An inquiry-based science unit for middle school students centered on how human activities affect environmental changes related to land use. The lessons integrate technology and lab activities while teaching about today's land use and how this has changed over time.

Concepts

ecology, remote sensing, urbanization

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Additional Tags

how humans affect land use, human activities impact the status of natural system, influence of humans on environment, landsat image, time-sequenced satellite data, humans change ecosystems

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)