Students are introduced to some basic concepts of remote sensing and provided with tutorials for locating and reading remote sensing images.
Suggested National Standards:
ISTE National Educational Technology Standards
Teachers plan and design effective learning environments and experiences supported by technology. Teachers: identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability.
NSES National Science Education Teaching Standards
TEACHING STANDARD A: Teachers of science plan an inquiry-based science program for their students. Teachers: Select teaching and assessment strategies that support the development of student understanding and nurture a community of science learners and work together as colleagues within and across disciplines and grade levels.
TEACHING STANDARD E: Teachers of science develop communities of science learners that reflect the intellectual rigor of scientific inquiry and the attitudes and social values conducive to science learning. Teachers: 1) Nurture collaboration among students, 2) Structure and facilitate ongoing formal and informal discussion based on a shared understanding of rules of scientific discourse, and 3) Model and emphasize the skills, attitudes, and values of scientific inquiry.
ITEA Standards for Technical Literacy
Standard 1: Students will develop an understanding of the characteristics and scope of technology.
Standard 3: Students will develop an understanding of the relationships among technologies and the connections between technology and other fields of study.
Standard 15: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use agricultural and related biotechnologies.
Standard 17: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use information and communication technologies.
National Science Education Standards: Science Content Standards: 5-8
CONTENT STANDARD A: (Science as Inquiry) As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop: 1) Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry and 2) Understandings about scientific inquiry.
CONTENT STANDARD D: (Earth and Space Science) As a result of their activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of: 1) Structure of the earth system.
CONTENT STANDARD E: (Science and Technology) As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop: 1) Understandings about science and technology.