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My NASA Data

Grades

6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Subjects

Science, Social Studies, Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Geography

Resource Types

  • Lesson Plans
  • Worksheets
  • Activity - Classroom, 3 class periods

Regional Focus

Global, South and Central America

Format

PDF

Where in the World Are Major Environmental Changes?

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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.
Teaching Tips

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.
Scientist Notes
The resource will provide students insights to observe, analyze, synthesize, and predict environmental change using remote sense data from satellite images. It will update their mapping skills and hence, it is recommended for teaching.
Standards

This resource addresses the listed standards. To fully meet standards, search for more related resources.

  • Science
    • ESS2: Earth's Systems
      • HS-ESS2-2. Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth’s surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.
    • ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
      • MS-ESS3-4. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
  • English Language Arts
    • Speaking & Listening (K-12)
      • SL.PE.6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
      • SL.PE.9-10.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with peers on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
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