Enhance Your Story with NASA Data - Chesapeake Region

Welcome, NAI Region 2!

This resource list has been curated for you as part of the 2026 “250 Forward Together” NAI Region 2 Virtual Spring Workshop.

Presentation Slides (large file size due to embedded animations)

Community

• Register for NASA Earth to Sky and sign up for our mailing lists to join a global community of interpreters using tools like NASA science in their programs and products: https://earthtosky.org/join
• Register for our upcoming virtual events and webinars, Speaking of Space, Science in Your Pocket, and Community Conversations
• Hot off the press! Earth to Sky now has materials to help you run your trainings for seasonals.
  • Get ready to interpret the night sky: https://earthtosky.org/related-news/485-bring-nasa-space-science-to-your-seasonal-training.html
  • Prepare your staff for climate change interpretation: https://earthtosky.org/related-news/486-nasa-earth-science-resources-for-seasonal-training.html
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Science Learning Resources

• NASAʻs Earth Observation Data Basics
• NASAʻs Earth Observing Fleet
• NASAʻs Earth System Observatory
• Articles: NASAʻs Earth Observatory
  • Story on how cities and suburbs affect the Chesapeake Bay

Interactive Data Tools

• Your Name in Landsat
• Landsat images of the Chesapeake Bay 
• Earth to Sky tutorials to make Landsat mosaic maps:
  • Open source software version
  • Photoshop version 
• Change Over Time: Google Timelapse 
• Color a Pixel tool
  • Pre-generated versions including the Chesapeake Bay
• Go deeper: the ESRI Landsat Explorer gives you lots of control over how to display NASA/USGS Landsat data
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  • This is a swipe comparison of Blackwater Falls State Park, WV, in splendid fall color last November vs covered in snow in early February
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  • This is a swipe comparison of Philadelphia from July 4, 2025, comparing natural color to surface temperature.
  • This tool takes more of a learning curve. Key points are to set your acceptable level of cloud coverage (eg 30%), identify dates when there is a suitable Landsat "scene" (small filled in boxes), and select what kind of data (like natural color or surface temperature) from the menu to the right.
• Sea Level Rise:
  • Interagency Sea Level Rise Scenario Tool
  • Similar IPCC Sea Level Projection Tool
  • NOAAʻs Sea Level Rise Viewer