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Water, Water, Everywhere!

Waves crashing on the rocks
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Earth Systems, Energy Cycle, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
water cycle, oceans, streams, climate
Summary: 
This video explains what the water cycle is and how important it is to life on earth.

Master Teachers: The Water Cycle

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Primary Topic: 
All Topics
Type: 
Basic Page
Summary: 
Master Teacher resources for the water cycle.

Real World: Monitoring Earth's Energy Budget with CERES

Real World: Monitoring Earth's Energy Budget with CERES
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, Human Impact, Energy Cycle, Technology, Satellites
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.D
Keywords: 
energy budget, radiation budget, atmosphere, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, carbon footprint
Summary: 
Learn how NASA uses a data-collecting sensor, Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy System, or CERES, to study clouds and make accurate measurements of energy leaving Earth.

Freshwater Availability Classroom Activity

Graph showing the distribution of Earth's freshwater resources
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Water & Life, Remote Sensing, Freshwater Resources, World Health
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, K - 5
Standards: 
ESS3.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
groundwater, glaciers, saline, blue marble
Summary: 
This classroom activity (originally developed for the GPM Poster) will teach students about the value of Earth's freshwater resources and how important it is to study how water is transferred and stored.

A Tour of the Water Cycle

Thumbnail showing animation of the water cycle
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, condensation, animations
Summary: 
This animation shows one molecule of water completing the hydrologic cycle.

Our World: Monitoring the Earth's Climate with CERES

CERES Thumbnail
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Climate, Technology, Satellites, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, K - 5
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
clouds, CERES, atmosphere, radiation budget, energy budget
Summary: 
Learn how scientists use a satellite called CERES to study the clouds and monitor Earth's climate changes.

Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat

Temperature data showing difference between winter and summer.
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Earth Systems, Water & Life, Weather, Societal Applications, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ESS3.A
Keywords: 
monsoons, India, temperature, windspeed, soil moisture, SMAP
Summary: 
The monsoon is a seasonal rain and wind pattern that occurs over South Asia (among other places). Through NASA satellites and models we can see the monsoon patterns like never before.

Earth System Science

Earth System thumbnail
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Hydrologic Cycle, Earth Systems, Societal Applications
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.C
Keywords: 
water vapor, clouds, heat, latent heat
Summary: 
This unit will introduce you to many of the complex issues surrounding the Earth as a system and will help you to look at Earth in a new way—as a living system.

Faces of GPM: Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, GPM Applications Scientist

Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Remote Sensing, STEM Careers, Societal Applications, Landslides
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS3.B, ESS3.D
Keywords: 
Goddard Space Flight Center, Faces of GPM, physical science
Summary: 
Interview with Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, research physical scientist and GPM Applications Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Hydrologic Cycle

Hydrologic Cycle diagram
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Type: 
Basic Page
Summary: 
The water, or hydrologic, cycle describes the pilgrimage of water as water molecules make their way from the Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back again, in some cases to below the surface.

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