Students use the Internet to access information to explore a series of questions and answers about hurricanes. Students are introduced to the concept of remote sensing and explore its importance in collecting information about the earth. Students become aware of the important role the ocean plays in our lives. Students examine how scientists use remote sensing to study plant life in the ocean. Students explore the important role that remote sensing plays in predicting our weather.
Students use the Internet to access aerial photographs and satellite images.
Alike and Different Students study the features of the planets within the Solar System. Observing population density utilizing a satellite image of the Earth at night. It is set up as an open-ended, exploratory activity that can produce many different learning outcomes. Although it is meant to span an entire school year, it is easily adapted for shorter periods of time. Explore the various ways man has viewed the surface of the Earth leading up to the development of the Landsat satellite.