Tips & Tricks

• Inform yourself about satellite remote sensing principles from tutorials (see Learn More section) and take some time to introduce satellite remote sensing to your students. You can visit the European Space Agency (ESA) website to get informed and inspired for your lessons since it encourages teachers to use Earth observation data and it is rich in didactical material.
• Select satellite images of your students’ region, especially the first times using remote sensing in the classroom in order to stimulate their interest and encourage them to follow and participate more in the image interpretation since the area is already known for them.
• When trying to develop your own lesson keep in mind that satellite images can support learning activities in multiple science classes for different learning styles and different difficulty levels. First define the topic of the lesson and the desired learning outcome. Afterwards, incorporate the satellite data depending on yours and your students’ knowledge according to the methods described above (see Didactical Concept section)
• Participate in teacher training seminars or webinars for teachers on how to use satellite data (such as those organised by the GLOBE programme in the framework of the GLOBE campaigns related to NASA missions). For more info have a look at our Learn More section.

Learn more

Satellite Remote Sensing Tutorials

• [EN] Introduction to Remote Sensing – Materials prepared by Science Education through Earth Observation for High Schools (SEOS) project.

• [EN] Principles of Remote Sensing – Material prepared by the Centre of Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP).

• [EN] MultiSpec Documentation – How to use and analyse data with MultiSpec.

• [EN] MultiSpec Tutorials– Multispec tutorials used in the GLOBE Programme to analyse Landsat images and to produce electronically assisted Land Cover maps.

• [EN] Remote Sensing in School – An academic study about the theoretical concept and the practical implementation of Remote Sensing in School. (University of Education Heidelberg, Germany)

Satellite Remote Sensing Trainings

• [EN] GPM-GLOBE Webinars - For teachers wishing to know how to use satellite data or how to participate in the satellite remote sensing related GLOBE campaigns.

• [EN] Some MultiSpec Tutorials/Exercises- Small tutorials or exercises that one can follow to gain some experience with using MultiSpec

Inspiration for your Satellite Remote Sensing lessons

• [EN] ESA – Teacher’s Corner – Lesson plans using satellite images of the Earth to investigate environmental issues.

• [EN] NASA Education – Materials developed from NASA for educators, students and kids.

• [EN] USGS – Education and Outreach – Materials that provide educational and outreach opportunities associated with the Earth, space, and biological sciences.

• [EN] ESA - Eduspace - The Eduspace website encourages teachers to use Earth observation data in their curriculum by providing ready-made projects.

• [EN] FIS Project – A package of scenarios split into 5 school subjects: biology, geography, informatics, maths, and physics.