- Students are now going to do a more thorough analysis of the datasets within NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch within Google Earth.
- Assuming this section is taking place on a different day than the Engage, you will want your students to again follow steps 1-3 under the Engage section to get to the correct starting point.
- Provide students with the student handout, Analyzing Coral Thermal Stress using NOAA’s Coral Watch Monitoring System in Google Earth found on pages 16 and 17. Once completed, students can tape and fold the handout in to their science notebook.
- Discuss findings within a small group and then discuss as a class. Use the questions below to guide the discussion.
- Is there any vocabulary that you need help understanding or clarifying?
- Is there wording or phrases you don’t understand?
- Turn and explain to your neighbor what an anomaly is.
- Any observations from the data that caught your attention?
- Do each of the datasets or products seem to be connected or are they completely unique, their data is not dependent upon other data?