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GPS Satellite Data: Distorted Disturbances Game
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Kisesi, Jonah Axelrad, Penina Forbes, Marissa H. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Similar to the game of telephone, students pass around and distort messages written on index cards to learn how we use signals from GPS occultations to study the atmosphere. The messages on the cards represent information sent from GPS satellites being distorted as they pass through different locations in the Earth's atmosphere and reach other satellites. Analyzing distorted signals enables better global weather forecasting, storm tracking and climate change monitoring. Students pass around and distort messages written on index cards to learn how we use signals from GPS occultations to study the atmosphere. The cards represent information sent from GPS satellites being distorted as they pass through different locations in the Earth's atmosphere and reach other satellites. Reminiscent of the game of telephone, the messages often become nonsensical and funny. Analyzing GPS occultations enables better global weather forecasting, storm tracking and climate change monitoring. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Atmosphere Satellites Disturbance Signal Analysis Fun Game Distorted Signals GPS Message Aerospace Engineering Index Card Occultation Weather Satellite Satellite Data Distortion |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class IV Class V Class VI Class VII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth |
