Description:
This module introduces students to the phenomenon of dust storms and their potential health and environmental effects. After reading through the scenario and using the additional resources provided, students complete investigations to further their understanding and consolidate their knowledge. The list of investigations and their difficulty is listed below and can be found in the 'Dust World Module' link.
The NASA Global Climate Change Education/Earth Science Education Alliance (ESSEA) modules include situations, connections to standards, resources and sample investigations. Unless labeled K-4 the modules can be adapted for middle and high school students.
Investigations:
- African dust leads to large toxic algal bloom (intermediate).
- Climate education update: more than enough dust.
- Forecasting dust storms (advanced).
- My NASA data: Dust for kids and link to interactive lesson (beginner).
- NASA Connect: The measurement of all things: atmospheric detectives (beginner).
- Aerosol viewing using my NASA data (advanced).
- Dust bowl days (grades 3-5, beginner).
- Dust storm viewing with NASA MOSID rapidfire (intermediate).
- My NASA data: Tropical Atlantic aerosols (intermediate).
- Aerosol PBL Modules from the CALIPSO outreach program (intermediate).
- My NASA data: Dust storms (intermediate).
- Observational Experiment with aerosols: an example from NASA's Earth observatory (beginner).
- Why monitor air quality? (advanced).
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