In this activity, you will use an inexpensive spectrophotometer* to test how light at different visible wavelengths (blue, green, red) is transmitted, or absorbed, through four different colored water samples.
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Students model Earth's tectonic plate movement and explore the relationship between these movements and different types of volcanoes.
This lesson is designed to help students analyze the interaction between different cloud heights and Earth's incoming and outgoing energy.
This interactive guides students through exploring how stars create the elements that make up the universe and life itself. Students will be able to identify the key elements in their bodies that were created from exploding stars.
Students watch a NOVA PBS video about the different effects of clouds on climate and Earth's energy budget. Then they answer questions and brainstorm to complete a flow chart of events that might occur if the percentage of absorbing clouds increases.
This lesson walks students through the use of Landsat false-color imagery and identification of different land cover features using these as models.