Students watch a 28-minute video on NASA's involvement in fighting wildfires.
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Test your knowledge of soil moisture and its effect on global populations. Soil moisture is the amount of water contained
The purpose of this lesson is for students to compare data displays to determine which best answers the driving question. To do this they will evaluate the spread of the data and what the displays show.
Students investigate the effects of Hurricane Sandy and make a scale model of the storm over the continental United States to assess the area of impact.
Students categorize causes, effects, and responses to volcanic hazards through an Earth system perspective. They use remotely sensed images to examine the visible effects of the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 and identify a buffer zone for safer locations for development.
Students model Earth's tectonic plate movement and explore the relationship between these movements and different types of volcanoes.