NASA CONNECT Hidden Treasures: Landscape Archaeology

Abstract:

In NASA CONNECT: Landscape Archaeology: Hidden Treasures, students will learn how researchers and scientists use data collected through remote sensing to study hidden features on the Earth's surface and to discover the environmental and archaeological effects left by ancient cultures. Students will see how archaeologists use the math concepts of coordinate geometry and powerful geographic information system (GIS) software to solve current world problems by investigating clues from the past. Grades 6-8.

Subject:

Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology

Grade Level:

Primary, Secondary

Collection:

NASA CONNECT