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Earth Science Week is a great opportunity to bring the exciting study of our planet into your classroom or home. Dig into these hands-on STEM activities to learn about water resources, Earth's temperature, melting ice, and more.

Education Resources:

Educator Guides

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  Earth Science Lessons for Educators

  Explore a collection of standards-aligned STEM lessons for students that get them investigating Earth science along with NASA.

Student Activities

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  Earth Science Activities for Students

  Explore Earth science with these projects, videos, and slideshows for students.

Articles

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  Teachable Moments: The Science of Wildfires

  As wildfires burn over larger areas and longer portions of the year, NASA scientists are finding new ways to study their impacts on our climate and communities.

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  Teachable Moments: NASA's Eyes on Extreme Weather

  Learn about the causes and effects of extreme weather including hurricanes, floods, droughts and wildfires, plus how NASA studies them.

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  Teachable Moments: NASA Mission Gets the View on Earth’s Water Resources from Space

  Explore the water cycle and its effects on communities through the lens of a NASA satellite designed to track the movement of water around the globe.

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  Teachable Moments: Celebrate Earth Day with NASA Science Data

  NASA uses a fleet of satellites and science instruments to study our changing climate. Here’s how students can use that NASA data to do Earth science of their own.

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  Teachable Moments: The Science of Earth's Rising Seas

  How do we know sea-level rise is happening and what’s causing it? Learn about the NASA satellites studying the problem and get students exploring the data through math.

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  Teachable Moments: Earth Satellite Joins NASA Fleet to Monitor Sea Level, Improve Weather Forecasts

  Learn about a new spacecraft joining the fleet of Earth science satellites monitoring our changing planet from space and find out how to make classroom connections to Earth Science.

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  Meet JPL Interns: Rolling on the Science of an Atmospheric River

  Meet a JPL intern who helped her team research the impacts of climate change on global atmospheric rivers.

Expert Talks

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  Teaching Space With NASA – Exploring Earth's Oceans and Beyond

  In this educational talk, experts from NASA and the Exploration Vessel Nautilus discuss how scientists are exploring Earth's oceans.

Explore More:

• Facts & Figures: Climate Change – Evidence
• Interactive: Explore Earth Now
• Facts & Figures: NASA Earth science missions
• Video Series: NASA's Earth Minute
• Gallery: Images of Change
• Podcast: On a Mission
• Multimedia: NASA climate images, videos, and graphics
• Articles: Climate articles from NASA
• Articles: NASA People – Earth
• Website: NASA Global Climate Change
• Website: NASA Cambio Climático en Español
• Website: NASA Climate Kids
• Website: NASA Earth Observatory
• Website: NASA Sea Level Change
• Website: NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather for Kids
• Articles: People of NASA
• Articles: Meet JPL Interns
• Website: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Email: JPL Newsletter
• Website: JPL Jobs
• Website: JPL Internships & Fellowships
• Website: NASA
• Website: NASA STEM Engagement
• Website: NASA Social Media