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Dear Teachers: Part 5 – Exploring Water Use and Quality

By iowaviewMarch 20, 2025AmericaView, Dear Teachers, Environmental Change, Imagery, Landsat, Lesson Plan, Remote SensingA lesson for Middle School STEM, Aral Sea, Cause and Effect, Changing Water Conditions and Quality, Earth and Human Activity, Earth Science Everywhere, Exploring Water Use and Quality, Human Activities, Human Impacts on Earth Systems, Identifying scientific evidence, Landsat, Landsat 5, Landsat 8, Natural Resources and Ecosystems, NGSS: MS-ESS3-3, Satellite Imagery

In today’s lesson, we are examining water use and water quality. Satellite imagery helps scientists to better understand the changes in the environment. Examine the images below of the Aral Sea; the left image is from April 10, 1986, and the right image is from June 5, 2024. The water loss between the two images

Happy Summer Solstice Week! Let’s head to the lake!

By iowaviewJune 24, 2022Education, Imagery, Landsat, Landsat Golden Jubilee, Observation, Outreach, USGS#Landsat50, Cerro Gordo County, Clear Lake, Explore Iowa, Fall Equinox, imagery, Iowa, Landsat 8, Landsat Golden Jubilee, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice

We are continuing our celebration of the 50th year of the US Landsat satellite imagery program. This week we are heading to the lake – Clear Lake, Iowa, located in north central Iowa. Below are four images showing Summer Solstice (6/13/2019), Fall Equinox (9/17/2019), Winter Solstice (12/22/2019), and Spring Equinox (3/18/2019) from Landsat 8. The

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Tag Archives: Landsat 8

Dear Teachers: Part 5 – Exploring Water Use and Quality

Happy Summer Solstice Week! Let’s head to the lake!