Where in the World Are Major Environmental Changes?
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Provided by: My NASA Data|Published on: June 29, 2021
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Synopsis
- This activity allows students to explore significant environmental changes all around the world, with a specific emphasis on deforestation in Brazil.
- Students will learn that satellite images can be used to interpret, understand, plan, and predict environmental changes.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Geography
Authors: My NASA Data
Region: South and Central America, Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The lesson is easy to follow and encourages students to brainstorm and think critically.
- The Earthshots cards are downloadable to use offline.
Additional Prerequisites
- The educator guide provides a background, objectives, and procedures section that will help you implement the lesson.
Differentiation
- This could be paired with a Google Earth resource to see more locations and investigate other topics.
- Social studies classes could use this resource when discussing the locations where humans have settled and developed communities over time.
- Connections could be made with justice and ethics classes when discussing the use of Indigenous lands for development or mining.
- Other similar resources include this interactive global forest map and this video about human impacts on the environment.
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My NASA Data
NASA offers petabytes of global Earth science data collected from satellites, but accessing these data in a traditional (or virtual) science classroom can be tricky. Since 2004, My NASA Data has supported students and teachers of grades 3-12 in analyzing and interpreting NASA mission data.
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