Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
Students will identify and describe the relationship between watersheds and phytoplankton distribution.
Students will identify and describe the relationship between watersheds and phytoplankton distribution.
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.
This mini lesson focuses on the 2015-2016 El Niño event and how its weather conditions triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world. Students will review a NASA article and watch the associated video to use as a tool to compare with maps related to 2015-2016 rainfall and elevated disease risk, and answer the questions.