Description

Overview:

This PBS Learning Media activity addresses drought basics, including its causes and impacts and ways to assess it, by using media from NOAA and NASA. It defines the types of drought, the impacts, monitoring, and responses to drought. Use this resource to stimulate thinking and questions on the complexity of drought and to identify some variables used in defining drought.

Subject:

Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Physical Science, Atmospheric Science, Economics

Level:

Middle School, High School

Material Type:

Reading, Simulation

Author:

PBS, WGBH Educational Foundation

Provider:

CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network

Provider Set:

CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network

Date Added:

03/02/2020