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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA GPM Precipitation Education

This is the education hub for NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission, organizing lesson plans, videos, and interactive tools around K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 bands. It uses real satellite precipitation data to teach the water cycle, giving space-curious students a way into a topic usually taught with a diagram alone.

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What you will find there

• Lesson plans including Exploring the Water Cycle and Precipitation Towers
• Survivor Earth, a series of ten original hands-on STEM activities
• Interactive tools like the Sea Level Rise iQuest and From Satellites to Your Backyard
• A Kids Center with the Water Cycle Dice Game and short videos
• Links to Climate Kids games and NGSS-aligned datasets through My NASA Data

Our take

The satellite-data angle connects the water cycle to real Earth observations, and the NASA brand carries classroom appeal; navigation across the K-5/6-8/9-12 bands is not always intuitive, so budget time to browse before you plan the lesson.

Pairs well with our materials

• The water cycle — 198 classroom-ready materials on this site