Students will identify and describe the relationship between watersheds and phytoplankton distribution.
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Students identify patterns in chlorophyll concentration data to formulate their explanations of phytoplankton distribution.
In this activity, you will use an inexpensive spectrophotometer* to test how light at different visible wavelengths (blue, green, red) is transmitted, or absorbed, through four different colored water samples.
Students identify patterns and describe the relationship between chlorophyll concentration and incoming shortwave radiation.
This graphic organizer may be used to help students analyze the processes and components of Earth System phenomena.
Helping students build their understanding of Earth's spheres and how they are connected is difficult. Review the graphics to help identify the parts of the Earth System and the processes that connect them at the local, regional, and global scales.
Examine (daytime) surface temperature and solar radiation received at locations found near similar latitudes using NASA Data.
This investigation is part of the NASA: Mission Geography Module "What are the causes and consequences of climate change?" that guides students through explorations in climatic variability and evidence for global climate change.