Description:
ETE encourages students to collaborate to solve real-world problems dealing with modern environmental challenges. For each module, students read background information and learn about their situation before they solve a problem. Read teacher pages before beginning. In this module, students analyze the benefits and problems of protecting biological diversity in Amazonian rainforest from destructive clearing for human development, and make policy recommendations to a group of scientists and representatives from government, business, and industry. In the course of their analysis, they measure environmental change with Landsat images.

Organization:
NASA Classroom of the Future

URL:
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/troppois/troppois.html

Contact:
Dr. Robert Myers, bmyers@cet.edu , Wheeling Jesuit University, 316 Washington Avenue, Wheeling, WV 26003; Phone: (304) 243-2388; Fax: (304) 243-2497

Cost:
None

Education Level:
Grades 5-8
Grades 9-12

Subject:
Biology
Environmental Science
Population Growth
Remote Sensing

Resource Type:
Internet Site
Curriculum/Instructional Materials

Date Added to teachearth.com:
12/22/00