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This activity invites students to simulate and observe the different effects on sea level from melting sea-ice.
This lesson walks students through the use of Landsat false-color imagery and identification of different land cover features using these as models.
How much do you know about the frozen poles of our home planet?
The advance-and-retreat cycle of snow cover drastically changes the whiteness and brightness of Earth. Using two maps created using NASA satellite data for 2017, students review the seasonal differences of snow and ice extent and answer questions on their observations.
The Earth System Satellite Images help students observe and analyze global Earth and environmental data, understand the relationship among different environmental variables, and explore how the data change seasonally and over longer timescales.