Earth is made up of five major parts or subsystems: the Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Cryosphere, and Geosphere. Each major part is connected to the other parts in a complex web of processes.

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.  

Download NASA satellite data to create a custom climograph for a specific location.

Learn about what an atmospheric scientist does and see if you have any skills in common.

Learn about what a data scientist does and see if you have any skills in common.

Learn about what an oceanographer does and see if you have any skills in common.

Learn about what a conservation scientist does and see if you have any skills in common.

Learn about what a remote scientist does and see if you have any skills in common.

Working in teams, students learn how a STEM professional uses STEM practices to solve real-world problems, design a STEM Career Connection Badge that highlights their takeaways about that profession, and build a training station to teach their classmates during a STEM Career Conne

Students will use coloring sheets to create a color coded model of El Niño and analyze it. If the Data Literacy Map Cube is used with this, students will color their models first.