Students compare the speed of the Galileo spacecraft to more familiar speeds (walking, driving, etc.) and graph their results.

In this STEM activity, students use the engineering design process to build a structure to handle the greatest load. They also gain first-hand experience with compression and tension forces when they test the factors affecting the strength and stability of a structure. Using the design process, students will identify the problem, brainstorm, design, buiild, test, and share their solutions. Lastly, they will measure and record the strength and amount of weight the structure will hold.

This article highlights how climate change is resulting in increasing world lake temperatures.

This article discusses the impact of having water on land and the rate at which sea level rises in that region.

This article discusses how NASA space satellites were used to determine why the Earth wobbles.

This article highlights electromagnetic radiation from the sun, and its interference with satellites.

Students investigate color as a factor that can cause differences in Earth's surface temperature.

In this STEM activity, students are challenged to solve a real-world problem that is part of the space program while learning about heat and heat transfer. Students will observe a design before and after testing, and pick out the-key features as they apply the design process to a problem. In the challenge, students will build a structure from aluminum foil and copper screening that will protect a model of the Ares launch vehicles from the heat of a propane torch for as long as possible. Students will document their designs with sketches and written descriptions. As a culmination students compile their results into a poster and present them to the class.

This resource explains and visually shows the difference between high and low tide.

This video demonstrates the effects of El Nino in California, and the weather patterns it causes.

This article discusses ground level sources of ozone, such as fires, in the Pacific region.

This Speaker ToolKit includes talking points and suggestions, a "Best Practices" document to offer helpful suggestion before, during, and after the presentation, and a list of additional resources that may be accessed by the speaker and/or the educator. This presentation is designed to take one 30 to 45 minute presentation.

Students use NASA satellite images and maps to study water bodies such as oceans, seas, gulfs, bays, straits, lakes, and rivers. Students will also compare their state's water bodies to those of other locations.

In this STEM lesson, students are challenged to create and test a water filtering system. The STEM activities in this lesson focus on water recovery and management. Students will design and build a water filtration device, test the device, make observations, and collect data. They will collaborate as they analyze results and attempt to idenity the best filter media to use. Based on their analysis and on study of other filtration devices, they will make modifications to their model and repeat the process in an effort to produce the most effective filtration apparatus possible. Lastly, students will compare individual results and communicate their results to the larger community.

Students go outside and use scientific equipment to collect atmospheric moisture data (temperature, relative humidity, precipitation and cloud cover). Students will use this qualitative and quantitative data to understand how water is found in the atmosphere, how the atmosphere determines weather and climate, and how Earth"™s spheres are connected through the water cycle.

In this video, a meteorologist talks about the GOES satellite, which monitors solar activity.

This resource is an article that answers the question, "What Causes the Seasons?".