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Exploring Earth: Land Cover
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This hands-on activity models some of the ways natural processes, such as erosion and sediment pollution, affect Earth's landscape.
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| Add a Tech Twist | Optional: If you have access to a computer, the internet, and a projector try checking out real time footage of the Landsat from space! |
| Hints for uses in your library | Try pairing this activity with the GLOBE Observer: Land Cover citizen science project |
| Facilitator Guide | Facilitator Guide |
| Related Links |
"Looking Down on Earth" info sheet
"Landslides" info sheet Map Your Backyard Land Cover worksheet Land Cover table sign Globe Observer Handout LandsatLook Viewer |
| Originating Source | National Informal STEM Education Network |
| Related Books [Suggest a book] |
Erosion by Virginia Castleman
Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv |