Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
Students will watch a video on the Greenland Ice Sheet and answer questions.
Students will watch a video on the Greenland Ice Sheet and answer questions.
Students watch the video Frozen Earth and answer the following questions that discuss how ice helps moderate the planet's temperature using NASA satellites.
Students track weather over time and create a bar chart to track their data.
Students interpret a double bar/column chart comparing the number of tropical cyclones in different locations.
This activity is designed to introduce students to geologic processes on Earth and how to identify geologic features in images. It will also introduce students to how scientists use Earth to gain a better understanding of other planetary bodies in the solar system.