Scientists and engineers use and develop models for representing ideas and explanations.

Check out this the Arctic and Earth SIGNs video to explore how climate models are used in climate change research.

Perceiving Earth as a system begins when we first feel warmth from sunshine or get wet standing in the rain.

A model analyst develops models to help visualize, observe, and predict complicated data. Model analysis is the process of taking large amounts of data and separate it into a structure that makes it intelligible to the binary process of computers.

The purpose of this activity is to have students use an Earth Systems perspective to identify the various causes associated with changes to Earth's forests as they review Landsat imagery of site locations from around the world.

Check out these learning activities to help prepare students for collecting data and support the integration of MND with GLOBE in your curriculum.

Students analyze the relationship between sea surface topography and ocean surface currents by graphing sea height differences using data collected from NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon mission.

This activity is one of a series in the collection, The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change activities. 

A key practice of successful scientists and engineers is the ability to clearly communicate the ideas and methods they develop. Being able to review and critique the ideas of others are fundamental activities of professional STEM professionals.

The measurements of The GLOBE Program provide students with the means to begin exploring Earth as a System for themselves. The processes comprising the global environment are interconnected.