Third From the Sun: Learning Objectives
Objectives relate to National Science Education Standards, and can be
used as a tool for student assessment.
Learning goals of lesson segments
Introduction
students should be able to
- list ways people have viewed the Earth at different times in history.
- describe how the Earth appeared to astronauts in space and on the moon.
- describe what they might use to look at the Earth today.
Landsat Information
students should be able to
- explain how Landsat travels around the Earth
- explain why this type of path is more useful than others
- describe (approximately) the largest and smallest areas that Landsat
can image.
Geographical Features
students should be able to
- use several skills and facts about Landsat to make inferences about
Landsat images. These might include, but are not limited to:
- determining distance scales using the image size and size of the area
depicted
- using distance scales to determine types of features from the imaged
size; is it a mountain or a molehill?
- distinguishing natural features from man made ones
- distinguishing topographic features from surface variations; is it
a valley or a shadow?
- interpreting the significance of color; are the colors literal, as
in a photograph, or do them have other meanings?
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Ties to Nation Science Content Standards
1997
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