Subject: AQUA Satellite Mission

Link: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Water/water_5.html

Description: NASA satellite mission to monitor water in the Earth's environment

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Subject: ICESat Satellite Mission

Link: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/ICESat/

Description: NASA satellite mission to understand how changes in the Earths atmosphere and climate affect polar ice masses and global sea level. ICESat will also measure the distribution of clouds and aerosols, as well as land topography, sea ice, and vegetation cover.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Subject: GRACE Satellite Mission

Link: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/GRACE_Revised/

Description: NASA Satellite mission detects changes in Earths gravity field

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Fact Sheet

Subject: Global Precipitation Measurement(GPM) Satellite Mission

Link: http://gpm.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Description: This homepage for the GPM will describe anticipated services and justification for satellite-based research on global precipitation.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Scientific Articles, Fact Sheet, Multimedia, and Public Outreach.

Subject: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)

Link: http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview_dir/background.html

Description: The homepage to the TRMM mission will provide information regarding the satellite and it's instruments, images of the satellite, news, and the option of searching for TRMM data. While the information is complex, certain parts of the site are designed to be understandable by younger audiences.

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Fact Sheet with Images and a Search Tool.

Subject: EOS-Aura Satellite Mission

Link: http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Description: This site will provide current news articles about the mission, details about the instruments, along with helpful images.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Fact Sheet, FAQ, Scientific Photographs

Subject: EOS-Aura Satellite Mission

Link: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aura/main/index.html

Description: The home page of the satellite mission gives a more indepth look at the space craft and images, and also provides related multimedia like videos

Resource Type: Fact Sheet, Multimedia

Subject: EOS-Terra Satellite Mission

Link: http://terra.nasa.gov/About/

Description: The home page of this satellite mission will describe the goals of the Terra mission, and provides detailed explanations and images of its instruments and data. Terra publications are also available in online form.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Gallery, Fact Sheet, Reference Material

Subject: SORCE Satellite Mission

Link: http://lasp.colorado.edu/sorce/education/edu_outreach.htm

Description: This website provides multimedia like images and videos for classroom use. Additionally, Classroom experiments, an online PDF Fact Sheet, and a Student Q&A are provided for further discussion. Information regarding the SORCE satellite itself is summarized and links to more resources are provided

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Fact Sheet, Multimedia, FAQ, Experiments, Information Reference.

Subject: TOMS Satellite Mission

Link: http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/teacher/teacher.html

Description: This particular link will take you to a list of classroom activities and lessons, as well as projects for more advanced students. Activity sheets are provided online. Instruments used by the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer are described in this website as well. Further multimedia is provided, including images about the ozone layer.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Images, Movies, Reference, Activities and Project.

Subject: GOES Satellite Mission

Link: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/spacecraft/index.html

Description: This site describes the actual satellite and the instruments used by the satellite. Project details and contributions to the community are outlined. Colorful images are provided, as well as links to other educational databases.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Image Gallery, Reference

Subject: QuickSCAT Satellite Mission

Link: http://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/quikscat/index.cfm

Description: The QuickSCAT home page will give a brief mission overview and mission objectives. Provided for reference are instrument statistics, satellite images, and animations. Actual resources like CDs and videos may be ordered as well.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Image Gallery, Animations, Data, Reference

Subject: UARS: The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (Decommissioned)

Link: http://umpgal.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Description: The satellite home page provides detailed status reports of the mission up to its decommissioning in 2005. Various instruments aboard the space craft are explained with many QuickTime movies as well. For further reference, check out the mission brochure and "UARS Science Highlights" for a brief summary.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Reference Material

Subject: CloudSat Satellite Mission

Link:http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/education/cloudsat_resources

Description: CD ROM contains educational activities, artwork and references, along with a glossary, video clips of CloudSat scientists and other mission personnel describing their careers and answering questions about climate, weather, radar and the mission, plus links to further information.

'Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Presentation/Demo

Subject: Calipso Satellite Mission

Link: http://calipsooutreach.hamptonu.edu/lessons.html

Description: NASA CONNECT program which helps students understand how weather affects everyone's daily lives and learn about two NASA satellite Earth Science missions, CALIPSO and CloudSat.

Grade level: Middle School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity, Guide for Instructor

Subject: Aquarius: Satellite Mission

Link: http://aquarius.nasa.gov/education.php

Description: The Aquarius satellite will launch in 2009, and its instruments will measure sea salinity. This website provides background information, lessons, data, and even a glossary. Activities include relating salt to density, conductivity, buoyancy, and understanding the effect of the water cycle on salinity.

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity, Lesson Plan, Image Gallery, Reference Material

Subject: NPOESS: Satellite Mission (Instruments)

Link: http://www.ipo.noaa.gov/Technology/sensors.html and http://www.ipo.noaa.gov/Gallery/gallery.html

Description: This website will describe existing NPOESS instruments, as well as instruments currently under development. Information gathered on this mission can also be viewed in an image gallery.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Reference Material