Students will watch a video on the Greenland Ice Sheet and answer questions.
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To investigate the different rates of heating and cooling of certain materials on earth in order to understand the heating dynamics that take place in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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 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.
Interpret the map, or model, to find patterns in the occurrence of tropical cyclones from 1842 through 2018.
Students observe the surface temperatures of a variety of surface types found in a suburban environment.
Learn about volcanic ash and watch a visualization of the Calbuco volcano to see how ash travels around the world.
Students will engage in a collaborative learning routine as they explore slides that show how the development of public transportation infrastructure changed the land in Woodlawn, Maryland. They will make observations of a satellite image and a photo from the ground as well as read background information on the impact of urbanization.
Students interpret a graph of surface temperatures taken from city districts and other types of communities.
Compare pictures of different volcanoes. Then visit NASA's Space Place to learn about volcanoes and answer questions about volcanic eruptions.