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Featured Maps, Graphs, and Data

Albedo Image Credit:NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

An Island Transforms through Erosion and Deposition

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai initial image - Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

An Island Forms and Changes: Student Activity

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Chlorophyll and Net Radiation. Source: NASA Earth Observatory

Using Models to Explore Chlorophyll and Radiation Data

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Analyzing Seasonal Phytoplankton & Energy Flow

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Earth System Energy Travels

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Earth's Heating Imbalances

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Cloud Effects on Earth’s Energy Budget. Credit NASA

Examining a Simplified Model of Cloud Effects on Earth’s Energy Budget

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Clouds & Earth's Climate with Dr. Patrick Taylor Video

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Energy Balance by Latitude. Credit: Hakuba et al. 2019

Analyzing Earth’s Energy Imbalance by Latitude and Month

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Evaluating Natural and Human Activities Effects on Earth's Climate

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Carbon Dioxide Production and Sequestration

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Earth's Energy: Shortwave Radiation

Explore Albedo Values: Student Activity

Students will use the NASA Earth Observations analysis tool to explore changing albedo in the Arctic compared with other areas of Earth. Students should notice that the northernmost areas experience a greater variation.

The "Place of Blue Smoke." Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

Shaconage: Blue Smoke

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Monthly Flow of Energy on the Surface. Source: My NASA data

Correlating Shortwave Radiation and Cloud Coverage

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

TOMS satellite Ozone mapping for 2022-06-22. Source: NASA, Ozone and Air Quality

Using Graphs: Identify and Interpret

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Climate Bits: Albedo. Source: ClimateBits

Valuing Albedo

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Methane. Source: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

Atmospheric Methane

This mini-lesson may be used to support student understanding of a commonly used model of Earth’s energy budget and clarify terminology used within the context of that model.

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Range of radiation in Earth’s energy budget. Source: Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum - 3rd Edition

Describing Radiation in Earth’s Energy Budget

This mini-lesson may be used to support student understanding of a commonly used model of Earth’s energy budget and clarify terminology used within the context of that model.

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Extreme air temperatures during July 2022. Source: NASA GSFC

Extreme July 2022 Temperatures

This mini-lesson may be used to support student understanding of a commonly used model of Earth’s energy budget and clarify terminology used within the context of that model.

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Moon in front of Sun, Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

What is a Solar Eclipse?

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April 8, 2024 Total Eclipse path across the US from Texas through Maine

How will different Locations in the US Experience the 2024 Solar Eclipse?

The length of totality also depends on where on the planet’s surface the shadow falls (elevation), how far away the Moon is from Earth, and how far Earth is from the Sun at that time.

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

GLOBE 2017 Temperature Data with Eclipse Path and Shadow

How does a Solar Eclipse Affect Air Temperature?

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Lunar eclipse image showing the moon in the shadow of Earth

What is the Difference between a Solar Eclipse and a Lunar Eclipse?

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Chalk images, Credit: Shannon Reed/NASA HEAT

What is the Sun's Corona?

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Chlorophyll & Sea Surface Temperature. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

How are Phytoplankton and Sea Surface Temperatures Related?

Virtual Teachers: Make a copy of the Google Fo

These vegetation index maps show where and how much green leaf vegetation was growing for the time period shown.

Observing Annual Vegetation Changes

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bellringer, exit slip, etc.

Systems and System Models: Atmospheric CO2 Model (2014). Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

Systems and System Models: Observing Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

Systems and System Models: Megadrought (2015) - Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

Systems and System Models: Megadroughts in our future?

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Systems and System Models: Planet on Fire (2013)

Systems and System Models: Observing Our Planet on Fire

Secret Life of Forests (1984-2011). Source: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

Cause and Effect: How do our forests change over time?

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Sea ice. Source: NASA Global Climate Change

How does the Cryosphere change over the seasons?

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bellringer, exit slip, etc.

Stability and Change: Changes in Sea Ice

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Ice Flow (2011). Source: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity: Ice Flow Model

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Data Jigsaw: Exploring Sea Level Rise with Others

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Monthly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

Analysis & Application of Seasonal Vegetation Data: Student Activity

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Glacier Retreat

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Estimating Biomass Loss from a Large Fire

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Identifying Changes in Land Use

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Kuril Islands Volcanoes

A Mini Urban Heat Island

If students cannot do day and night, this can be modified for early morning and later in the day. Other options are surfaces in direct sunlight and shadows, cloudy versus clear days or adding more surfaces.

Interpreting a Graph of Surface Temperature of Urban Areas

Historic Ocean Chlorophyll Concentrations - Mapped Plot. Source: NASA, NOAA, GlobalChange.gov

Analyzing Historic Ocean Chlorophyll Concentration Data with Maps

Chlorophyll Graphs: Source: NASA, NOAA, GlobalChange.gov

Exploring Historic Ocean Chlorophyll Concentrations for Different Regions with Graphs

Latitude Surface Temperature Anomalies for April 2018. Source: NASA GISS

Analyzing Surface Air Temperatures by Latitude

Interpreting Earth's Energy Budget

Teachers, these mini lessons/student activities are perfect "warm up" tasks that can be used as a hook, bell ringer, exit slip, etc. They take less than a class period to complete.