MY NASA DATA: Graphing S'COOL Data--Temperature, Pressure and Humidity

Accessing, graphing and analyzing data are skills emphasized in this lesson. Using the S'COOL (Students' Cloud Observations On-Line) website, students will download NASA data on cloud cover, temperature, pressure, and relative humidity to generate a series of graphs. Those graphs will then be used by students to analyze data trends and answer accompanying questions. Three examples of graphed data are included as a reference. This lesson uses student- and citizen science-friendly microsets of authentic NASA Earth system science data from the MY NASA DATA project. It also includes related links and lesson extensions.

Keywords: Clouds and cloud cover; CERES

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NASA LaRCLast modified 2006

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Education Level: Elementary school:Upper elementary:Grade 4, Elementary school:Upper elementary:Grade 5, Middle school

Topics

Earth and space science:Earth processes:Weather Earth and space science:Earth structure:Atmosphere Engineering and technology:Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft Engineering and technology:Remote sensing Mathematics:Data collection, analysis and probability

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Activity, Data, Lesson or lesson plan, Tool/software

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