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Images of earth by topic

Grades 6 - 8 Science

This NASA site includes satellite images of current scientific events happening on earth.  The images can be used as launching phenomena in various grades and units.  For example, blooming phytoplankton growth or the wildfire smoke images can be used to elicit questions from 6th grade students before teaching them about the interdependence between organisms in an ecosystem.   The images related to invasive species could be used for 8th grade students learning about the relationship between humans and their environment.

Scope and Sequence connection: 6:2 Weather and the Atmosphere; 6:4 Interdependence; 8:4  Human Impact on the Environment and Health: Needs and Tradeoffs.

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Interdependence
Grade 6
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This collection of resources supports unit 6:4 of the 6th grade science Scope and Sequence: Interdependence.

Human impact on the environment and health: Needs and tradeoffs
Grade 8
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This collection of resources supports unit 8:4 of the 8th grade science Scope and Sequence: Human Impact on the Environment and Health: Needs and Tradeoffs.

Weather and the atmosphere
Grade 6
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This collection of resources supports unit 6:2 of the 6th grade science Scope and Sequence: Weather and the Atmosphere.
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