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SOS Explorer® Tours

SOS Explorer® Mobile, a free mobile app for iOS and Android, is a new tool for viewing SOS and SOSx data visualizations. On this page you’ll find educational activities created for a deeper dive into the app. For other ideas visit SOS Explorer® Resources page.

Download the App

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Search for SOS Explorer® in your Apple App Store or Google Play Store and Install.

Scavenger Hunt

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Learn your way around with a Scavenger Hunt!

Download and complete one or more of the scavenger hunt activities below to get a taste of our 100+ datasets while learning how to navigate SOS Explorer® mobile app. Recommended for grades 5-10. Provided as fillable pdf forms.

All topics

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Look for atmosphere, ocean patterns, hurricanes, and earthquake datasets.

SOSx Scavenger Hunt (PDF)

Earthquakes

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Explore the earthquake and plate tectonic-specific datasets; volcanoes, age of seafloor, deep-sea vents, plate boundaries.

Earthquakes Scavenger Hunt (PDF)

Take a “Tour”

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Tours were created in SOSx as a substitute for a live presenter. Tours take a user through a list of datasets, adding in text boxes, images, videos, more info buttons, and more to tell a full story while urging the user to investigate and answer questions. Following are video recordings of the tours found in the app. Pick a topic, take the tour in the app, then use the materials below for a post-tour discussion.

COVID-19 Pandemic and Air Quality

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Open the tour called “Tour - COVID-19 Pandemic and Air Quality” in the SOS Explorer free mobile app OR view it in YouTube video form below. Download and complete the Pandemic & Air Quality Worksheet to record answers to the questions in the tour. Recommended for grades 7-12. Provided as a fillable PDF form. Also below is a bibliography and list of data sources used in the tour.

Pandemic and Air Quality Student Worksheet (PDF) Pandemic and Air Quality Resources (PDF)

Saharan Air Layer

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Use the tour called “Tour - Monster Saharan Dust Plume”. Then download and complete the SAL Tour Discussion and Follow-up Investigation. Recommended for grades 5-10. Provided as a fillable pdf form.

SAL Tour Discussion and Follow-up Investigation (PDF)

HRRR-Smoke

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Use the tour called “Tour - HRRR-Smoke and 2020 Fire Season”. Then download and complete the HRRR-Smoke Discussion and Follow-up Investigation. Recommended for grades 6-10. Provided as a fillable pdf form. Download or view the Resources used in the tour.

HRRR-Smoke Discussion and Follow-up Investigation (PDF) HRRR-Smoke Resources (PDF)