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Investigation Images

Morro Bay,CA&emdash;Photograph
http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect1/Sect1_5.html

Morro Bay, CA&emdash;True Color
http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect1/Sect1_10.html

Image of NOAA Satellite Scanning an area of the Earth
http://www.signalsofspring.com/ndvi.html

Missouri River Flooding
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/LandSat/missouri_flood.html

Mt. St. Helens
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/LandSat/mt_st_helens.html

Hurricane Bonnie
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagewall/hurricanes/bonnieir.jpg

Lesson 4&emdash;How Do Satellites Work?
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/color/

Literature Connections

A Bird's Eye View by Marcia Freeman
As the Crow Flies by Gail Hartman
Seeing the Earth from Space by Patricia Lauber
My Place in Space by Robin and Sally Hirst
Zoom by Banyai
Looking Down by Steve Jenkins

 

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