Part 1: Explore Prepared Animations
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Step 1-Access Patterns of Change Activity #8 at NASA's Earth Observatory
- NASA's Earth Observatory provides satellite images, Earth news, and scientific background articles about our home planet. Access the NASA Earth Observatory Web site in a new window.
- Click the Experiments link in the upper right.
- Scroll down and click Patterns of Change to access a list of activities with prepared animations. Click on Activity #8: Comparing Vegetation to Surface Temperature.
Step 2-Explore and Interpret Animations of Global Datasets
Reduced-size single frame from a paired animation comparing vegetation on land to global temperature.The Comparing Vegetation to Surface Temperature activity contains a ready-to-explore animation. Each frame of the animation pair shows the distribution of vegetation (where green plants are growing) compared to Earth's average surface temperature for a particular month.
- Use the animation control buttons to step through the frames and compare how the two parameters are related. Use the questions below the image descriptions to guide you in looking for relationships between the datasets.
- Use your browser's Back button to go to the list of Patterns of Change activities. Access a few other activities to see a range of the types of animations available through Earth Observatory's Data Chart.
