This story map allows students to explore the formation and impacts of ash and aerosols from volcanic eruptions around the world in a 5 E-learning cycle. They will investigate how ash and aerosols produced from volcanic eruptions are hazardous to the human ecosystem, and will analyze concentrations of aerosols from a volcanic eruption over time.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Weather protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Water Cycle protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Soils protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Rivers and Lakes protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Water Quality protocol bundle.
Dr. Tom Loveland is a research geographer at EROS and director of the USGS Land Cover Institute. He has been engaged in research on the use of remote sensing for land use and land cover investigations for over 25 years and has conducted studies that have spanned local to global scales. He was among the first to create continental and global-scale land cover data sets derived from remotely sensed imagery.
Learn about Erika Podest's journey from a childhood in Panama to a career at NASA as a Research Scientist.
Learn how Dr. Anyamba, Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory explore how Earth's Biosphere and Geosphere respond to climate variability.
Grade Band
Time
Spheres
Supported NGSS Performance Expectations
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
Supported Common Core Math
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Student Tech Requirements
