Ocean In Motion
Ocean Motion: Wind-driven currents
Model the flow of ocean surface currents by blowing air across a tub of rheoscopic fluid and water, with clay structures simulating coastlines, islands, and seafloor features.
3rd - 5th
Be an Earth Guardian Activity Book
The Earth has one large, interconnected ocean. The ocean covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface, surely making this a water planet. And, did you know that the same ocean, river, or bay that you
swim, fish, surf, and dive in can also be a fabulous classroom? The ocean provides students of all ages with unlimited opportunities to learn about the world around us.
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Greenhouse Gas Story Map
What are greenhouse gases? How do they warm the earth? Where do they come from? How are they measured? Learn more in this Story Map.
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Air Pollution Story Map
Air pollution can be in the form of a gas, solid or liquid. It is something that is bad for human health, or other forms of life. Learn more in this Story Map.
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Adjusting to Climate Extremes Story Map
Water is everywhere. Sometimes there’s too much. Sometimes there’s too little. Either extreme, people are affected in big ways. Learn more in this Story Map.
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The Global Temperature Anomaly
Basically everything that we think of as “modern human civilization”—permanent agriculture, continuously occupied cities, free WiFi—has emerged since the last ice age ended roughly 11,000 years ago.
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Ask a Scientist: What Do You See At the South Pole?
NOAA Corps officer Tim Holland talks shows us what you see when you live at the South Pole. He is working in Antarctica for a year, 2020-2021, for NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory.
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Ask a Scientist: What Are Greenhouse Gases?
NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) Scientist Pieter Tans explains what greenhouse gases are and how the greenhouse effect works.
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Ask a Scientist: What Do We Learn From Tree Rings?
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Paleoclimate Scientist Bruce Bauer explains why studying tree rings is important, and the wonderful things we can learn from them.
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Ask a Scientist: What Are Tree Cores?
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Scientist and Paleoclimatologist Bruce Bauer explains what tree cores are.
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