Grade Level: 3-5
Students watch a video introducing the concept of albedo and answer questions.
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Featured Mini Lessons
What is Albedo?
Grade Level: 3-5
Students watch a video introducing the concept of albedo and answer questions.
Changing Albedo and Sea Ice
Grade Level: 9-12
Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations.
Seasonal Arctic Albedo
Grade Level: 9-12
Students connect day/night and seasonal cycles with albedo in the Arctic region.
Does Albedo Affect Arctic Populations?
Grade Level: 9-12
Students will make a claim about whether changing albedo contributes to changes in Arctic habitats.
Energy and Matter: Shortwave Radiation
Grade Level: 6-8
Students review a video showing a global view of the top-of-atmosphere shortwave radiation from January 26 and 27, 2012 and answer the questions that follow.
Explore Albedo
Grade Level: 6-8
Students watch a video explaining albedo and its impact on Earth. The video shows visualizations of albedo across Earth and how it can change. Students will interpret the images in the video and answer questions about albedo.
Valuing Albedo
Grade Level: 6-8
Students will watch a short video that explains albedo and how it plays an important role in Earth’s Energy Budget.
Grade Level: 9-12
Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations.
Grade Level: 9-12
Students connect day/night and seasonal cycles with albedo in the Arctic region.
Grade Level: 9-12
Students will make a claim about whether changing albedo contributes to changes in Arctic habitats.
Grade Level: 6-8
Students review a video showing a global view of the top-of-atmosphere shortwave radiation from January 26 and 27, 2012 and answer the questions that follow.
Grade Level: 6-8
Students watch a video explaining albedo and its impact on Earth. The video shows visualizations of albedo across Earth and how it can change. Students will interpret the images in the video and answer questions about albedo.
Grade Level: 6-8
Students will watch a short video that explains albedo and how it plays an important role in Earth’s Energy Budget.
