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Data in the Classroom has structured, student-directed lesson plans that use historical and real-time NOAA data. The five modules address research questions and include stepped levels of engagement with complex inquiry investigations with real-time and past data.
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Explore this interactive map with information on observed precipitation spanning from the past year through today.
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Quick facts, basic science, and information about snow, ice, and why the cryosphere matters.
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This resource collection from NOAA Education explores the water cycle. The water cycle is often taught as a simple circular cycle of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Although this can be a useful model, the reality is much more complicated. The paths and influences of water through Earth’s ecosystems are extremely complex and not completely understood.
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Learn all about the water vapor in our air!
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Learn all about the water cycle with this overview video.
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Principles and concepts for estuaries 101: The big ideas and essential details students should learn about estuaries.
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Teaching Great Lakes Science is your source for science, technology, engineering and math! This website features a suite of lessons, activities and data sets focused on the Great Lakes. Any of these resources may be easily incorporated into formal and informal educational settings. All the lessons, activities, teacher tools and data sets are free and targeted for 4-12th grades.
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Water is the most abundant and important substance on Earth. It is essential to life and is a major component of all living things. There are approximately 336,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of water on the earth, existing in three states; solid, liquid and gas. The sources for this water storage are the ocean, icecaps & glaciers, ground water, fresh-water lakes, inland seas, soil moisture, atmosphere, and rivers. The students will discover the different water ratios in the earth's total water supply through a quick demonstration activity.
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These maps show daily and monthly evaporation data for the contiguous United States.