The 11 worksheets of the ‘Watching over the Earth’ teacher’s pack can be downloaded using the links below.
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Introduction – presentation of the teacher’s pack. |
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Earth observation satellites – an introduction to the main types of Earth observation satellites and the two main types of orbits: geostationary and polar. |
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The Earth viewed from space – focuses on the geographical aspects of the globe. |
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Humans on Earth – discusses human population distribution around the world. It also offers views at different scales: continental, regional, and local. |
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Africa and environmental diversity – takes a look at the natural environments on the African continent and their geographical distribution in vast banded areas. |
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Asia and rice-growing – focuses on rice-growing in Vietnam. As a crop, rice has extensively contributed to the high population density on the Asian continent, which accounts for 3 of the 4 global regions with the highest population density. |
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Europe: a developed continent – focuses on the major urban concentrations which makes Europe the prosperous and dynamic continent it is. |
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Living species and their environment – discusses the concepts of ecosystem and food chain. |
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Water on Earth – describes the water cycle on Earth. |
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Volcanoes: Mount Etna, a case study – focuses on the main volcanic phenomena, in Europe in particular and discusses the relationships between human societies and volcanism. |
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Flood monitoring – discusses risks and natural disasters around the world, taking a s an example the floods caused by the Rhône (2003) and Elbe (2002) rivers. |
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Colours in satellite imagery – addresses the concepts of light and colour. |
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