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Night Life: Human Population Centers (title provided or enhanced by cataloger)
http://earth.rice.edu/activities/earthupdate/activities/EUactivities/activity04. ...
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In this activity students will identify places with night lighting all around the globe and hypothesize what these bright areas indicate. The teacher will ask students what they think their city or town looks like from space - especially at night. Students who have flown on an airplane at night will have a good idea. The students will discover what it is like to fly over the Earth, and map the night lights below.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
Subject:
  • Environmental science
  • Geographical Sciences:
    • Human geography
Technical requirements:
Adobe Acrobat reader
QuickTime plug-in
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Activities are Copyright Rice University, however may be freely copied for educational use so long as headers are not changed. Teachers are encouraged to register using the registration facility so that they receive notices of new activities, etc.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-007-770
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • K-4:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Evidence, models, and explanation
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
      • E - Science and technology:
        • Abilities of technological design
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Characteristics / changes in populations
    • 5-8:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Evidence, models, and explanation
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
        • Understanding about scientific inquiry
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Populations, resources, environments
  • National Geography Standards:
    • Environment and society:
      • How human actions modify the physical env.
    • The world in spatial terms:
      • How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface
      • How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
Related resources:
This resource is referenced by 'Earth Update Activities'
http://earth.rice.edu/activities/earthupdate/activities.html
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: Rice University, Museums Teaching Planet Earth