The Earth System Satellite Images, along with the Data Literacy Cubes, helps the learner identify patterns in a specific image.
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Hands-on demonstration of the El Niño Effect, trade winds, and upwelling provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.
Background information on the El Nino Southern Oscillation or ENSO.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Oceans protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Soils protocol bundle.
GLOBE protocols and learning activities that complement the El Niño Southern Oscillation phenomenon through hands-on investigations are detailed.
Students learn how to estimate the "energy efficiency" of photosynthesis, or the amount of energy that plants absorb for any given location on Earth. This is the ratio of the amount of energy stored to the amount of light energy absorbed and is used to evaluate and model photosynthesis efficiency.