Students interpret a graph of surface temperatures taken from city districts.

In this mini-lesson, students analyze soil moisture quantities associated with Hurricane Harvey around Houston, Texas on August 25, 2017.

Analyze these Landsat images of Atlanta, Georgia to explore the relationship between surface temperature and vegetation.

This line graph shows how the surface temperature and air temperature values change over the course of 24 hours.

Conduct this EO Kids mini-lesson with your students to explore the phenomenon of Urban Heat Island Effect.

Why do you think grass feels cooler than pavement? And how are materials in a city different from those you find in rural and wild areas? The answer is that the materials in our neighborhoods retain, absorb, and radiate heat differently.

This NASA visualization shows sea surface salinity observations (September 2011-September 2014). Students review the video and answer questions.