Earth is the only planet we know of that sustains life. From a vantage point above Earth, we can view the planet as a whole system, observe the results of complex interactions, and begin to understand how our planet is changing. This podcast introduces an Earth system science curriculum supplement called Astro-Venture, an interactive, multimedia Web environment highlighting astronomy, geology, biology and atmospheric science.
1. Introduction
2. What Is Atmospheric Science?
3. What Is a Geologist?
4. What Is a Biologist?
5. Let's Design a Planet!
6. And Don't Forget!
Related Content
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/missions/earth.html
The NASA Science mission directorate engages the nation’s science community, sponsors scientific research, and develops and deploys satellites and probes in collaboration with NASA’s partners around the world to answer fundamental questions requiring the view from and into space.
http://astroventure.arc.nasa.gov/
Atmospheric Science Teachers Guide and Lessons Plans
http://astroventure.arc.nasa.gov/teachers/atmos_train.html
NEO (NASA Earth Observations)
http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Search.html
Welcome to NEO -- NASA Earth Observations. Our mission is to help you picture climate change and environmental changes happening on our home planet. Here you can search for and retrieve satellite images of Earth. Download them, export them to Google Earth, order/retrieve NASA data with a click. Tracking regional and global changes around the world just got easier!
Geology Teachers Guide and Lesson Plans
http://astroventure.arc.nasa.gov/teachers/geo_train.html
Visit to an Ocean Planet
http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov./education/cdrom.html
This multimedia CD-ROM follows widely accepted science curriculum standards and has lessons andclassroom activities in climate, oceanography, and life in our oceans. This section also contains movies, images, and background materials for planning your lessons.
Biology Teacher Guide and Lesson Plans
http://astroventure.arc.nasa.gov/teachers/bio_train.html
Exploring the Environment (ETE)
The vision of the Exploring the Environment® online series is to promote reflective students who are knowledgeable of Earth's processes. The problems presented in the modules ask students to address human activities and their impacts upon the environment. Theses modules incorporate issues such as water quality, deforestation, biodiversity, volcanoes, ozone depletion, global climate change, and more.
Featuring problem-based learning, the Exploring the Environment series provides students with tools to investigate scientific, social, political, and cultural aspects of authentic, and often controversial, environmental problems.
Design A Planet Teacher Guide
http://astroventure.arc.nasa.gov/teachers/pdf/AV-DesignaPlanet.pdf
Sun-Earth Connection Forum
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/
The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum provides a unique contribution to the K-14 and informal education communities by focusing on the overall theme of Sun-Earth Connection science while highlighting the contributions of our missions.
NASA Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
The purpose of NASA’s Earth Observatory is to provide a freely accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth’s climate and environmental change.