Grade Level: 6-8
Students watch a 28-minute video on NASA's involvement in fighting wildfires.
Students watch a 28-minute video on NASA's involvement in fighting wildfires.
Students review a video that models the global impact of smoke from fires to develop an understanding of how models can be used to interpret and forecast phenomena in the Earth System.
Students watch a video and answer questions on Dr. Patrick Taylor (Atmospheric Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center) as he discusses the study of clouds and Earth's energy budget by analyzing data from Low Earth Orbit satellites.
Students will use NASA Satellite data of aerosol optical depth and sulfur dioxide as a tool to find evidence of volcanic activity at Kilauea, HI.
Students collect and analyze temperature data to explore what governs how much energy is reflected.