In this mini-lesson, students analyze soil moisture quantities associated with Hurricane Harvey around Houston, Texas on August 25, 2017.
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Examine the images to see the projected differences in land use between 1900 and 2100.
Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations.
Students observe the surface temperatures of a variety of surface types found in a suburban environment.
This mini lesson engages students with answering questions on cause and effect relationships by watching a NASA video related to changing forests in the Pacific Northwest from 1984 to 2011.
This lesson contains a card sort activity that challenges students to predict relative albedo values of common surfaces.
Students examine the two time series images to determine the differences between seasonal ice melt over water versus land.
Students review a video that models the global impact of smoke from fires to develop an understanding of how models can be used to interpret and forecast phenomena in the Earth System.
Check out the Arctic and Earth SIGNs video to explore how climate models are used in climate change research.