Students examine satellite images of an island before and after a volcanic eruption to determine the impact of the eruption.
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Review this page to learn about the background of volcanoes and their eruptions.
Students analyze the relationship between sea surface height and ocean surface currents by graphing sea height using satellite data. Note: This lesson is modified from NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon lesson plan.
Students model Earth's tectonic plate movement and explore the relationship between these movements and different types of volcanoes.
This lesson is taken from NASA's Phytopia: Discovery of the Marine Ecosystem written in partnership with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science with funding from the National Science Foundation.
Students will describe the changes in a newly-formed volcanic island over the first three years of its life.
Students use Phytopia: Exploration of the Marine Ecosystem, a computer-based tool, to investigate various phytoplankton species and topics relating to phytoplankton biology.