Browse El Nino Resources

Browse El Nino Resources

Real World: JASON-2

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Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Climate, Human Impact, Technology, Satellites, Floods
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ESS3.D, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
oceans, El Nino, La Nina, sea level
Summary: 
Learn how the satellite, Jason 2, is able to use radar waves to determine the height of sea levels and evaluate the effects of global warming.
 

El Nino Lesson

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Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Climate, Societal Applications
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.D
Keywords: 
El Nino, La Nina, oceans, ENSO, upwelling
Summary: 
In this lesson, students are guided to explore an historical El Nino event using real satellite data and to correlate El Nino to local weather.
 

NASA Earth Science: Climate Variability and Change

NASA Earth Science: Climate Variability and Change
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Climate, Human Impact, Technology
Type: 
Website
Audience: 
Informal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Keywords: 
El Nino, oceans, climate variability, TRMM
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.D
Summary: 
This website explores NASA's role in characterizing, understanding and predicting climate variability and change.