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 Remote-Sensors: Photon Detectives Middle School, Life Science (John Burns)  __AREE Essential Question: __ How does data gathered through NASA airborne research campaigns help us understand interactions between Earth systems?

__Student Investigation Question: __  What information can be gathered from remote sensor images?

__Sample State Standards (CA 7th Grade Life Science): __ **Physical Principles in Living Systems (Physical Sciences)**  Physical principles underlie biological structures and functions. As a basis for understanding this concept: · Students know visible light is a small band within a very broad electromagnetic spectrum. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students know that for an object to be seen, light emitted by or scattered from it must be detected by the eye. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students know light travels in straight lines if the medium it travels through does not change. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students know how simple lenses are used in a magnifying glass, the eye, a camera, a telescope, and a microscope. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students know that white light is a mixture of many wavelengths (colors) and that retinal cells react differently to different wavelengths. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students know light can be reflected, refracted, transmitted, and absorbed by matter.

__<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt;">Learning Objectives: Students will __ <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> Demonstrate that light travels in a straight line until it enters a new medium and is refracted. Demonstrate that clear sugar crystals appear to be white to the human eye. Identify differences between visible and infrared light. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Identify differences between how the human eye and MASTER detect photons. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> __<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Unique Activities __<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Orientation to MASTER and other instruments as "NASA Superheros" <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> Investigation of how the human eye detects photons Investigation of how the human eye detects color Comparison of visual and infrared light <span style="color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt;">Analysis of MASTER images of Monterey Bay Creation of Venn Diagram to demonstrate differences in how the human eye and MASTER detect photons __<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> Resources __<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">Curriculum Brief Investigation: Which Way is Up? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">Investigation: What Color Is Sugar? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">Four Images Activity Comparing Master Images of Monterey Bay Activity Investigation: Google Earth Venn Diagram Assessment Activity Graphic Illustration Assessment Activity Teachers Guide <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%;">