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Freshwater Availability Speaker's Toolkit
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This Speaker ToolKit has been designed to allow presenters (scientists, engineers, etc.) to easily present to an elementary and/or middle school audience about the importance of freshwater availability.
Monitoring Floods and Fires During the Summer of 2011
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See Landsat images before and after these natural disasters.
Precious Freshness
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Humans need freshwater for many purposes, but it's not evenly distributed across our planet, which can create challenges for many communities.
IMERG average precipitation map
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A collection of resources exploring how NASA satellites like GPM can help monitor and predict Earth's climate.
Observing Monsoon Weather Patterns with TRMM Data
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Students will learn about measuring precipitation on the ground and using satellites, and use satellite data to analyze the reason for the monsoon weather pattern in India.
Thumbnail for "For Good Measure" showing Ryan in front of makeshift waves.
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The short video, 'For Good Measure' explains why scientists turn to satellites to get a worldwide view of rainfall.
Person getting water at an oasis
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Part 4 of a 4 part webquest that teaches the basics of precipitation science and technology. Prepares students for the GPM Anime Contest.
Graph showing the distribution of Earth's freshwater resources
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This classroom activity (originally developed for the GPM Poster) will teach students about the value of Earth's freshwater resources and how important it is to study how water is transferred and stored.
<h2><span style="color:red;">UPDATE 10/19/15:</span> We have developed an educational comic using the winning characters from the GPM Anime Challenge. <a href="/education/comics">Click here to read &quot;Raindrop Tales: GPM Meets Mizu-Chan&quot;</a></h2>
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Coming soon - "Raindrop Tales: GPM Meets Mizu-chan" - an educational comic based on the winning characters from our GPM Anime Challenge.
https://goo.gl/photos/D2nmJvXwfQLfTfuD7
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This lesson uses cubes as a way to graph precipitation data to compare the precipitation averages and seasonal patterns for several different locations. There are several variations to accommodate various ages and ability levels.

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