This lesson walks students through the use of Landsat false-color imagery and identification of different land cover features using these as models.

Students watch a 28-minute video on NASA's involvement in fighting wildfires.

In this 5E’s lesson, students observe maps that show smoke and AOD levels surrounding Fresno, California at the time when the 2020 Creek Fire was burning. Students construct a claim that identifies a relationship between fire-related data and air quality data.

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.