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.

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.

The Water Cycle - Animation

Primary Topic:

Water Cycle

Subtopics:

Hydrologic Cycle, Precipitation

Type:

Video

Audience:

Informal, Formal, General

Standards:

ESS2.C

Keywords:

evaporation, condensation, groundwater, animations

Summary:

This animation shows the entire process of the water cycle throughout the course of a day.

The Data Downpour

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Weather, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data

Type:

Video

Audience:

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

Standards:

ESS2.C, ESS2.D

Keywords:

global rain map, data processing, constellation

Summary:

A video describing how the GPM constellation turns observed radiances and reflectivities of global precipitation into data products.

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 ...

Earth Wheel Lesson Plan

Primary Topic:

Water Cycle

Subtopics:

Hydrologic Cycle, Precipitation, Water & Life

Type:

Lesson Plan

Audience:

Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8

Standards:

ESS2.A

Keywords:

webquest

Summary:

This is the first of three lessons that have been developed to teach students about Earth’s water cycle, the importance of freshwater resources, and how NASA studies water in 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.