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Related subject area: Science

Overall problem: Which activities (if any) should be restricted around the coral reefs of Kailua Bay to insure their lasting protection?

Relationship of the problem in this lesson to the overall problem: To evaluate the state of coral reefs, students need to collect the AVIRIS images over Kailua bay. The goal of this lesson is for students to develop understanding of collecting data while participating in the live mission. To attain this objective, students will participate in hands-on activities on collecting data using kite aerial photography and playing the roles of the Pacific Disaster Center(PDC) responsible for the flight. Based on their new understanding of data collection, students will plan the process of collecting data for the KaAMS mission and analyze their plan.

Estimated time required: 2 to 3 class periods

Student outcomes/objectives:

  • The students will be able to plan a mission to fly and remotely sense the coral reefs of Kailua Bay by participating in the PDC flight.
  • The students will construct a remote sensing kite "rig" or develop kite piloting skills.

Prerequisite skills or knowledge:

  • Basic Internet skills
  • Basic reading and writing skills
  • Basic understanding of problem solving

Teacher preparation:

  • Print Student Journal /Activity sheets for these activities.
  • Bookmark appropriate websites for students.
  • Obtain kites.
  • Secure computers, scanner, and Internet access as well as projection equipment.

Student reflection and assessment: Student reflection activities  |  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

Cross-curricular connections to National Education Standards for this lesson:

math | technology | geography
Teacher Activities
  
Student Activities

Frame the lesson by providing the collected images

Show students image1 and image 2 collected by airborne remote sensing and satellites.

Ask what the images are and what the difference between two images is.

 

 

 

Prompt students to think about what they have been investigating.

  • Ask what the overall problem is.

 

  • Ask which aircraft and remote sensing instrument they chose for the KaAMS mission.
  • Ask which factors they considered when planning the remote sensing mission.

Stimulate and facilitate a discussion about the manner in which the data may have been collected.

Ask students how these data were collected?

 

Student Activity:

  • Student view images from remote sensing missions and think

 

Sample students responses

  • Kailua Bay images
  • Image 1 is an AVIRIS airborne image. It covers a smaller spatial area but has more detail.
  • Image 2 is a satellite (Landsat) image.  It covers a larger spatial area but has less detail.

  • Evaluating the state of coral reefs of Kailua Bay and make recommendations to the Congress Research Service.
  • ER-2 aircraft and AVIRIS sensors were used.