www.globe.gov/GaN/.To let students see firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first how stars are obscured by light pollution in their area, get involved in the yearly World-Wide Hunt for Stars. Participants follow five easy steps to report the visible magnitude of stars in their area and then use interactive tools to analyze data from all over the world. This global monitoring project is organized by Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE), a science education program sponsored by NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. and the NSE NSE - Network Software Environment: a proprietary CASE framework from Sun Microsystems. This year's hunt ran from March 8 to 21, 2007, but you can still get data results from last year and get ready for next spring's event. Download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. teacher resources at: www.globe.gov/GaN/ |
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