This video is a resource that can be used alongside any activity that involves creating and developing questions. While the video focuses on questions about trees, the basic principles are necessary for asking scientific questions.
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This video provides tips for teachers on helping students make sense of data to help them understand and work with data. It is based on the work of Kristin Hunter-Thomson of Dataspire.org and uses data from the My NASA Data Earth System Data Explorer.
Interpret a scatter plot to find patterns in the number of tropical cyclones from 1842 to 2018.
Students interpret a double bar/column chart comparing the number of tropical cyclones in different locations.
Students watch a video introducing the concept of albedo and answer questions.
In this activity students will examine NASA data to determine the differences between a solar and lunar eclipse.
In this activity students will make observations about the objects, size, distance, and motion of the Sun, Earth, and Moon during a solar eclipse.
Students examine the two time series images to determine the differences between seasonal ice melt over water versus land.
Students will analyze a projected map of the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse across the US, with an accompanying data table of the locations and times, to explain how people in different locations experience a solar eclipse.
Students will analyze a graph showing the amounts of peak energy received at local noon each day over the year changes with different latitudes.