List of all Atmosphere Lesson Plans

Heat Domes and Ozone Pollution

Grade Level: 6-8

Several heat domes have occurred over the last few summers and around the world. This lesson provides one example from 2021 in Portland, Oregon, with temperature and ozone data.

The five spheres of the Earth are depicted in the image.

Earth System Satellite Images- Analyzing All Variables

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

The Earth System Satellite Images, help the learner visualize how different Earth system variables change over time, establish cause and effect relationships for a specific variable, identify patterns, and determine relationships among variables over one year.

Earth System Satellite Images - Analyzing One Image

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

The Earth System Satellite Images, along with the Data Literacy Cubes, helps the learner identify patterns in a specific image.

Earth System Satellite Images-Analyzing Annual Changes in a Variable

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

The Earth System Satellite Images, along with the Data Literacy Cubes, help the learner visualize how different Earth system variables change over time, establish cause and effect relationships, identify patterns, and determine relationships among variables.

Earth System Satellite Images-Relationships Between Two Variables

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

The Earth System Satellite Images, along with the Data Literacy Cubes, help the learner visualize how different Earth system variables change over time, identify patterns, and determine relationships among two variables in three months.

Earth System Satellite Images- Exploring Relationships Among Variables for a Particular Month

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

The Earth System Satellite Images, along with the Data Literacy Cubes, help the learner determine relationships among variables.

Earth System Satellite Images-Graph Points for a Location Over One Year

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

The Earth System Satellite, help the learner visualize how different Earth system variables change over time.

These NASA lessons support Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and three dimensional learning of the Earth System. These include activities where students interact with NASA maps, graphs, and datasets from the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and the earth system.