Students examine images from weather satellites to better understand how satellites provide important observations for meteorologists calculating weather forecasts.

Students will understand how to read and create station models used in meteorology.

Students will collect weather data and compare their readings to official data from the National Weather Service.

In this activity, students view current and past satellite images available on Alaska's web-based Geographic Information Network (GINA) in order to study weather patterns and sea ice movement on the Bering Sea and determine how weather patterns affect their local communities.

In this activity, students will use the University of Alaska’s Web-based Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) to study sea ice in the Bering Sea and use the data to plan a hypothetical winter trip.

Students will determine how weather variables can be used to predict the weather.

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In this activity, students will develop a working definition of drought and do a hands-on demonstration to understand the role of soil moisture in drought. Students will also examine precipitation data and streamflow levels and use them to predict where drought is most severe in the United States. Students will check their predictions by comparing them to the U.S. monitors drought severity layer.

Students explore how variables such as temperature and pressure affect each other in the environment, using real scientific data.