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Agriculture Goes Airborne!Edith Kort, Geneseo, NY

Terrill Nickerson, Pueblo, CODiane Reid, Moses Lake, WA

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Agriculture Goes Airborne!

• Research Area: Crop Classification• Key NASA Content: Airborne

Science/Remote Sensing• Grade Levels: 6-12

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Measuring Water Stress on Plants Using Remote Sensing

• Lead Author: Terrill Nickerson• Investigation/ Using A Pinhole Camera To Determine

Water Stress In Plants • Key Science/ Elecromagnetic Spectrum/ Remote

Sensing/ Plant Turgor• Nat’l Content Std: Standard 1; Standard4; Standard

6; & Standard 7• Example State Std: CO. Standard 1; Standard 3; &

Standard 4• Technologies emphasized: Photography; Remote

Sensing Images

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Measuring Water Stress on Plants Using a Simple Pinhole Camera

• Links to Lessons: • NASA_Lesson\Electromag_Spec_Lect.doc;

• NASA_Lesson\electro-mag_LCD_Lect.doc;

• NASA_Lesson\pin_hole lab.doc;

• NASA_Lesson\Remote Sensing Lect.doc.

• Remote Sesnsing Activity in progress

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Unit 2 The Farmer’s Story

• Lead Author: Diane M. Reid• Investigation/Data Investigation Question

and Description• Key Science Concepts: evapotranspiration,

thermal energy, light reflection, light absorption, atmosphere

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Unit 2 (continued)

• Math Concepts Make and test conjectures based on data (or information) collected from explorations and experiments.

• Nat’l Content Std-Physical Science: Transfer of Energy; Life Science; Structure and function in living systems; Earth and Space Science: Structure of the earth system:

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Unit 2 (continued)

• Understandings about science and technology; Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Science and technology in society; Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Science and technology in society

• Example of Washington Std- Grades 6-8 Content Expectations: If the input of matter or energy is the same as the output, then the amount of matter or

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• energy in the system won’t change; but if the input is more or less than the output, then the amount of matter or energy in the system will change.

• Example of Washington Std- Grades 6-8 Performance Expectations: Measure the flow of matter into and out of an open system and predict how the system is likely to change (e.g., a bottle of water with a hole in the bottom, an ecosystem, an electric circuit).

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Unit 2 (continued)

• Technologies: Data from MASTER, MODIS/ASTER; Google Earth; Excel; Digital Camera/Video camera; PPT;WORD

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Unit 3 Mathematic problems• Lead Author: Edith Kort• Investigation/ Using Problem Solving

Techniques Using Airborne Data• Key Science/ Mathematics, problem solving,

& logic• Nat’l Content Std: Problem solving for

grades 6-8 and 9-12• Example State Std: ‘Problem Solving’ and ‘Reasoning and

Proof’ Process Strands; ‘Measurement’ and ‘Statistics and Probability’ Content Strands

• Technologies emphasized: Excel spreadsheets; Web Quest links

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Problem : Use SPAD data to make a systematic list.

• The SPAD measures the amount of chlorophyll in a leaf. The SPAD is designed to help users to improve crop quality and increase crop yield by providing an indication of the amount of chlorophyll present in leaves, The chlorophyll content of plant leaves is related to the condition of the plant, and thus can be used to determine when additional fertilizer is necessary. By optimizing nutrient conditions, healthier plants can be grown, resulting in a larger crop yield of higher quality. The measuring

area is only 2 x 3 mm. • systematic list wLogo Problem.doc

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Matrix Logic Problem • Sample Problem • Three teams, the Crop Team, the Atmospheric Chemistry Team and

the Algae Team all collected data from the DC-8 Airplane. They also collected data from three land sources: Cows, Almond Trees and Monterey Bay. Which team collected data from which source.

• / Data SourceTeam/CowsAlmondTreesMontereyBayCrop TeamAtomosphericChemistryTeam Algae Team

• 1. The Crop Team did not work with cows. • 2. The Algae Team collected data from a boat on Monterey Bay.

• lmatrix prob plus logo.doc

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