The purpose of this activity is for students to create a desktop soil profile based on the biome region of the United States where your school is located.
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Students observe seasonal images of Monthly Leaf Area, looking for any changes that are occurring throughout the year.
Earth is a system of systems.
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.
Students use Phytopia: Exploration of the Marine Ecosystem, a computer-based tool, to investigate various phytoplankton species and topics relating to phytoplankton biology.
Review this page to learn about the background of volcanoes and their eruptions.
Phytoplankton distribution background information.
In this activity, students investigate three different soil samples with varying moisture content. They use a soil moisture probe to determine the percentage (by volume) of water in each of the soil samples.
My NASA Data has recently released several new resources, story maps, for use in educational settings.