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Suggested Uses
Current Solar Images
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/images/latest.html 		Measure the rotation rate of our nearest star.
Data Collecting in the Classroom
 A unit for grade 9 students that uses data from class members as a basis for analysis.
Earth Probe TOMS Data & Images
http://jwocky.gsfc.nasangov/eptoms/ep.htm l		 Determine the extent of seasonal variation in the ozone layer.
Earthquakes Recorded by CNSS
www.geophys.washington.edu/us.epi.gif 		Outline patters of earthquake locations.
HickokSports.com
http://www.hickoksports.com/history/ 		 Sse these records to predict the record times in the next Olympics in each of the categories.
J-Track 2.0 Satellite Locator
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/Spacecraft.html
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/NOAA.html		 Measure the orbital period and calculate orbiting altitudes for major satellites.
Mars Today
www-mgcm.arc.nasa.gov/ 		Track weather systems and monitor temperature changes on Mars.
Snow Water Equivalent
ftp://ftp.nohrsc.nws.gov/pub/products/west/wuw_new.gif 		Predict when and where flooding is likely to occur.
Solar System Live
www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html 		Determine the best time to view or travel to other planets.
Space Science and Engineering Center
www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/ 		Determine patterns of changing ocean temperatures to predict the best fishing locations.
The Weather Channel
www.weather.com/weather/maps/ 		Create weather forecast and describe why certain predictions are made.
Today's Space Weather or Space Weather Today Space Weather Today
www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html or www.windows.umich.edu/space/latest.html 		Predict the best time to observe the aurora borealis.
Urban Systemic Initiative 
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/workshops/usi/dataproject/ 		 data set (diving records) to download and instructions for
making a ClarisWorks or Excel graph
U.S. Census Bureau: The Official Statistics
www.census.gov 		Use mathematics to model national and world population growth.
Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html 		Predict the moon's appearance on successive nights.
Weather Net
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxcam.html 		Using weather reports, guess what the sky and the ground look like in various US cities and check the accuracy of the weather predictions.
Yohkoh Public Outreach Project
www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Classroom/ 		See animations of the solar system.
 

 2000-01  M. Llarull - Department of Mathematics - NJTQEC - William Paterson University