Staging the Question- Explore time-lapse videos and images taken from the International Space Station to launch the inquiry by clicking on the hyperlinks.
- Fede Castro, Our Earth, National Geographic channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGBQazOQfoE (4-minute video). (NOTE: The aurora borealis, a dramatic display of lights that can be seen in the northern night skies, occurs when electrons in solar winds encounter Earth’s atmosphere
- Crew Earth observations video page, Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, NASA, http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/BeyondThePhotography/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/ (scroll down for time-lapse videos from the ISS).
Supporting Question 1- Where are we, as a class community, located?
Supporting Question 3- Why are we where we are?
Supporting Question 4 - Where are the "human footprints" on the earth?
- Source A: Google Maps
- Source B: Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon, image of lights on Earth's surface, Earth's City Lights, 1995
- Source A: Center for International Earth Science Information Network, map of global climate zones, Climate Zones, Global, 2007
- Source B: Center for International Earth Science Information Network, map of global elevation zones, Elevation Zones Map, Global, 2007
- Source A: Diaper Disaster
- Source B: Human Footprint Consumption
- Source C: US Environmental Protection Agency website on climate change
| New York State Social Studies Framework Key Ideas & Practices | 3.1: Geographic regions have unifying characteristics and can be studied using a variety of tools. 3.2: The location of world communities can be described using geographic tools and vocabulary. 3.3: Geographic factors often influence where people settle and form communities. People adapt to and modify their environment in different ways to meet their needs. Gathering, Using, and Interpreting Evidence Geographic Reasoning Civic Participation |