Students learn about the sources and impacts of tropospheric ozone.
Students learn about the sources and impacts of particulate matter (PM) or aerosols in relation air quality and human impacts.
Students learn that ozone varies through the hours of the day and over geographic area depending on the amount of pollution, sunlight, topography, and weather.
The Sun is an active place! Learn about the many different types of solar phenomena.
Resource Type: Information
Invisible energy from the Sun known as the solar wind extends throughout our entire solar system and even beyond.
Resource Type: Information
Earth's biomes change over long time periods as a result of natural cycles, but can change more abruptly due to human impacts. Earth's forest biomes in particular are changing, as a result of agriculture, outbreaks of tree-killing pests, and wildfires.
Students will learn how greenhouse gases temporarily trap heat within Earth's atmosphere, warming our planet via the greenhouse effect.
This teaching box provides resources related to the greenhouse effect.
Resource Type: Activities
Students will understand the changes that happen to the Pacific Ocean and atmosphere during El Niño events.
This Teaching Box combines readings and activities that utilize data to build student understanding of the changes that happen to the Pacific Ocean and atmosphere during an El Niño event.
Resource Type: Activities