Cranes for Peace

BY: Dan Garwood and Hank Matthys, Liberty Middle School, Valparaiso

Site Address: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/psguide/satellite/goesbrowse/gb.html

Theme: climates of the world

Grade Level(s): 6 & 7

Annotation of site:

Many satellite images related to corresponding climate data within all four hemispheres are available at this web-site; the students may research and visualize a variety of real-time and historic weather patterns.

 Geography Standards addressed:

• #4) The physical and human characteristics of places.
• #8) The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth’s surface.

Indiana Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines addressed:

• Hypothesize about the natural environment of places in relation to their absolute (latitude and longitude) and relative locations in the Western and Eastern World.