Go to NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch: Satellite Coral Bleaching Monitoring Datasets page. Download the most recent package for Google Earth. Since episode 3 deals with the birthplace of El Niño events, that will be the location students will analyze.
Prerequisite Knowledge HS-3
Have students take the Pre-Quiz. This will allow you to see the knowledge your students have prior to watching episode 3.
Vocabulary HS-3
Anomaly, climate, climate change, correlation, credible, currents, drought, El Niño, La Niña emissions, evidence, fact, greenhouse gases, impact, local v. global, natural cycle, opinion, oscillation, paleoclimatology, qualitative data, quantitative data, sea surface temperature, thermal stress, science, trade winds, trend line, weather
Materials HS-3
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: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Data Set Methodology, A Look Inside Scientific Articles, and Analyzing Coral Thermal Stress using NOAA’s Coral Watch Monitoring System in Google Earth.
Resources and Links HS-2
Use the following print and online resources to supplement your understanding of the material covered in this lesson.
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