This activity invites students to simulate and observe the different effects on sea level from melting sea-ice.
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Students will analyze a pie chart (circle graph) showing the distribution of different parts of the Earth system's absorption and reflection of energy.
Students observe monthly images of changing vegetation patterns, looking for seasonal changes occurring throughout 2017. These data can be used by students to develop their own models of change.
Compare pictures of different volcanoes. Then visit NASA's Space Place to learn about volcanoes and answer questions about volcanic eruptions.
Students watch a video introducing the concept of albedo and answer questions.
Interpret the map, or model, to find patterns in the occurrence of tropical cyclones from 1842 through 2018.
This mini-lesson guides students' observations of soil moisture anomalies (how much the moisture content was above or below the norm) for the continental US in May 2018.
NASA visualizers take data – numbers, codes – and turn them into animations people can see and quickly understand.
Compare images from two volcanic eruptions in the Kuril Islands which occurred ten years apart and complete a graphic organizer for impacts on different Earth spheres.