This activity is one of a series in the collection, The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change activities.
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In this activity, you will use an inexpensive spectrophotometer* to test how light at different visible wavelengths (blue, green, red) is transmitted, or absorbed, through four different colored water samples.
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Students examine satellite images of a recently formed island to identify areas of erosion and deposition.
Students compare climographs for two locations to determine the most likely months to expect the emergence of mosquitoes in each location.
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Hands-on demonstration of the El Niño Effect, trade winds, and upwelling provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.