies using real-world data from NASA! Climatologists analyze a data set using a literacy cube and differentiated question sheets. Team members evaluate global temperature anomaly data with basic...

The next time you read a magazine or watch the news, make note of how many graphs you see because they are everywhere! Here, scholars collect, enter, and graph data using computers. The graphs are then analyzed to aid in discussion of...

How does the scientific process begin? Introduce ecology scholars to scientific inquiry through an insightful, data-driven lesson. Partners examine data from an ongoing research study to determine the questions it answers. The resource...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the various instruments that scientists use to collect weather data.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the various instruments that scientists use to collect weather data.

This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on collecting weather data. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.

Beginning with a discussion about using technology to collect data, this resource includes a video about the next Mars rover as an example. Young scientists are taught that filtering is necessary before collected data can be analyzed....

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the various instruments that scientists use to measure weather conditions, including advanced tools like satellites and radar.

An explanation of how data can be turned into visual forms which can help people comprehend information easier than observing numbers.