This mini lesson engages students with answering questions on cause and effect relationships by watching a NASA video related to changing forests in the Pacific Northwest from 1984 to 2011.
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Students connect day/night and seasonal cycles with albedo in the Arctic region.
Students explore the spatial patterns observed in meteorological data and learn how this information is used to predict weather and understand climate behavior.
Check out the Arctic and Earth SIGNs video to explore how climate models are used in climate change research.
Interpret the map, or model, to find patterns in the occurrence of tropical cyclones from 1842 through 2018.
Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations.
Guided by the 5E model, this lesson allows students to work together to uncover how changes in sea ice extent in the Arctic and Antarctic regions are connected to Earth’s energy budget.
Students identify and classify kinds of land cover (such as vegetation, urban areas, water, and bare soil) in Landsat satellite images of Phoenix, Arizona taken in 1984 and 2018.
Students examine satellite images of a recently formed island to identify areas of erosion and deposition.
Students observe the surface temperatures of a variety of surface types found in a suburban environment.