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Featured Mini Lessons

Grade Level: 6-8

This mini lesson engages students in writing a commentary for a NASA video regarding changes in global temperatures from 1880 to 2017. 

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Students analyze a graph that illustrates the change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures.

Grade Level: 6-8

Students observe the map image, individually, looking for changes in surface air temperatures (using data displayed, unit of measure, range of values, etc.) and noticeable patterns.

Grade Level: 6-8

This mini lesson focuses on the 2015-2016 El Niño event and how its weather conditions triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world. Stude

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Students compare climographs for two locations to determine the most likely months to expect the emergence of mosquitoes in each location.

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

By investigating the data presented in a model that displays extreme summer air temperatures, students explain energy transfer in the Earth system and consider the impact of excessive heat on local communities.