In this mini lesson, students use in-water profiles of historical ocean data to analyze how sea surface salinity varies with depth.
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Students examine satellite images of a recently formed island to identify areas of erosion and deposition.
This lesson is designed to help students analyze the interaction between different cloud heights and Earth's incoming and outgoing energy.
Arctic sea ice is the cap of frozen seawater blanketing most of the Arctic Ocean and neighboring seas in wintertime. It follows seasonal patterns of thickening and melting. Students view how the quantity has changed from 1979 through 2018.
This mini lesson engages students in writing a commentary for a NASA video regarding changes in global temperatures from 1880 to 2017.
Students will analyze a pie chart (circle graph) showing the distribution of different parts of the Earth system's absorption and reflection of energy.