This activity is modified from the USDA/US Forest Services' lesson found in the Natural Inquirer newsletter. The purpose of this hands-on activity is to engage students in a similar process for monitoring forests as NASA scientists use to study the Biosphere, whereby they apply what they kn
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How can a series of Landsat images help scientists estimate a forest’s age over time?
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Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
This activity invites students to model and observe the effect of melting ice sheets (from land) on sea level and the difference between the effect of melting sea-ice to that of melting land ice on sea level.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
This activity invites students to simulate and observe the different effects on sea level from melting sea-ice.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
In this activity, students will learn about sea ice and land ice. They will observe ice melting on a solid surface near a body of water and ice melting in a body of water.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
The activities in this guide will help students understand variations in environmental parameters by examining connections among different phenomena measured on local, regional and global scales.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective