Students will review the NASA Space Place video, "Tectonic Forces", and answer questions about tectonic plates.
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Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations.
Students analyze the stability and change of sea level after watching a visualization of sea level height around the world.
Students examine satellite images of an island before and after a volcanic eruption to determine the impact of the eruption.
Students compare climographs for two locations to determine the most likely months to expect the emergence of mosquitoes in each location.
This mini lesson helps students visualize how the Hydrosphere and Cryosphere interact to produce changes in land and sea ice.
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.
Students will use the NASA Earth Observations analysis tool to explore changing albedo in the Arctic compared with other areas of Earth.
Students examine the two time series images to determine the differences between seasonal ice melt over water versus land.
Students watch a visualization video and answer questions on the potential of increasing megadroughts in the southwest and central United States from 1950-2095 using models created by soil moisture data.