Students will use coloring sheets to create a color coded model of El Niño. If the Data Literacy Map Cube is used with this, students should color their models first.
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Daily Sea Surface Temperatures
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Historic Ocean Chlorophyll Concentrations - Mapped Plot
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Historic Ocean Chlorophyll Concentrations for Different Regions - Time Series Plots
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Chlorophyll & Sea Surface Temperature
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Ocean Surface Salinity Data
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A Map of Freshwater
Freshwater is found in lakes, rivers, soil, snow, groundwater and ice, and is one of the most essential of Earth's resources, for drinking water and agriculture. However, the distribution of freshwater around the planet is changing.
Historical Ocean Salinity Data: Annual Mean Data
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Tracking Monthly Salinity Changes in Our Ocean
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Creating Images from Numbers
Scientific data are often represented by assigning ranges of numbers to specific colors. The colors are then used to make false color images which allow us to see patterns more easily.
An Island Forms and Changes
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Creating and Interpreting Images
Information from satellites if often used to display information about objects. This information can include how things appear, as well as their contents. Explore how pixel data sequences can be used to create an image and interpret it.
Winds & Surface Currents
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Tropical Cyclone Counts Model for Students
Tropical cyclones are sometimes called hurricanes or typhoons. The image is a model of the number of tropical cyclones around the world from 1842 – 2018.
Stability and Change: Monitoring Sea Level
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The El Niño Poster Model
Students will use coloring sheets to create a color coded model of El Niño. If the Data Literacy Map Cube is used with this, students should color their models first.
Sort It Out: El Niño or La Niña
Can you tell El Nino from La Nina? This interactive was created by UCAR Center for Science Education using satellite images of the height of the ocean surface. Students interpret these images to identify whether they represent El Nino, La Nina, or neither event (La Nada!).
El Niño Model
Students will investigate the differences in sea surface height during an El Niño event by creating a model with gelatin, sherbet and whipped creme.
How the 2015-2016 El Niño Triggered Outbreaks Across the Globe
Students will read an article and/or watch a video clip about the effects of El Niño. They will then answer questions about the phenomenon and its effects on global health.
JASON-2 Satellite and Ocean Height
Learn how the JASON-2 satellite measures ocean heights for a variety of purposes including monitoring of El Niño.
Energy and Matter: Sea Surface Temperature
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Energy and Matter: Water Cycle: Heating the Ocean (2012)
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Energy and Matter: North Atlantic Chlorophyll (1997-2006)
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Energy and Matter: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity (2011-2014)
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Can you tell El Nino from La Nina? This interactive was created by UCAR Center for Science Education using satellite images of the height of the ocean surface. Students interpret these images to identify whether they represent El Nino, La Nina, or neither event (La Nada!).
Students will investigate the differences in sea surface height during an El Niño event by creating a model with gelatin, sherbet and whipped creme.
Students will read an article and/or watch a video clip about the effects of El Niño. They will then answer questions about the phenomenon and its effects on global health.
Learn how the JASON-2 satellite measures ocean heights for a variety of purposes including monitoring of El Niño.
Grade Level: 3-5
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6-8
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9-12
The world's ocean is heated at the surface by the sun, and this heating is uneven for many reasons.
Grade Level: 6-8
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9-12
This is the first of a four-part series on the water cycle, which follows the journey of water from the ocean to the atmosphere, to the land, and back again to the ocean. Students review the video and answer questions.
Grade Level: 3-5
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6-8
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9-12
Students review the NASA video showing biosphere data over the North Atlantic Ocean as a time series animation displaying a decade of phytoplankton blooms and answer questions that follow.
Grade Level: 6-8
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9-12
This NASA visualization shows sea surface salinity observations (September 2011-September 2014). Students review the video and answer questions.
