Overview
This activity can be combined with one or more other AREN activities and will help students understand why NASA studies the Earth and how we can see Earth from above, then prompts students to use sticky notes and instructor-led discussion to consider what is special about “their place” and how seeing the local area from above could help solve an environmental problem.
Setting
- Classroom, Indoor, Outdoor, Urban, Rural
Lesson Duration
- 30-45 minutes for main Q&A/discussion; could be longer when combined with other AREN activities
Participant Group Size
- 5-25
Analysis Type
- Descriptive
- Qualitative
Technology Required
- Computer with projector; sticky notes in different colors; whiteboard or blank wall for affixing sticky notes; pens/pencils
Resources Included for this Learning Activity
History of Development and implementation of this learning activity
- Suzi created this for a week-long summer camp session (this was 90 minutes with Frustrationless Flyers). The aerial imagery (Earth As Art) part and question prompts (sticky notes) can be done in a shorter time frame.
