This mini lesson engages students by watching a NASA video related to plant growth activity around the world using data from the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite and answering questions on these stability and change relationships.

Watch NASA videos about aerosols and volcanic ash.

Students watch the video Frozen Earth and answer the following questions that discuss how ice helps moderate the planet's temperature using NASA satellites.

This mini lesson engages students by watching a NASA video related to seasonal chlorophyll concentration as it relates to net radiation using NASA's Aqua satellite. Students will examine the model and answer the questions.

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

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

Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations. 

This lesson contains a card sort activity that challenges students to predict relative albedo values of common surfaces.