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Featured Lesson Plans
Investigating Deforestation Through An Earth Systems View Using Landsat
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
The purpose of this activity is to have students use an Earth Systems perspective to identify the various causes associated with changes to Earth's forests as they review Landsat imagery of site locations from around the world.
Tracking Change Over Time-Understanding Remote Sensing
Grade Level: 6-8
This USGS activity leads students to an understanding of what remote sensing means and how researchers use it to study changes to the Earth’s surface, such as deforestation.
Where in the world are major environmental changes?
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
This investigation introduces students to the significant environmental changes occurring around the world. The investigation uses NASA satellite images of Brazil to illustrate deforestation as one type of environmental change.
