In this activity, students use satellite images from the NASA Landsat team to quantify changes in glacier cover over time from 1986 to 2018.
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How much do you know about the frozen poles of our home planet?
Students examine the two time series images to determine the differences between seasonal ice melt over water versus land.
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.
Examine the images to see the projected differences in land use between 1900 and 2100.
Students explore positive feedback effects of changing albedo from melting Arctic sea ice.
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.