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Collecting data - Kite aerial
photography (optional)
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| Related Subject Area: Environmental
Science, Physics
Overall Problem:
Are there active lava flows on the Kilauea volcano?
Relationship of problem in this
lesson to overall problem: Students need to fly a mission to collect
remote sensing data. They need to determine the steps to completing
the actual mission, decide who is involved and how, and conduct the
mission.
Estimated Time Required:
to be determined
Student Outcomes/Objectives:
- Students participate in hands-on experience in
remote sensing.
- Students develop team skills and learn about data
collection during remote sensing missions.
- Students plan a mission to fly and remotely sense
some portion of the school grounds.
- Students relate lesson activities to the mission
they planned to fly over Kilauea.
Prerequisite skills or knowledge:
- basic internet
- basic team and organization skills
- basic reading skills and following written instructions
Teacher Preparation:
- Print
Student Journal / Worksheet pages for these activities.
- Read Kite Aerial Photography activity.
- Obtain all of the necessary components to build
the rig.
- Obtain kites.
- Secure computers, scanner, internet access, as
well as projection equipment.
Student Reflection and Assessment: Reflection | Assessment
Education Standards supported
by this Lesson:
National Science Education
Standards | Project
2061 Benchmarks
National Standards
for School Mathematics |
National Technology Standards |
National Geography Standards
Extension Ideas to support National Education
Standards for this Lesson:
Math | Technology | Geography
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Teacher activities
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Student activities
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FRAME the activity as an opportunity for students
to experience airborne remote sensing first hand. The introductory
sections should be presented to foster discussion about how aeronautics
is used during remote sensing data collection.
- Show students images created through the image processing of data
collected by satellite and airborne remote sensing. (Select several
from the resources below)
- Stimulate and facilitate a discussion about the manner in which
the data may have been collected.
Ask students
- How were these data collected? (for each image, make sure to use
aeronautics data as well as some satellite imagery, images from
balloons, images from kites)
Teacher Resources:
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Student activity:
- Students view images from remote sensing missions and think about how
scientists collect such images.
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INFORM that they will need to split into groups to build
a kite aerial photography craft and develop the skills necessary to
fly an airborne remote sensing mission.
Divide students into groups and have them split their
team into two roles: "rig" builders and kite "pilots". See Activity
sheet: Team Assignment (CD-1)
- Activity - Building the "rig"
Guide the rigging students through the process of building the
"rig" using a projection panel to demonstrate the step-by-step process
as described on the website.
- Activity - Planning for flying a kite aerial mission
Prompt "pilot" students to develop a flight plan for the mission
and a list of skills the "pilot" needs to fly a controlled mission.
Teacher note: Students may revisit the "Developing the mission
flight plan lesson" to get ideas about how to develop a plan for flying
a mission.
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Student activities:
- Divide students into groups.
See Activity sheet: Team Assignment (CD-1)
- Students read/ view the explanation for building rig in "how to" web site.
- Students brainstorm mission flight plan and necessary piloting
skills.
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| EXPLORE The students will build the "rig," plan
the mission, and practice the necessary kite piloting skills.
Facilitate teams.
- Guide rigging team as they build the rigs.
- Prompt pilot team plan a mission while the rigging team builds the rigs.
They should identify on a target on the school grounds for taking aerial
photographs and describe the conditions necessary for the flight. See
Activity sheet: Mission planning (CD-2)
- Guide pilot teams as they have practice flying kites without the camera in
place.
Teacher note: Prompt students to answer the following questions when
planning the mission: When during the flight will the pictures be taken? What
weather conditions are necessary for the mission? How long will the flight take?
What is the target for the remote sensing? |
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Student activities:
- "Rig" team will build the rig.
- "Pilot" team will plan the mission. See Activity sheet: Mission planning
(CD-2)
- Students develop their kite flying skills and practice for the mission.
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TRY flying the kite aerial photography mission.
Develop the film, analyze the images, and identify the relationships between
this activity and collecting aeronautics remote sensing data on the Kilauea
volcano.
- The images could be digitized with a scanner.
- Prompt students to work in their teams to identify objects in their images
and label them using an image processing program or image processing software
package available at school or NIH Image (freeware).
Debrief activity by addressing key points:
- Importance of preparing for missions, both the equipment and flight plan -
what worked and what didn't during the kite mission?
- Understanding flight principles, such as lift and weight and their
importance to designing / selecting the correct aircraft - why is knowing about
the four forces of flight, e.g., lift, drag, weight, thrust, important in this
activity?
- Importance of team work and cooperation among different experts - How did
you all have to work together to make this mission a success?
- Data collected needs to be prepared (processed) for analysis.
Ask what did the aerial kite photography activity tell you about
collecting data during an airborne remote sensing mission over Kilauea?
Remind students to complete Activity sheet: Reflection page (CD-4) in
their journal.
Teacher resources:
- NIH Image is free image processing software. The software and a manual can
be downloaded at the website for the Center for Image Processing in Education -
CIPE
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Student activities:
- Students process and digitized collected images.
- Students identify and label objects using NIH Image freeware or similar
imaging software package.
- Student participate in project debrief. See Activity sheet:
Mission debrief (CD-3,3A)
Sample student response:
- Planning includes identifying the mission, coordinating preparation
for the mission, establishing flight parameters such as weather
conditions, testing/calibrating equipment, test runs.
Student activity:
- Students complete Activity sheet: Reflection page (CD-4)
in their journal.
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Student reflection activities:
- Have students submit a report on the mission including
aspects that did and did not work, commentary on the functioning
of the team, and suggestions for improvement.
- It is very important to have the students reflect
on how the kite aerial photography mission compares to the one they
planned for the volcano mission. What aspects of the planning helped
or hindered the planning of their own mission?
- What aspects of the mission did or did not work during
kite aerial photography? Why?
Assessment
- Check the process of building the rig.
- Check the evidence of collaborative working as a team project.
- Check students rationale for planned mission: time,
weather conditions, flight duration, target of remote sensing.
- Check the executed mission.
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Ideas for
math lesson connections:
- Have students complete a cost analysis of the materials needed
to construct the "rig" and obtain the kite.
- Students' measurement skills can be enhanced throughout the construction
of the "rig" and this might be a good opportunity to have them use
some precision measuring tools such as calipers or micrometers.
National Education Math Standards:
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Ideas for geography
lesson connections:
- Students study the effect of weather conditions on kite flight.
Students can then research local weather patterns to determine the
best time to fly their kite aerial photography mission.
- Students create a map of the school grounds and identify a flight
path and target points. Students can create grids to identify locations
similar to latitude and longitude.
National Education Geography Standards:
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Ideas for technology
lesson connections:
- Students identify objects and label them using image processing
software.
- Students identify constraints such as cost, wing span, wind range,
stability, and skill level and use the constraints in the process
of selecting a kite.
National Education Science Technology
Standard:
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