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Lesson context: This lesson prompts students to develop background knowledge of remote sensing. During this lesson, students participate in the sensory map activity where they experience remote sensing, relate the sensory map activity to the remote sensing fundamentals, and apply the understanding of remote sensing to the Kilauea volcano mission. Based on new understanding of remote sensing, students will investigate how remote sensing works and how it can be used for the mission in the next lessons.

Key science concepts:

• Basic elements and processes of remote sensing

Links to teacher resources:

• Explanation of Remote Sensing Process

Problems addressed in this lesson:

• To determine specifically how remote sensing can help investigate active lava flows on Kilauea

Activity bursts:

• The sensory map activity
• Identifying the elements of remote sensing

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