Description:
Using the Internet, students make weather maps, showing geographic locations of fronts, then compare them with an online animation showing a series of locations for the jet stream for the same time period. They draw conclusions about the relationship between the location of the jet stream and the locations of the fronts they mapped.

This investigation is under development. To participate in pilot testing, go to the website for NASA Goddard Earth and Space Science Education Project (GESSEP): http://education.gsfc.nasa.gov/experimental/July61999siteupdate/inv99Project.Site/invhome.html and click on "To Pilot Investigations."

Organization:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

URL:
http://education.gsfc.nasa.gov/experimental/all98invProject.Site/Pages/trl/inv5-6.html

Contact:
Activity Principal Investigator: Connie Lenhart

GESSEP Program Principal Investigator: Steve Gilligan
Email: charles1@mail.ameritel.net

GESSEP Program Co-Investigator: Vern Smith
Email: vern@aesp.nasa.okstate.edu

Cost:
Free over the Internet

Education Level:
Grades 5-8

Subject:
Atmosphere
Meteorology
Weather

Resource Type:
Internet Site
Curriculum/Instructional Materials
 
 

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