In this lesson, students will investigate the drivers of climate change, including adding carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, sea level rise, and the effect of decreasing sea ice on temperatures.
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Earth is a system of systems.
Guided by the 5E model, this lesson allows students to work together to uncover how changes in sea ice extent in the Arctic and Antarctic regions are connected to Earth’s energy budget.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Rivers and Lakes protocol bundle.
Students collect and analyze temperature data to explore what governs how much energy is reflected.
Steve Nerem is the leader of NASA’s Sea Level Change team. His project, Observation-Driven Projections of Future Regional Sea Level Change, focuses on using NASA satellite and in situ observations and climate modeling to estimate future regional sea level change.
Students will analyze the monthly seasonal chlorophyll concentration images in our global oceans for the four different months of 2017, and then answer the following questions.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Air Quality protocol bundle.
Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective
Review these resources to learn how Dorothy "Dotty" Metcalf-Lindenburger explored different career paths to eventually make her way to work with NASA. Starting off as a geology student in college, then working as a teacher, Dotty gained employment with NASA as an astronaut!