This unit plan is published by the NASA Climate Change Research Initiative's (CCRI) Applied Research STEM Curriculum Portfolio. The CCRI Unit Plan, called “Urban Surface Temperatures and the Urban Heat Island Effects,“ has the purpose to educate students how climate is changi
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Students use Phytopia: Exploration of the Marine Ecosystem, a computer-based tool, to investigate various phytoplankton species and topics relating to phytoplankton biology.
These six graphs show Ocean Chlorophyll Concentrations from 1998 - 2018 in a variety of locations: East Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, California Coast, Southeastern US/Gulf of Mexico, Northeastern US and the Scotian Shelf, and the Hawaiian Islands.
Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations.
For over 20 years, satellite instruments have measured the sea surface height of our ever-changing oceans. This video of images shows the complicated patterns of rising and falling ocean levels across the globe from 1993 to 2015.
Students connect day/night and seasonal cycles with albedo in the Arctic region.
Students analyze the stability and change of sea level after watching a visualization of sea level height around the world.
Students examine the two time series images to determine the differences between seasonal ice melt over water versus land.
Students observe seasonal images of Monthly Leaf Area, looking for any changes that are occurring throughout the year.