Students observe the surface temperatures of a variety of surface types found in a suburban environment.
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Students interpret a graph of surface temperatures taken from city districts and other types of communities.
To investigate the different rates of heating and cooling of certain materials on earth in order to understand the heating dynamics that take place in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Students explore positive feedback effects of changing albedo from melting Arctic sea ice.
Hands-on demonstration of the El Niño Effect, trade winds, and upwelling provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.
This activity is one of a series in the collection, The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change activities.
The purpose of this activity is for students to create a desktop soil profile based on the biome region of the United States where your school is located.