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My NASA Data - A Map of Freshwater

GRACE water map
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Weather, Climate, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Keywords: 
freshwater, GRACE, watershed, hydrosphere
Summary: 
This My NASA Data lesson plan takes students through data from the GRACE satellite mission to help them understand where regions around the globe may experience a change in their freshwater availability.

Exploring Climate Science: A Snow Study

Exploring Climate Science: A Snow Study
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Water Cycle, Hydrologic Cycle, Precipitation, Earth Systems, Weather, Climate, Human Impact, Data, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8, K - 5
Standards: 
ESS3.C
Keywords: 
watershed, snow pack, snow water equivalent, stream flow
Summary: 
This curriculum for 5th grade was designed to help students measure basic snow properties through science techniques, and focus on the connection between snowfall in the Sierra Nevada and water availability in the rest of California ...

Climate Science in Focus: A Streamflow River Study

http://www.nps.gov/depo/forteachers/classrooms/upload/Entire-5th-Grade-Curriculum-Unit-3.pdf
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Water Cycle, Earth Systems, Water & Life, Weather, Climate, Human Impact, Data, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Keywords: 
watershed, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere
Summary: 
This curriculum for 9th grade was designed to help students develop and understanding of climate change, how scientists study climate change, and what can be done locally to address climate change issues.

NASA Real World: NASA and the Chesapeake bay

Diagram of an estuary
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Water & Life, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS3.A, ESS3.C
Keywords: 
estuary, watershed, LANDSAT, pollution, Chesapeake Bay
Summary: 
Learn how NASA uses Earth observing satellites to monitor conditions in the Chesapeake Bay over time. Information about pollution, eutrophication, land cover and watershed runoff helps water managers enact policies to improve the health of the Bay.