Browse ETS2.A Resources

Browse ETS2.A Resources

Living in a Freshwater World

Earth
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Water & Life, Weather, Climate, Tropical Cyclones, Floods, World Health
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS3.A, ETS2.A
Summary: 
This interactive lesson will allow you to explore Earth’s freshwater resources. You will learn how NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission is helping us better understand our most valuable natural resource.

LEGO Model of Hurricane Irma GPM Precipitation Data

LEGO Model of GPM Data from Hurricane Irma
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ETS2.A
Keywords: 
engineering, models, build, LEGO
Summary: 
Step by step instructions and a parts list to build your own LEGO model of GPM precipitation data collected from Hurricane Irma on 9/5/17.

Water Falls: Getting the Big Picture

Water Falls - Getting the Big Picture.vtt
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Water Cycle, Precipitation, Weather, Climate, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, Formal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
active sensing, passive sensing
Summary: 
The second spinoff video for the Science on a Sphere film "Water Falls." This video looks at the uses and advantages of remote sensing.

Beautiful Earth: Snow

Beautiful Earth: Snow
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Hydrologic Cycle, Precipitation, Water & Life, Climate, Satellites, Launch Vehicle, Data, Freshwater Resources, Forecasting
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ESS3.A, ESS3.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
GPM, snow
Summary: 
GPM Application Science Lead, Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, explains how GPM observes snow, and the importance of understanding snow characteristics and distribution in a changing climate.

Beautiful Earth: Floods and Landslides

Beautiful Earth: Floods and Landslides
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Climate, Satellites, Floods, Landslides, Forecasting, World Health
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS3.B, ESS3.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
GPM, soil, extreme events
Summary: 
GPM Application Science Lead, Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, explains how landslides and floods occur, and how satellite imagery is used in understanding these disasters.

Beautiful Earth: Hurricanes

Beautiful Earth: Hurricanes
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Climate, Tropical Cyclones, Forecasting
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ETS2.A
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, TRMM, hurricanes
Summary: 
GPM Application Science Lead, Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, discusses how GPM observes hurricanes from space, as well as the formation process and properties of these hurricanes.

GPM's First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map

GPM's First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
global, rain, snow, data processing, GPM Constellation, IMERG
Summary: 
GPM Project Scientist Dr. Gail Skofronick-Jackson and Deputy Project Scientist Dr. George Huffman narrate a look at the new GPM IMERG global dataset.

GPM Scientists Answer Students' Questions About Global Precipitation

GPM Master Teachers and Pilot Teachers showed their students the data animation depicting six months of global precipitation, and asked their students to share their questions for NASA scientists about this new global portrait of rain and snow.
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Earth Systems, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Floods, Landslides
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, IMERG
Summary: 
GPM Master Teachers and Pilot Teachers showed their students the data animation depicting six months of global precipitation, and asked their students to share their questions for NASA scientists about this new global portrait of rain and snow.

GPM in a Minute

http://pmm.nasa.gov/extreme-weather/first-2015-tropical-storm-forms-eastern-pacific
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Launch Vehicle, STEM Careers
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
NASA Goddard, Tanegashima Space Center, engineering, testing, GPM Core Observatory
Summary: 
A time-lapse video that shows the assembly and testing of the GPM Core Observatory satellite in one minute.

First Data from GPM

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11784
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather and Climate, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Satellites, Data
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ESS3.D, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, JAXA, GMI, DPR
Summary: 
NASA and JAXA released the first images captured by their newest Earth-observing satellite, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, which launched into space Feb. 27, 2014.

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