Grade Level: 3-5
Students watch a video introducing the concept of albedo and answer questions.
Students watch a video introducing the concept of albedo and answer questions.
Students discuss their current understanding of what Earth systems are and how they work and consider how to identify the boundaries of a region for Earth system study.
Students construct explanations about Earth’s energy budget by connecting a model with observations from side-by-side animations of the monthly mapped data showing incoming and outgoing shortwave radiation from Earth’s surface.