Land Use Change

Remote Sensing

  • Remote Sensing

Students will understand how satellites use remote sensing to produce images. Students will recognize that the earth's surface has different basic land surfaces that reflect/emit different radiation. Students will identify and interpret features on Landsat images.
 
Students will use remotely sensed images to recognize land use patterns of diverse areas in our world. They will also examine and interpret time-sequenced satellite data and aerial photographs of urban areas to interpret geographic growth patterns. In addition, they will examine landscape changes over time through analysis and interpretation of satellite data images and aerial photographs.