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Purpose of Today's Workshop

Today's workshop will serve as an introduction to various unique and compelling Internet resources.  Participants will learn about real time and archived data available on the internet and its' various applications in the classroom.  In addition, participants will learn about the wealth of primary source materials also available on the internet.

Introduction to Real Time Data

• The Weather Channel Online: Current weather information
• Weather Underground
• Radar Images :  Real time radar images
• Satellite Images :  Real time satellite images

Understanding Real Time Data Images

• Understanding Time Conversion
• Converting from AM/PM to UTC
• Compare Your Computer's Clock to the Atomic Web Clock (UTC)

Types of Real Time Data

• Recent Volcanic Activity
• N.J. Air Monitoring Site: Find info on air quality in your area
• Real Time Buoy Data
• Real Time Ocean Satellite Data
• Solar System Live
• Financial Information
• Educational Webcams

Real Time Data Resources

• Real Time Data Resource Page

Archived Databases

• Find the distance between any two locations on the globe 
• USGS National Mapping Information
• Climvis Online Climate Data
• Live Access to Climate Data
• NOAAServer
• Datasets Sources
• Raw Databases
• Exploring Datasets (With Math Lessons)
• On-line topograhic Maps

CIESE Real Time Data Projects
(lower level projects listed first)

• Wonderful World of Weather (learn about climate and weather)
• Weather Wizards (elementary, middle school age)
• Musical Plates (learn about plate tectonics)
• Stowaway Adventure (track a real ship)
• Oil Spills, Thrills and Chills (predict the path of a simulated oil spill)
• Rolling Thunder (predict the path of severe storms)
• Gulf Stream Voyage (learn about ocean currents)
• Ozone; The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (learn about the causes and results of ozone)
• Navigational Vectors (use vectors to predict the path of real plane in flight)

Other Real Time Data Projects
(lower level projects listed first)

• Volcanoe World
• Biological Timing Experiment
• WhaleNet
• Franklin's Forecast
• Athena Earth and Space Science (all ages)
• Space Available - Learning from Satellites
• The Globe Program
• Live from Earth and Mars
• Elephants of Cameroon
• Journey North
• The Albatross Project
• Sea Turtle Migration Project
• International Wolf Center
• Leo-15 Ocean Research Center
• The Co-Vis Project(geosciences)
• Princeton Earth Physics Project
• Bradford Robotic Telescope
• Biosphere 2
• Math Enrichment
• The Climate System (advanced)

Places to Find Primary Source Material 

• Internet History of Sourcebooks Project
• Library of Congress American Memory Project
• American Treasures of the Library of Congress
• National Archives and Records Administration Exhibit Hall
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project
• The Online Books Page
• Banned Books Online
• National Gallery of Art
• Virtual Congress
• University of Pennsylvania Center for Electronic Text and Image Collections
• Berkeley SunSITE Digital Collections
• Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library
• World Civilizations
• The Roman Forum
• Yale University Library Primary Sources Research
• Yahoo!'s Listing of Archives
• Yahoo!'s Listing of Digital Library Projects and Collections
• Yahoo!'s Listing of Map Libraries and Collections
• Yahoo's Listing of Electronic Literature
• Primary Source
• Repositories of Primary Sources
• Today in History
• SCETI Woman's Studies Primary Sources

Lesson Plans Using Primary Source Material

• National Archives and Records Administration: The Digital Classroom
• American Memory Project Learning Page
• EDSITEment Top Humanities Websites

Examples of Compelling Projects

• The Underground Railroad Lesson 
• GeoGame 
• Movie in the Making