Students develop and test a hypothesis about how albedo affects temperature.
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Students watch the video Frozen Earth and answer the following questions that discuss how ice helps moderate the planet's temperature using NASA satellites.
Students will make a claim about whether changing albedo contributes to changes in Arctic habitats.
Students explore positive feedback effects of changing albedo from melting Arctic sea ice.
In this activity, students use satellite images from the NASA Landsat team to quantify changes in glacier cover over time from 1986 to 2018.
Background information on snow and ice extent.
The My NASA Data visualization tool, Earth System Data Explorer (ESDE), helps learners visualize complex Earth System data sets over space and time. Visit this page to review the datasets we have available to you and their organization by Earth System sphere, science variable, dataset name, and start/end dates.
Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective
Background on changing albedo values.
Students will practice the process of making claims, collecting evidence to support claims, and applying scientific reasoning to connect evidence to claims.