Students identify patterns and describe the relationship between chlorophyll concentration and incoming shortwave radiation.
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Students will identify and describe the relationship between watersheds and phytoplankton distribution.
Students review a video showing how the ocean is warmed by solar energy. This is the first video of a four-part series on the water cycle, which follows the journey of water from the ocean to the atmosphere, to the land, and back again to the ocean.
Hands-on demonstration of the El Niño Effect, trade winds, and upwelling provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.
What is El Nino or ENSO?
Students analyze and compare satellite data of Ocean Chlorophyll Concentrations with Sea Surface Temperatures, beginning with the North Atlantic region, while answering questions about the global patterns of these phenomenon.
This NASA visualization shows sea surface salinity observations (September 2011-September 2014). Students review the video and answer questions.
In this mini-lesson, students analyze soil moisture quantities associated with Hurricane Harvey around Houston, Texas on August 25, 2017.
Students examine satellite images of a recently formed island to identify areas of erosion and deposition.