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\nCold, Clouds, and Snowflakes\n

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\nYoung scholars explore satellite data and graphing. For this weather data analysis math and science lesson, students analyze NASA satellite data to draw conclusions about geographical areas where precipitation might have happened. Young...\n
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\nIs the Hudson River Too Salty to Drink?\n

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\nLearners explore reasons for varied salinity in bodies of water. In this geographical inquiry lesson, students use a variety of visual and written information including maps, data tables, and graphs, to form a hypothesis as to why the...\n
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\nActivity 4: Alvin Dive, A Mysterious Encounter and Change Over Time\n

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\nStudents receive copies of the Time Series Observations to use for note-taking. They work in small groups to discuss what they see when the outside lights of Alvin are turned on, and off, where the bacteria may have come from. They view...\n
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\nHow Warm is the Water?\n

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\nStudents research how surface sea temperature changes throughout the year. They draw a time series of sea surface temperatures for each month of the year and a depth profile for a summer and winter month using an OceanExplorer Profiler...\n
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\nWhen It Rains It Pours More Drought and More Heavy Rainfall\n

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\nWhich is worse — drought or flooding? Neither is helpful to the environment, and both are increasing due to climate change. The 16th lesson plan in a series of 21 covers the average precipitation trends for two different climates within...\n
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\n\"Ghost\n\n
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\nGhost Town\n

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\nAround 93 percent of the reefs on Australia's Great Barrier Reef have been bleached, and almost one quarter of them are now dead. Scholars research the sea temperatures, especially around the areas with coral reefs, to make connections...\n
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\nI Speak for the Polar Bears!\n

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\nClimate change and weather extremes impact every species, but this lesson focuses on how these changes effect polar bears. After learning about the animal, scholars create maps of snow-ice coverage and examine the yearly variability and...\n
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\nFRED in the Classroom: Debt and Deficit\n

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\nHere is a hands-on activity where your class members will discover different ways to measure the government's financial situation and work to add data and redraw graphs in order to calculate the ratio of gross federal debt held by...\n
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\nFRED in the Classroom: Measures of Inflation\n

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\nDon't just tell class members about how to measure inflation, have them experience it firsthand by asking them to work with real data and construct graphs!\n
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\nWhy Does Media Literacy Matter?\n

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\nCriticism of news and entertainment journalism is at an all-time high. Help 21st-century learners develop the media literacy skills they need to become critical consumers with a three-lesson guide the looks at persuasive techniques used...\n
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\nFRED in the Classroom: Employment and the Labor Force\n

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\nAcquaint your class members with data sources for employment in the United States and help them gain a better understanding of a vital measure of our economy's health.\n
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\nPredict the future of education through a mathematical analysis. Using a project-based learning strategy, classes examine the pattern of student-to-teacher ratios over a period of years. Provided with the relevant data, learners create a...\n
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\nIs Grandpa Right, Were Winters Colder When He Was a Boy?\n

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\nStudents compare current weather data to historic data to see if there is a temperature change.  For this weather lesson students complete a lab activity and determine average changes in temperature, precipitation and cloud cover.\n
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\nSolar Cell Energy Availability From Around the Country\n

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\nStudents determine areas that are the most likely to produce solar energy by using NASA data.  In this solar energy lesson students analyze plots and determine solar panel use. \n
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\nTrends of Snow Cover and Temperature in Alaska\n

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\nStudents gather historical snow cover and temperature data from the MY NASA DATA Web site. They compare this data to data gathered using ground measurements from the ALISON Web site for Shageluk Lake. They graph both sets of data and...\n
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\nHurricanes As Heat Engines\n

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\nStudents examine sea surface temperatures to see how hurricanes get heat from the oceans surface.  For this hurricanes lesson students use the Internet to find data and make line plots. \n
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\nCombustion and Air Quality: Emissions Monitoring\n

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\nHelp your class determine the types of pollutants coming from vehicle exhaust. Groups use an air quality monitor to determine the emissions from different vehicles, to gain knowledge about combustion energy, and to predict how the...\n
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\nHuman Effect\n

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\nStudents investigate changes in air quality. In this science lesson, students compare data to determine the air quality. Students explore how humans affect the air quality.\n
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\nGraphing Iron Data\n

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\nPupils apply a data set to create a graph show how iron ore impacts an ecosystem. They explain how the iron effects the distribution and abundance of phytoplankton in coastal ecosystems using spreadsheet software.\n
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\nMarch of the Polar Bears: Global Change, Sea Ice, and Wildlife Migration\n

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\nStudents study global change and how these changes impact wildlife.  In this polar bears  lesson students analyze maps and data to understand climate change. \n
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\nAnnotating Change in Satellite Images\n

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\nStudents construct a movie using Landsat images to observe changes over time on Earth. In this satellite images lesson plan, students observe changes in land use over time and document one type of change they observe. They produce an...\n
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\nPaper Planes\n

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\nIn this unit, 3rd graders investigate one variable to see if they can make a paper plane fly farther. They use scatter plots to establish a possible relationship between variables then use what they have found to make a paper plane to...\n
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\nLife Expectancy at Birth\n

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\nStudents create a line graph on the life expectancy for males and females in Canada. In this math and health lesson plan, students review table and graph terminology, create line graphs, and analyze the differences in life expectancy...\n
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\nPower Metering Project\n

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\nYoung scholars collect and analyze variable data and understand the concept of electrical power.  In this energy lesson students use a spreadsheet to manage their data and create box plots. \n
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