Students will examine air temperature data collected through The GLOBE Program during the 2017 US solar eclipse.
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Students analyze surface air temperature anomalies to identify change with respect to different latitudes across the world.
NASA visualizers take data – numbers, codes – and turn them into animations people can see and quickly understand.
Students will analyze a line graph that shows how the surface temperature and air temperature values change over the course of 24 hours.
Students visit a NASA Website called "Eyes on the Earth" to view satellite missions in 3D circling the Earth and learn to navigate to specific satellites to learn about their capability of analyzing our changing planet and air quality.
Students watch videos and/or review articles related to particulate matter and how this pollutant is monitored and measured, then provide their understanding individually or in groups.
Students watch videos and review articles related to ozone as a pollutant at ground level, and how ozone impacts environment, then provide their understanding in groups.
Students will analyze how surface (skin) temperatures vary across a community and determine what factors contribute to this variation. Students will describe how human activity can affect the local environment.
Students analyze Landsat images of Atlanta, Georgia to explore the relationship between surface temperature and vegetation.
Conduct this EO Kids mini-lesson with your students to explore the phenomenon of Urban Heat Island Effect.