Watching over the Earth
Subjects:geography, physics, chemistry, biologyLevel:lower secondaryLanguages:Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, NederlandsType:support documentFormat:PDF
09 AUG. 2011
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The 11 worksheets of the 'Watching over the Earth' teacher's pack can be downloaded using the links below.
Introduction - presentation of the teacher's pack.  | ||||||
Earth observation satellites - an introduction to the main types of Earth observation satellites and the two main types of orbits: geostationary and polar. | ||||||
The Earth viewed from space - focuses on the geographical aspects of the globe. | ||||||
Humans on Earth - discusses human population distribution around the world. It also offers views at different scales: continental, regional, and local. | ||||||
Africa and environmental diversity - takes a look at the natural environments on the African continent and their geographical distribution in vast banded areas. | ||||||
Asia and rice-growing - focuses on rice-growing in Vietnam. As a crop, rice has extensively contributed to the high population density on the Asian continent, which accounts for 3 of the 4 global regions with the highest population density. | ||||||
Europe: a developed continent - focuses on the major urban concentrations which makes Europe the prosperous and dynamic continent it is. | ||||||
Living species and their environment - discusses the concepts of ecosystem and food chain. | ||||||
Water on Earth - describes the water cycle on Earth. | ||||||
Volcanoes: Mount Etna, a case study - focuses on the main volcanic phenomena, in Europe in particular and discusses the relationships between human societies and volcanism. | ||||||
Flood monitoring - discusses risks and natural disasters around the world, taking a s an example the floods caused by the Rhône (2003) and Elbe (2002) rivers. | ||||||
Colours in satellite imagery - addresses the concepts of light and colour. | ||||||
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Teacher's pack
The 11 worksheets of the 'Watching over the Earth' teacher's pack can be downloaded using the links below.
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