Students develop and test a hypothesis about how albedo affects temperature.

This activity introduces students to aspects of the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and litho/geosphere and how they are interrelated. It is designed to promote an interest in authentic investigations of Earth using images acquired by astronauts as the hook.

Students collect and analyze temperature data to explore what governs how much energy is reflected. 

This lesson introduces the Earth system science spheres through model making and discussion.

Examine (daytime) surface temperature and solar radiation received at locations found near similar latitudes using NASA Data.