Students model Earth's tectonic plate movement and explore the relationship between these movements and different types of volcanoes.
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GLOBE protocols and learning activities that complement exploration of the Flow of Energy and Matter are outlined.
Explore and connect to atmosphere protocols in GLOBE. Each protocol has related Earth System Data Explorer datasets identified as well.
In this activity, students will analyze past and future eclipse data and orbital models to determine why we don’t experience eclipses every month.
Because it recognizes the importance of U.S. coastal areas to the nation's economy, the U.S. National Ocean Service has formed a task force that is studying the trends and impacts of hurricanes on coastal regions. They have invited your students to participate.
The purpose of this lesson is for students to compare data displays to determine which best answers the driving question. To do this they will evaluate the spread of the data and what the displays show.
Students investigate the effects of Hurricane Sandy and make a scale model of the storm over the continental United States to assess the area of impact.
Students watch a 28-minute video on NASA's involvement in fighting wildfires.
Students observe seasonal images of Monthly Leaf Area, looking for any changes that are occurring throughout the year.