Students will make a claim about whether changing albedo contributes to changes in Arctic habitats.
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Students collect and analyze temperature data to explore what governs how much energy is reflected.
Background information on the El Nino Southern Oscillation or ENSO.
Students connect day/night and seasonal cycles with albedo in the Arctic region.
The Earth System Satellite Images help students observe and analyze global Earth and environmental data, understand the relationship among different environmental variables, and explore how the data change seasonally and over longer timescales.
Background information on ocean circulation.
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Phytoplankton distribution background information.
Students will analyze the mapped plot of the historic Ocean Chlorophyll Concentrations at key locations around the world for the period of 1998-2018.
This mini lesson engages students by watching a NASA video related to seasonal chlorophyll concentration as it relates to net radiation using NASA's Aqua satellite. Students will examine the model and answer the questions.