How far can dust travel? Where does it come from? Explore the answers to these questions and make a model of how dust affects sky visibility in Dust a True World Traveler.
EO Kids is written for audiences aged 9 to 14. It is published with support from NASA’s Landsat, Terra, and Aqua missions.
Mission: Biomes online interactive activity to support learning and awareness of seven terrestrial biomes.
Building sand castles is a summer pastime, whether in a sandbox or at the beach. Nature builds with sand, too, using wind to create different shapes.
Did you know that satellites can be used to find penguin populations by looking at what they leave behind? EO Kids is discovering more about penguins by looking at their poop from space.
All those sparkly lights reveal a lot about where and how people live on Earth – everything from population, to disaster recovery, to where people are celebrating.
Farmers use a number of different methods to irrigate crops, and some of them result in pretty interesting shapes.
Satellites observe and track fires (and what they leave behind) across the world.
Find out what three NASA scientists wanted to be when they were young and discover what they do now. Then, be a scientist yourself, right now!
EO Kids is seeing green! Can people really change the color of our planet? Find out how Earth is greening up from forests and farms and how NASA can see our greener Earth from space.
Find out how scientists see different rock types with the help of satellites and solve the mystery of how rock layers move to make cool rock formations.
What makes an urban heat island? Why is New York City a "hot" town? Where are the hottest places on Earth? How can NASA scientists help city planners turn down the heat?
