For this lesson, students will need their science notebooks and one-to-one or paired use of a computer with Internet access. Please provide students with the following materials: Visual: Earth’s Energy Budget; Maps: ISCCP Satellite - Monthly Snow/Ice Amount and Monthly Snow/Ice Amount – Change Over Time data sheet; Assignment: Scientific Article Summary.

For this lesson, students will need their science notebooks and one-to-one or paired use of computer with internet and access to Google Earth. Please provide students with the following handouts:  <em>NOAA Coral Reef Watch Data Set Methodology,</em> <em>A Look Inside Scientific Articles, </em>and <em>Analyzing Coral Thermal Stress using NOAA’s Coral Watch Monitoring System in Google Earth.</em>

For this lesson, students will need their science notebooks and individual or paired use of a computer with Internet access to watch a Global Forest Watch video on YouTube. You will also need to print the student handouts from pages 14-20 of the PDF Lesson Plan.

Before you begin, make sure you have the following materials. You will need copies of the handouts for each student and a projector for the PowerPoint. Each handout is available in its original format or as a PDF file: Evidence Organizer, Fact/Opinion Sorter, Fact/Opinion Presentation. Students should have their science notebooks.