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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"Earth Science"”.
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Strategic planning and integration of NASA Earth Science Technology Program
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2002.
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Predictors of Success on the New York State Earth Science Regents Examination
The 1970 New York State Earth Science Regents Syllabus targeted students who displayed a high degree of ability and interest in science. The State Education Department has been reluctant to define exactly what constitutes a higher ability and interest. However it has often been suggested to …
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Earth science in New Zealand science centres - learning aspects through a simulation based experience
… investigated how simulations at the New Zealand earth science exhibition Earthworks could teach geological concepts. The introduction of a geoscience component in the New Zealand science curriculum, the development of science-technology centres and a funding opportunity provided the incentive for …
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Strategic architecture of an integrated earth and space-based observation network for earth science
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2002.
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The effects of blended learning on critical thinking in a high school Earth Science class
1 PDF file (vii, 68 pages)
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Visual thinking networking promotes long-term meaningful learning and achievement for 9th grade earth science students
… promoted the encoding and reconstruction of earth science knowledge in memory and enhanced higher order thinking skills of problem solving. Fifty-six ninth grade earth science students (13-15 years of age) in a suburban school district outside New York City were randomly assigned to three …
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A study of earth science teachers and practices in North Dakota for the academic year 1968-1969
… initiated long overdue changes in the science curriculum for the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades of the public schools. Titese involved changes from general science to the life, earth, and physical sciences. During this same period there was a re vitalization of interest in earth …
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Utilizing the History of Science to Enhance Student Understanding and Engagement: A Compilation of Earth Science Lesson Plans
Classroom research has shown that the history of science can be used to enhance student understanding of scientific concepts and processes, as well as the context in which science is explored. Successful methods for incorporating the history of science in to the classroom can also improve student …
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Inquiry, Efficacy, and Science Education
… classrooms. Many secondary and post-secondary science instructors see the valuable link between students asking questions and the development of critical thinking. Inquiry-based instruction provides student opportunities to ask questions, design methods of investigation, gather information, and …
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MODBASE : a SciDB-powered system for large-scale distributed storage and analysis of MODIS earth remote sensing data
… and analytics software system, provides the Earth Science community with a powerful foundation for direct, ad-hoc analysis of large volumes of Level-1B data produced by the NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument. This paper details the reasons for building the …
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Campaign-level science traceability for Earth observation system architecting
The Earth Sciences Decadal Survey of 2007 presented a comprehensive vision for the evolution of space-based Earth Science resources. The practical development of the Decadal campaign, however, has highlighted four challenges to the original plan: the growth of expected costs and the reduction of …
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