Read about Dr. Valerie L. Thomas and her contributions to the Landsat program. Since her Landsat days, Thomas, who later invented and patented the Illusion Transmitter, has actively supported women in STEM. Today, she is still teaching and participating in hands-on STEM programs.
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- Air Quality
- Air Temperatures
- Deforestation
- Earth's Energy Budget
- Earth System: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
- El Niño Southern Oscillation
- Energy and Matter Cycles
- Hurricane Dynamics
- Land Use and Land Cover Change
- Ocean Circulation Patterns
- Phytoplankton Distribution
- Plant Growth Patterns
- Sea and Land Ice Melt
- Sea Level Rise
- Snow and Ice Extent
- Soil Moisture
- Solar Eclipse
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- Systems and System Models
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NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas
- ESS1C: The History of Planet Earth
- ESS2A: Earth Materials and Systems
- ESS2B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale Systems
- ESS2C: The Role of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
- ESS2D: Weather and Climate
- ESS2E: Biogeology
- ESS3A: Natural Resources
- ESS3B: Natural Hazards
- ESS3C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
- ESS3D: Global Climate Change
- ETS1A: Defining and Delimiting and Engineering Problem
- ETS1B: Developing Possible Solutions
- LS2B: Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
- PS3B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
- PS4A: Wave Properties
- PS4B: Electromagnetic Radiation
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- Asking Questions and Defining Problems
- Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
- Developing and Using Models
- Engaging in Argument from Evidence
- Obtaining, Evaluating and Communicating Information
- Planning and Carrying out Investigations
- Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking