Collaboration with the American Chemical Society
Aura Mission
April 1, 2013
Reach: 70,000 high school chemistry teachers
and 550 Chemistry clubs across the country
Two articles in ACS ChemMatters publication
on Air Quality & Stratospheric Ozone
www.acs.org/chemmatters
NSTA / ACS Webinar with Aura Scientist and
EPO lead presented the chemistry behind
tropospheric ozone & ozone depletion to 38
educators. Webinar promoted to ACS network and
archived on NSTA web site
http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_
seminars/ACS/webseminar.aspx
ACS Podcast
about how NASA studies atmospheric chemistry from
space and how the instruments on Aura work
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promoted through ChemMatters network.
Ginger Butcher, Aura EPO lead
[email protected]
Ozone Poster: 30 years of satellite observations
Aura Mission
April 3, 2013
3 new products added to
NASA Wavelength
Ozone Poster
The poster highlights the October averages
from 1979-2012 with data from 5 missions.
Back includes background on stratospheric
ozone, chemistry, timeline of ozone
depletion and color mapping activity.
Color Mapping Lessons
This high school lesson fills a gap in the
benchmarks on NASA Wavelength. It
explores use of color maps and how they
can help visualize satellite data but can also
interfere with interpreting data. English and
Spanish versions passed the product review.
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http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/ozoneholeposter/
Ginger Butcher, Aura EPO lead
[email protected]
Debut of Color Mapping activity at Union Station
Aura Mission
April 6, 2013
Color Mapping Activity
Students learned about NASA uses color
maps to visualize data. They developed there
own color scale and created a color map to
illustrate how the colors represent data.
Additionally, this activity explores how
different color scales can enhance or impair
the interpretation of data.
This activity was adapted from the Color
Mapping lesson on the Ozone Hole poster
http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/ozoneholeposter/
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Ginger Butcher, Aura EPO lead
[email protected]