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This Quantifying Land Changes Over Time Using Landsat lesson plan also includes:
- Curriculum Overview - English
- Curriculum Overview - Spanish
- About the Colors of Landsat Images
- Learning Assessment Record Chart
- Grid
- Phoenix, AZ March 18, 1991
- Phoenix, AZ April 19, 2000
- Phoenix, AZ March 19, 1991
- Phoenix, AZ April 19, 2000
- Appendix 1 - Land Cover Key
- Appendix 2 - About Pervious and Impervious Surfaces
- Appendix 3 - References for Students and Teachers
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"Humans have become a geologic agent comparable to erosion and [volcanic] eruptions ..." Paul J. Crutzen, a Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist. Using Landsat imagery, scholars create a grid showing land use type, such as urban, rural, river, etc. Then, they draw another land use grid for the same area using data from a decade later. The comparison of the two grids shows how humans have altered the environment. Lesson focuses on the impact humans have on the climate in the seventh lesson in a series of 21.
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Instructional Ideas
- Continue the activity by creating a 2010 land cover map and comparing it to the earlier years
- Virtually interview a professional land cover analyst
Classroom Considerations
- Students should know how to interpret maps and aerial photographs, the meaning of wavelengths of light, and understand the electromagnetic spectrum
- The seventh lesson focuses on the impact humans have on the climate which is part of a series of 21 related resources
Pros
- Includes classroom management tips specific to the implementation of the lesson
- Designed for the National Science Education Standards, National Education Technology Standards, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Education Standards, Climate Literacy Principles, and Energy Literacy Principles
- Offers extension ideas that are realistic and challenging
Cons
- None