This activity is one of a series in the collection, The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change activities.
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In this mini lesson, students analyze a bar graph showing the relative forcings from natural and human factors that affect Earth's climate. They use information from this graph to assess the relative importance of these factors.
This mini lesson engages students in writing a commentary for a NASA video regarding changes in global temperatures from 1880 to 2017.
Students analyze a graph that illustrates the change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures.
Phytoplankton distribution background information.
Students review a visualization showing a global view of the top-of-atmosphere longwave radiation from January 26 and 27, 2012. They review the supporting text and analyze the data in the visualization to answer questions.
Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations.
Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective
In this activity, students use satellite images from the NASA Landsat team to quantify changes in glacier cover over time from 1986 to 2018.
This lesson, "Awenasa Goes to Camp!," is a data analysis activity that presents maps of NASA Earth satellite data for a variety of locations across the United States for four unidentified months throughout the year. Each location represents a real science camp th