Description:
For K-12 students -- includes activities and information related to NASA's Earth science program. Here you can learn about how NASA studies air, land, natural hazards, water, and people, including careers in the Earth sciences. Activities include: color a satellite image; graph ozone depletion, take a virtual reality tour of a hurricane and learn if any hurricanes have your name; explore how air pressure affects you, and discover El Niño and making sense of the weather.

Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

URL:
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/

Cost:
Free over the Internet

Education Level:
Kindergarten-Grade 4
Grades 5-8
Grades 9-12

Subject:
Climate
Earth System Science
El Niño
Remote Sensing
Hurricanes
Weather

Resource Type:
Internet Site

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00