US Geological Survey
Usgs Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change
A remarkable website that provides satellite images of various places on earth from 1972 to present. The student can see and read about environmental changes to the earth's environment.
NOAA
Noaa: Operational Significant Event Imagery
This site contains satellite images from around the world organized by significant events such as dust storms, floods, severe weather, etc. Not very user friendly, but the images are there for those willing to search.
NASA
Nasa: Earth Science Games
Have fun while exploring earth science. NASA offers seven games online games: Droplet and the Water Cycle, What on Earth?, Word Puzzles, Drag 'n Drop Puzzles, Pangaea Map Game, Tectonics Quiz, and Color Me!
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Space Archaeology
Want to be an archaeologist without leaving school? Use a computer to become a space archaeologist and identify burial sites on Earth.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Third From the Sun
Students learn about the history of Earth imaging, the Landsat satellite program. They develop interpretation skills as they play a game that involves inferring the subjects of various Landsat images.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Engineer a Satellite
In this lesson plan, students will construct a scale model of a satellite by researching what scientific instrument to put on it and how to power it.
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Looking at Earth
Resource provides information on studying Earth from space. Content includes many satellite images, as well as information gathered for environmental research, and many educational resources.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Satellite Storm Search
Students investigate a physical model to explore how satellite data impacts weather monitoring and forecasting.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gallery: Earth From Space
These satellite images of Earth shows some astonishing things about our planet and our relationship with it.
European Space Agency
European Space Agency: Esa Kids: Earth: Natural Disasters: Satellites Help Japan
A brief explanation of how satellite images are used to record and monitor the damage caused by a natural disaster, in this case the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 24, 2011.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Physical Science
The Discovery Channel provides numerous lesson plans dealing with the physical sciences. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
Fourmilab Switzerland
John Walker: View From Satellite
View images of the Earth taken by various satellites that are orbiting the Earth.
Center for Educational Technologies
Severe Weather: Hurricane Watch
Hurricanes are the most powerful of storms. Using satellite images, this site allows you to plot the path of a hurricane and predict when it will strike land.