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NASA's Earth Minute: Dishing the Dirt
Provided by: NASA |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This short video allows students to understand why soil moisture is important and how it affects the health and well-being of the planet.
- NASA explains why they are studying soil from space and how they can use this data to predict droughts, fires, floods, and landslides.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: NASA
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This video is brief, easy to understand, and uses engaging animations.
Prerequisites
- Students should know the definition of soil.
- There may be an ad before the video.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This video is great to use in a science class when learning about the water cycle.
- This resource talks about the soil's role in natural disasters which can also be beneficial in science or social studies classes.
- Some other related resources are Droughts, Floods, and Water Vapor - Oh My! and Conventional Versus Ecological Farming.
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Resource Type and Format
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