World Population History
Need a way to show students how population growth has occurred? This interactive map shows the changes in population alongside while providing context of important milestones of human impacts along the way.
NESTA NGSS Teacher Resources
Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100
Make population pyramids to understanding changes in populations in countries around the world.
Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of a Planet
How do we know climate change is real? Why is climate change happening? What are the impacts of climate change? What is being done to solve climate change?
Light pollution map
Interactive world light pollution map. The map uses NASA VIIRS, World Atlas 2015, Aurora prediction, observatories, clouds and SQM/SQC overlay contributed by users.
WW2010 (the weather world 2010 project):
Integrates current and archived weather data (images & text) with instructional resources (modules & curriculum) using innovative technologies (new navigation, multiple interfaces).
Precipitation Education |
The Precipitation Education website, presented by NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, provides students and educators with resources to learn about Earth’s water cycle, weather and climate, and the technology and societal applications of studying them.
earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions
See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.
Worldview: Explore Your Dynamic Planet
Searchable data allows you to make a map to share.
World Climate: Weather rainfall and temperature data
Over 80,000 climate and historical weather records for over 20,000 weather stations worldwide
GOES-East CONUS - GeoColor - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR
Near real-time publication of GOES-East and GOES-West images from NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Ventusky - Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps
Has to be the BEST interactive Weather map Real time & Historical data (Wind, Temp, waves, clouds, dewpoint, humidity, thunderstorms, precipitation, snow)
Investigating Coral Bleaching: NOAA Data in the Classroom
Students are guided through the use of NOAA data (sea surface temperature and SST anomalies, coral bleaching hotspots, and degree heating weeks) to understand how scientists monitor coral bleaching events in order to determine what is happening to the health of coral reefs in the world's oceans.
Sea Level Trends - NOAA Tides & Currents
Sea Levels Online, a map of sea level rise and fall, trends, and anomalies
Investigating Seafloor Spreading
Students to use real-world data and the TecRocks Explorer to investigate structures and rock ages on the seafloor. Students connect these data to the theory of seafloor spreading.
Investigating Sea Level: Teacher Resources
This activity uses a series of interactive web maps, apps, and high resolution images to help you learn about sea level using real data from NOAA.
Hydrothermal Vents - Dive & Discover
Hydrothermal Vents In 1979, scientists in Alvin dove to the Mid-Ocean Ridge in the eastern Pacific. A spectacular sight greeted them. Clouds of what looked like black smoke were billowing from tall chimneys on the ocean floor. Explore vent basics, vents around the world, vent chemistry, boiling points, videos, and…
Global Man-made Impervious Surface & Settlement Extent from Landsat
Investigate maps to reveal how humans have impacted the water cycle.
Water Balance App
AMAZING Interactive @Esri map How much rain: -becomes runoff, -evaporates -infiltrates soil
Ocean Facts: NOAA's National Ocean Service
In the U.S., where over half of us live along the coast and more than 78 percent of our overseas trade by volume comes and goes along our marine highways, the health of our coasts is intricately connected to the health of our nation's economy. The National Ocean Service (NOS) translates science, tools, and services into action, to address threats to coastal areas such as climate change, population growth, port congestion, and contaminants in the environment, all working towards healthy coasts and healthy economies.
Flood Risks & Impacts Module
Students will use the Flood Explorer model to investigate the factors that influence flooding. Students also examine real-world case studies to consider and articulate factors that influence the risk and impact of floods including scientific factors (elevation, permeability) and social factors (people and infrastructure) on a local and regional scale. Finally, students will explore the effect of rising global temperatures on inland flooding and be able to answer the guiding question: How will flood risks and impacts change over the next 100 years?
Virtual Earthquake - An Introduction
Interactive lesson that takes students through the steps to determine how is an Earthquake's Epicenter Located using seismographs.
Swaves - Seismic Waves - Watch Earthquakes in 3D
A visualization of earthquake waves traveling: -through Earth’s interior -radiating on the surface -How read through seismographs -Use real Earthquakes @IRIS_EPO
Earthquakes and Volcanoes Around the World; Concord Consortium
In this activity, you will use a computer model to investigate the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that have occurred around the world since 1960.
Density 2.0 - Concord Consortium
The Density Activity is provided as an optional resource. We have not specifically addressed the role of density in plate interactions within the Plate Tectonics module. We encourage you to teach your students about density, though, so that they can better understand why plates interact as they do. You can use the provided one-page Density activity, or you can use the resources that you've used in the past, or you can use a combination of the two.
What Causes Ocean Currents?
Great @Esri interactive guide w/ beautiful visuals & great explanations
Assessing Seismic Hazards and Risk with Code (Public)
In this module students develop block-based computer codes to explore the causes, likelihood, and potential for damage of earthquakes in California.
Planet Hunting - High-Adventure Science Interactive
Explore how combining data from the velocity of a star and the light intensity of a star can be used to find planets.
Factors that Affect Air Quality - High-Adventure Science Interactive
How do wind, rain and solar radiation affect air quality? How might some methods of reducing emissions affect air quality? Click the play button to start the model, adjust the sliders to create different conditions and look at how each variable changes the air quality index over time.
Managing an Agricultural System - High-Adventure Science Interactive
What factors affect erosion rate? What is the relationship between climate and crop yield? How do plants and types of farming affect soil quality? This model is divided into two zones that allow you to compare different slopes and/or land management plans. The erosion rate graph shows the amount the soil in each zone moves in each measurement period. The topsoil graph shows you the amount of topsoil in each zone over time.
Movement of Pollutants - High-Adventure Science Interactive
Can you place power plants so all three cities have good air quality at the same time when the wind is blowing from any direction? Investigate how mountains and wind direction affect air quality.