Students use visualizations to explore the relation between elevation and temperature and begin learning how to make important patterns evident in visualizations.
Categories
Atmosphere
Aerosols
Barometric Pressure
Water Vapor
Pedosphere (Soil)
Relative Humidity
Precipitation
Air Temperature
Soil Temperature
Soil Moisture - Gravimetric
Biosphere
Land Cover Classification
Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern
Learning to Use Visualizations
1 period (approx. 45 min.)
Learning Activities
ESS: The History of Planet Earth
Secondary: 9-12
HS-ESS2-3
Middle: 6-8
ESS: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
HS-ESS2-2
English
ESS: Weather and Climate