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.

Students collect and analyze temperature data to explore what governs how much energy is reflected. 

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.

In this activity, students will learn about sea ice and land ice. They will observe ice melting on a solid surface near a body of water and ice melting in a body of water.

Interpret the map, or model, to find patterns in the occurrence of tropical cyclones from 1842 through 2018.

Students interpret a double bar/column chart comparing the number of tropical cyclones in different locations.

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.

NASA visualizers take data – numbers, codes – and turn them into animations people can see and quickly understand.

This lesson introduces the Earth system science spheres through model making and discussion.

The Earth System Satellite Images, along with the Data Literacy Cubes, helps the learner identify patterns in a specific image.