Congo River
Educator Resources for "Congo River"
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Satellites and remote sensing technologies are providing us with new ways to learn about our planet. Watch the interactive, “Congo River”, and learn how scientists are applying the new data.
- What are some river features satellites are now able to map?
- How can understanding land cover features help in learning about population and species distribution, and evolution?
- How might the whitewater regions of the Congo River have helped bring about the evolution of three different species of Lamprologus?
- In what other areas of the world could remote sensing be used to provide scientists with data?
- What types of changes in a region might scientists be interested in and why?
Related Links from NASA
- science@NASA: Earth Science Remote Sensing
http://hurricanes.nasa.gov/earth-sun/technology/remote_sensing.html
Learn more about how researchers use various techniques to study different phenomena with this overview of remote sensing. - Earth Observatory: Remote Sensing
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/RemoteSensing/remote.html
Explore how satellites recognize and interpret electromagnetic data, and how they help us learn about our planet. - Remote Sensing
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/teachersite/RSout.html
Give your students hands-on experience with remote sensing with these easy-to-do lessons and activities. - Science@NASA: Remote Sensing of the Ocean
http://hurricanes.nasa.gov/oceans/living/sensing.html
In addition to rivers, oceans are also being studied by remote sensing. Learn about how satellites can tell us even more about our planet.
