This activity is modified from the USDA/US Forest Services' lesson found in the Natural Inquirer newsletter. The purpose of this hands-on activity is to engage students in a similar process for monitoring forests as NASA scientists use to study the Biosphere, whereby they apply what they kn
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How can a series of Landsat images help scientists estimate a forest’s age over time?
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Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
Grade Level: 6-8
In this lesson students will calculate the size to distance ratio of the Sun and the Moon from Earth to determine how a solar eclipse can occur.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Students identify and classify kinds of land cover (such as vegetation, urban areas, water, and bare soil) in Landsat satellite images of Phoenix, Arizona taken in 1984 and 2018.
Grade Level: 6-8
The Solar Eclipse Implementation Sequence provides a series of lesson plans for students to learn about solar eclipses.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
This lesson walks students through the use of Landsat false-color imagery and identification of different land cover features using these as models.