Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons^™

Nasa’S S'Cool Program, Rob Snyder

STEM Earth Central

NASA's S'COOL program gives students an opportunity to provide "ground truth" measurements to help NASA verify that data collected by CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System) instruments. The CERES instrumentation has been launched into polar obits on three satellites

Eratosthenes' Proportion - Measure The Diameter Of The Earth, Stephen E. Schneider

STEM Earth Central

Objective: To use a midday shadow on or close to the day of an Equinox to calculate Earth’s Polar Circumference.

True Scale Solar System Models, Stephen E. Schneider

STEM Earth Central

Objectives:

To construct a true scale model of the solar system

To understand the size of Earth relative to the Solar System

To comprehend the sizes of planets versus the spaces between them

Planet Longitudes, Stephen E. Schneider

STEM Earth Central

Objectives:

To apply the concept of Longitude to the location of planets in their orbits.

To predict what planets can be seen in the night sky on any date.

Measuring Carbon Dioxide With Btb, Stephen E. Schneider

STEM Earth Central

No abstract provided.

Ozone: What Is It?, Stephen E. Schneider

STEM Earth Central

No abstract provided.

Map The Campus With Gps, Richard Yuretich, Rob Snyder

STEM Earth Central

Objective: To use a Global Positioning System device to collect data in order to construct a campus map.

Note: These instructions are for a Garmin 72 GPS. Refer to the GPS Basics document, the manual, or an on-line manual at http://www.garmin.com/products/gps72/ for additional information