Workshop at the 2010 NSTA National Conference in Philadelphia
Windows to the Universe staff presented a workshop titled "Simulations and Interactive Multimedia across the Earth Sciences from Windows to the Universe" at the NSTA National Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 5-6 PM on Friday, March 19, 2010. Three activities were presented at this workshop:
- Virtual Ballooning to Explore Earth's Atmosphere
- Graphing Sea Ice Extent in the Arctic and Antarctic
- The Very, Very Simple Climate Model
This page provides links to write-ups of the hands-on activities and links to supporting resources (web pages, images, animations, etc.) related to the activities.
Virtual Ballooning
- Virtual Ballooning Activity Writeup
- Virtual Ballooning Software
- Background Information about Earth's Atmosphere
Graphing Sea Ice Extent
- Graphing Sea Ice Extent Activity Writeup
- Interactive: Compare Images of Arctic Sea Ice Extent Side-by-side
- Animation: Annual Variation in Sea Ice Extent in the Northern Hemisphere
- Interactive: Compare Images of Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Side-by-side
- Animation: Annual Variation in Sea Ice Extent in the Southern Hemisphere
The Very, Very Simple Climate Model
- Very Simple Climate Model Activity Writeup
- The Very, Very Simple Climate Model Software
- Notes about the Very, Very Simple Climate Model
- background info: What Is a Climate Model?
- background info: How Climate Models Work
- background info: Accuracy and Uncertainty in Climate Models
- background info: Climate and Global Change
- background info: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Background info from our "Climate Discovery" online course sequence (more in-depth, but may be harder to follow outside of the context of the course):