Students observe seasonal images of Monthly Leaf Area, looking for any changes that are occurring throughout the year.
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Students will watch a video on the Greenland Ice Sheet and answer questions.
Exploring salinity patterns is a great way to better understand the relationships between the water cycle, ocean circulation, and climate. In this mini lesson, students analyze sea surface salinity mapped plots created from the Earth System Data Explorer, paired with questions (and answers) from the Aquarius Mission. Credit: Aquarius Education
Students examine satellite images of a recently formed island to identify areas of erosion and deposition.
The Earth System Satellite Images help students observe and analyze global Earth and environmental data, understand the relationship among different environmental variables, and explore how the data change seasonally and over longer timescales.