Students connect day/night and seasonal cycles with albedo in the Arctic region. 

Explore the energy and matter cycles found within the Earth System. 

Students analyze two North Pole orthographic data visualizations produced from soil moisture data. After describing trends in the seasonal thaw of land surfaces, students demonstrate their understanding of Earth’s energy budget by explaining relationships and make predictions about the dataset.

Explore a variety of NASA resources.

 Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective

Students watch a video introducing the concept of albedo and answer questions.

Students watch a video explaining albedo and its impact on Earth. The video shows visualizations of albedo across Earth and how it can change. Students will interpret the images in the video and answer questions about albedo.

Discover how GLOBE supports hands-on science for locally relevant learning which is also put into a global perspective.

Earth is a system of systems.

Find GLOBE resources which are connected to My NASA Data cryosphere phenomena. These include campaigns, eTraining and how to find related student projects.