Land Use Change

Instructional Resources

Instructional Handouts

  • Mission Geography Module 3, Investigation 1: Handout (PDF)
  • Mission Geography Module 3, Investigation 1: Log 1 Handout (PDF)
  • Mission Geography Module 3, Investigation 1: Log 2 Handout (PDF)
  • Let's Go to the Mall! – (Mall Activity 1) Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Basic Elements of Aerial Photo Interpretation Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Mission Geography Module 3, Investigation 1: Briefing Handout (PDF)
  • Mission Geography Module 3, Investigation 1: Log 1 Handout (PDF)
  • What's Hot at the Mall? Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Urban Heat Islands Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Understanding Urban Heat Islands Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Atlanta Case Study Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Exploring the Mall Areas of the Lehigh Valley Area Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Identifying Land Features in the Lehigh Valley Area Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Mystery Landsat Images Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Land Use Change Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Where Should We Build The New Wal-Mart Supercenter? Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter Analysis Form Handout (PDF / MS Word)
  • Proposal Statement Rubric (PDF / MS Word)
  • Proposal Presentation Rubric (PDF / MS Word)

Google Earth KML Files

  • Madison Square Mall Area.kml
  • Madison Square Mall.kml
  • Downtown Atlanta.kml
  • Suburban Atlanta.kml
  • Atlanta Area.kml
  • Lehigh Valley Area.kml
  • Lehigh Valley Area Malls.kml
  • Lehigh Valley Features.kml
  • Wal-Mart sites.kml

Web-based Resources

Supplemental Homework Readings

  • Heat Island Reduction Activities (PDF)
  • Here Comes Urban Heat (PDF)
  • Keeping New York City "Cool" is the Job of NASA's "Heat Seekers" (PDF)
  • Green Roofs (PDF)
  • Land Cover Classification (PDF)
  • Land Cover Change (PDF)