The Earth System Satellite Images, along with the Data Literacy Cubes, helps the learner identify patterns in a specific image.
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Featured Lesson Plans
What makes cities hot? An urban heat island activity
In this activity, students explore the Urban Heat Island Effect phenomenon by collecting temperatures of different materials with respect to their locations. This activity was modified from The NASA PUMAS Collection's "What makes
What’s Hot at the Mall?
In this NASA investigation, "What's Hot at the Mall," students examine how shopping malls change natural environments by examining thermal images gathered by NASA showing an area in Huntsville, Alabama.
Heating Things Up
To investigate the different rates of heating and cooling of certain materials on earth in order to understand the heating dynamics that take place in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Comparing Temperature & Solar Radiation for Common Latitudes
Examine (daytime) surface temperature and solar radiation received at locations found near similar latitudes using NASA Data.
Cloudy vs. Clear - Graphs
Students will analyze and interpret graphs to compare the flow of (shortwave) energy from the Sun toward China over the course of a year on cloudy versus clear days. Students will draw a conclusion and support it with evidence.
Cloudy vs. Clear - Maps
Students will analyze and interpret maps of the average net atmospheric radiation to compare the flow of energy from the Sun toward Earth in different months and for cloudy versus clear days. Students will draw conclusions and support them with evidence.