Earth System Data Explorer - Plant Growth Patterns

NDVI as seen form the Earth System Data Exploration Tool

Earth System Data Explorer. Image Credit: My NASA Data

Students can interact with NASA data to build a custom visualizations of local, regional, or global plant growth patterns over time, using the Earth System Data Explorer to generate plots of satellite data as they develop models of this phenomenon.

Biosphere Earth System Data Explorer
Leaf Area index maps and Graphs: Earth System Data Explorer. Source: My NASA Data | https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/inline-images/Picture2_2.png

 

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Disciplinary Core Ideas:

Crosscutting Concepts:

  • Patterns
  • Stability and Change

Science and Engineering Practices:

  • Developing and Using Models
  • Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Visualization Tool

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Phenomena

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