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Your students can participate in the NASA Digital Learning Network, “Planet Earth” module. In order for students to understand the factors that affect hurricane formation, it is essential that students understand that our planet operates as a system. This is an optional videoconference that will allow students to access their prior knowledge during the Hurricane Challenge.
http://nasadln.nmsu.edu/dln/
Specifically for teachers, NASA has produced a media archive of a hurricane science professional development module. Per registration to this Challenge, you will receive a DVD of this event. Listen to Dr. Jeff Halverson describe the components of a hurricane and watch fantastic scientific visualizations of some storms.
Also see:
Atlantic Hurricanes With Dr. Jeff Halverson: Understanding the 21st Century's New Threat
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/multimedia/AtlanticHurricanesWithJeff.html
Educators can now bring NASA hurricane expert Dr. Jeffrey Halverson into their classroom! This web page contains 35 separate, 1-4 minute long, video segments that were derived from a live interactive professional development event that used Internet2. The lecture, which took an in-depth look at the life cycle of hurricanes, used myriad scientific visualizations made from NASA satellite imagery. The web page provides educators with an index that describes: each segment of the lecture, the scientific visualization used in the segment, and linkages to national standards. Each of the segments is viewable in your browser and is also available for download as a Quicktime. Plus, the individual media content used in the segment is also available for download. So, take this opportunity to learn more about hurricanes from one of NASA’s top researchers, and then, use the videos as part of your own lecture.
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