Students watch a video introducing the concept of albedo and answer questions.
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Hands-on demonstration of the El Niño Effect, trade winds, and upwelling provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.
Students identify patterns in chlorophyll concentration data to formulate their explanations of phytoplankton distribution.
Through guided inquiry, students will identify interactions of the four major scientific spheres on Earth: biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere. They will then identify how these systems are represented and interact in their classroom aquarium.
Compare images from two volcanic eruptions in the Kuril Islands which occurred ten years apart and complete a graphic organizer for impacts on different Earth spheres.
In this activity students will examine NASA data to determine the differences between a solar and lunar eclipse.
Students identify patterns and describe the relationship between chlorophyll concentration and incoming shortwave radiation.
NASA visualizers take data – numbers, codes – and turn them into animations people can see and quickly understand.
Students observe monthly images of changing vegetation patterns, looking for seasonal changes occurring throughout 2017. These data can be used by students to develop their own models of change.
This activity invites students to simulate and observe the different effects on sea level from melting sea-ice.