Students will observe monthly satellite data of the North Atlantic to identify relationships among key science variables that include sea surface salinity (SS), air temperature at the ocean surface (AT), sea surface temperature (ST), evaporation (EV), precipitation (PT), and evaporation minus pre
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Check out the Arctic and Earth SIGNs video to explore how climate models are used in climate change research.
Using various visualizations (i.e., images, charts, and graphs), students will explore changes in sea ice extent as it relates to other spheres within the Earth System. This story map is intended to be used with students who have access to a computing device in a 1:1 or 1:2 setting.
This graphic organizer may be used to help students analyze the processes and components of Earth System phenomena.
In this activity, students use satellite images from the NASA Landsat team to quantify changes in glacier cover over time from 1986 to 2018.
Students evaluate graphs and images of sea ice and relate them to changes in albedo. Students make a claim about the interaction of albedo and sea ice extent.
How much do you know about the frozen poles of our home planet?
Students explore positive feedback effects of changing albedo from melting Arctic sea ice.
Students will make a claim about whether changing albedo contributes to changes in Arctic habitats.
Students connect day/night and seasonal cycles with albedo in the Arctic region.