Resources

A nice "blue planet" photo from space http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/gif/ear/earthspn.gif One of the famous "earthrise" images from the moon (in this case from Apollo 8), showing the lighted portion of earth as blue and white from ocean and clouds. http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS8/10074963.jpg A photograph from Apollo 4 showing the earth about half in darkness. The light portion is almost entirely blue water and white clouds. http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS4/10074815.jpg Images of the earth as though you were seeing it from the moon, sun, or an orbiting satellite, no portion of the earth in shadow or obscured by clouds. http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth climate, vegetation., the color landform atlas of the U.S. site http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html vegetation maps, greenness maps (produced from satellite images) at the forest service's wildfire assessment site. www.fs.fed.us/land/wfas http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_references.html Maps of the World, glossary of map terms; Grolier Educational, Danbury, CT Make it Work! Rivers: World Book, Chicago, 1996 Make it Work! Oceans: World Books, Chicago, 1997   Have you used this investigation? Do you know of other resources that would complement this investigation? Share your ideas with other teachers! Email your suggestions to Sarah Bednarz.

Directory

Extensions and Enrichment

Resources

Teaching Tips and Strategies

Assessment Strategies