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.

Students analyze the stability and change of sea level after watching a visualization of sea level height around the world. 

Students examine satellite images of an island before and after a volcanic eruption to determine the impact of the eruption.

Students compare climographs for two locations to determine the most likely months to expect the emergence of mosquitoes in each location.

Students explore the spatial patterns observed in meteorological data and learn how this information is used to predict weather and understand climate behavior.

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 mini lesson helps students visualize how the Hydrosphere and Cryosphere interact to produce changes in land and sea ice. 

Students analyze two North Pole orthographic data visualizations produced from soil moisture data. After describing trends in the seasonal thaw of land surfaces, students demonstrate their understanding of Earth’s energy budget by explaining relationships and make predictions about the dataset.

Students will synthesize information from maps that show population, concentrations of PM_2.5, and PM_2.5-attributable mortality across the globe in order to draw conclusions about the relationship between particulate pollution and human health.