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OLYMPEX Advanced Data Analysis Exercise

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Earth Systems, Weather, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers, Data, Societal Applications

Type:

Interactive

Audience:

Formal, 9 - 12

Standards:

ESS3.D

Keywords:

OLYMPEX, ground validation, data analysis, graphing

Summary:

This data exercise has students look up precipitation ground data and satellite data for a site in Washington State and do a comparison using a data table and a graph. The activity is expected to take about 45 minutes.

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.

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.

California Drought Visualization

Primary Topic:

Societal Applications

Subtopics:

Water Cycle, Hydrologic Cycle, Earth Systems, Data, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Website

Audience:

Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General

Keywords:

dought, snowpack, water resources, streamflow, reservoir storage

Standards:

ESS3.A, ESS3.D

Summary:

A visualization of data about California's drought, one of the most severe droughts on record.

Earth Wheel iQuest

This IQuest has been created to take you on a journey that allows you to discover how water, the single most important ingredient for life as we know it, moves through Earth’s systems. We will also learn how NASA is able to follow the water as it moves in and out of its three phases during its travels, and why this is vital to our existence.

Primary Topic:

All Topics

Subtopics:

Hydrologic Cycle, Water Properties, Earth Systems, Water & Life, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Interactive

Audience:

Formal, General

Keywords:

freshwater

Summary:

This IQuest has been created to take you on a journey that allows you to discover how water, the single most important ingredient for life as we know it, moves through Earth’s systems.

Hurricanes

Primary Topic:

Weather and Climate

Subtopics:

Water Cycle, Precipitation, Earth Systems, Satellites

Type:

Lesson Plan

Audience:

Formal, 6 - 8

Keywords:

hurricanes, tropical cyclones, natural hazards

Summary:

In this lesson, students will learn about hurricanes as a natural hazard. They will learn about technologies that have been developed to mitigate their devastating effects.

Water's Family Tree: Where Did it Come From?

Primary Topic:

Water Cycle

Subtopics:

Hydrologic Cycle, Water Properties, Earth Systems, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Article

Audience:

Outreach, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General

Standards:

ESS2.A, ESS2.C

Keywords:

chemistry of water, water formation

Summary:

Read about the chemistry of water and how scientists believe it formed and came to be found on Earth.

Earth's Water Delivery: No Passport Required

Primary Topic:

Societal Applications

Subtopics:

Water Cycle, Hydrologic Cycle, Earth Systems, Climate, Human Impact, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Article

Audience:

Outreach, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General

Standards:

ESS3.A

Keywords:

aquifer, water resources, water distribution, climate change, water use

Summary:

Water on Earth travels freely, without regard to borders, but it's not evenly distributed around the world, and that distribution is changing as climate changes.