Worldview is a valuable resource in understanding information about the atmosphere. Learn how to access models in order to answer your own questions.
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Students visit a NASA Website called "Eyes on the Earth" to view satellite missions in 3D circling the Earth and learn to navigate to specific satellites to learn about their capability of analyzing our changing planet and air quality.
Students watch a 28-minute video on NASA's involvement in fighting wildfires.
Students observe how air quality changes over time, for a selected location, using data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective
Use the Earth System Data Explorer to analyze data and make a claim about which 2018 eruption was larger, Kilauea, HI or Ambae Island, Vanuatu.
Use the AirNow.gov website to determine current air quality in US locations, as well as other information.
Students watch videos and/or review articles related to particulate matter and how this pollutant is monitored and measured, then provide their understanding individually or in groups.
Students will analyze images and data from a variety of NASA sensors and satellites depicting the wildfires of northern Canada to understand the state of the atmosphere at the time. Then they will answer a series of questions.
This lesson walks students through the use of Landsat false-color imagery and identification of different land cover features using these as models.