Satellites & Bleaching Online Resources

Satellite Remote Sensing

The most comprehensive remote sensing tutorial on the web, from NASA: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Homepage/Homepage.html

Fundamentals of Remote Sensing: a tutorial from the Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing: http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tutor/fundam/index_e.php

Intro to remote sensing for a general audience, from NASA: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/RemoteSensing/

Basics of satellite remote sensing, from the Comet Program’s Meteorology Education and Training website: http://www.comet.ucar.edu/nsflab/web/

Online remote sensing course from the U. of Wisconsin, focused on meteorology: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satmet/modules/index.html

Lesson plans and resources from NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory: http://www.etl.noaa.gov/about/eo/

Coral Reefs

Online tutorial, teacher resources, and lesson plans, from NOAA: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/welcome.html

A variety of educational materials, from NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program: http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov/outreach/welcome.html

Background about coral reef conservation, from the EPA: http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/coral/index.html

Teacher resources and classroom activities, from NASA: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/coralreef/CRmain.html

Glossary of coral reef terms, from NOAA's CoRIS: http://www.coris.noaa.gov/glossary/

Remote Sensing and Coral Reefs

Lesson plans and classroom activities, from NOAA Coral Reef Watch: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/
education/reef_remote_sensing.html

Remote sensing and coral reefs lesson plan from the U. of Hawaii’s Kids as Airborne Mission Scientists program: http://www.higp.hawaii.edu/kaams/lpreef/index.html

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