NESDIS gives access to global environmental data from satellites, manages these data relating to the Earth and solar environments, and conducts related research. The website lists resources for students and educators. The resources include posters, slide sets, teacher guides and quizzes, a glossary, fact sheets, and handouts.
This Smithsonian Institution website provides students (and teachers!) access to views of conditions and events on earth that are nearly impossible to document from the Earth’s surface. The site proves interactive; explaining how satellite imagery is gathered and used to better understand the world around us.
WETMAP: Wetland Education Through Maps and Aerial Photography develops workshops and supports a website for educators that provide basic ecological concepts, technological skills in the use of maps, aerial photography, satellite imagery, and methods of interpretation necessary for understanding and assessing wetland and upland habitat change.
INFOPLEASE provides users with a list of cities and their geographic data.
“Growth and Water Resources” Training Module explains how changes in land use affect water resources, and it presents national data on trends in development patterns that have become increasingly significant challenges for achieving water quality standards. EPA’s Watershed Academy Web has over 50 modules on a wide variety of watershed management topics. The Academy also offers… Read more »
My Community, Our Earth: Geographic Learning for Sustainable Development (MyCOE) is designed for youth to develop their own projects using a vast array of free on-line resources including; a student project guide, GIS software, gallery of past projects, access to maps and data worldwide, and a pool of expert mentors.
Looking for questions to evaluate your students’ awareness of the world in which you live? Here are 30 Questions to help get you started.
If classes are interested in looking at their school from space (or their house – for that matter) they can try the Mapmaker from National Geographic or Google Maps.
“What Happened to Our Village Green?” is an article in the Huston Chronicle by C.E. Hunt that discusses the loss of “green space” for children to learn and play.
Orion magazine has reinstated its popular column called “The Place Where You Live.” This is a space where students and educators can share thoughts and experiences related to their communities or personal places. First-hand feelings are shared, such as what connects individuals to their special place, the history it holds, their hopes and fears for… Read more »