Earth is a system of systems.
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NASA visualizers take data – numbers, codes – and turn them into animations people can see and quickly understand.
Students will analyze a pie chart (circle graph) showing the distribution of different parts of the Earth system's absorption and reflection of energy.
Phytoplankton background information.
Students use Phytopia: Exploration of the Marine Ecosystem, a computer-based tool, to investigate various phytoplankton species and topics relating to phytoplankton biology.
This lesson is taken from NASA's Phytopia: Discovery of the Marine Ecosystem written in partnership with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science with funding from the National Science Foundation.
My NASA Data has recently released several new resources, StoryMaps, for use in educational settings.
Students identify patterns in chlorophyll concentration data to formulate their explanations of phytoplankton distribution.
Students identify patterns and describe the relationship between chlorophyll concentration and incoming shortwave radiation.
This graphic organizer may be used to help students analyze the processes and components of Earth System phenomena.