In this lesson, students will investigate the drivers of climate change, including adding carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, sea level rise, and the effect of decreasing sea ice on temperatures.
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Students explore the spatial patterns observed in meteorological data and learn how this information is used to predict weather and understand climate behavior.
This story map lesson plan allows students to explore ocean circulation patterns as they relate to the world's ocean garbage patches using NASA ocean currents data. Students will investigate the forces that contribute to ocean circulation patterns, and how debris, especially plastics, travel from land to the garbage patches.
The activities in this guide will help students understand variations in environmental parameters by examining connections among different phenomena measured on local, regional and global scales.
Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective
This NASA visualization shows sea surface salinity observations (September 2011-September 2014). Students review the video and answer questions.
This lesson walks students through the use of Landsat false-color imagery and identification of different land cover features using these as models.