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Investigation Images

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

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

Image of NOAA Satellite Scanning an area of the Earth
http://www.signalsofspring.net/data_sub.cfm?team=Geography

Missouri River Flooding
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a000900/a000961/index.html

Mt. St. Helens
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a000900/a000959/index.html

Hurricanes
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002700/a002760/index.html

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

Resource Images

pg13_hurricane.jpg

pg14_missouriflood.jpg

pg15_MtStHelens.jpg

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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