Spotlite Design Challenge:
Land Detectives
Developed in Collaboration with NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative
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Identify the problem: As NASA Land Detectives, you are challenged to gather and share evidence to confront misconceptions about Earth’s land cover. Land cover is what is on Earth’s surface, such as trees, grass, pavement, and buildings.
Follow these steps to think and act like scientists as you dig through data and experiment to support a claim that confronts a misconception.
- Select the MISCONCEPTION you will investigate. Then choose one CLAIM to refute or disprove that misconception.
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Do your own RESEARCH by conducting investigations to gather data and collect evidence to support your claim.
- CLAIM 1: Human activity can change land cover.
- CLAIM 2: Natural phenomena can change land cover.
- CLAIM 3: Land cover can change slowly or quickly.
Demonstration and Experimentation IdeasGLOBE and GLOBE Observer ResourcesDemonstrations, Activities, Simulations, Data AnalysisScience Information Links- CLAIM 1: Habitats are impacted by land cover.
- CLAIM 2: Communities are impacted by land cover.
- CLAIM 3: Land cover influences the water cycle.
- CLAIM 4: Land cover influences temperature.
Demonstration and Experimentation IdeasGLOBE and GLOBE Observer ResourcesDemonstrations, Activities, Simulations, Data Analysis
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