NASA CONNECT Hidden Treasures: Landscape Archaeology

• Author: NASA's Center for Distance Learning
• Subject: Science and Technology, Mathematics and Statistics
• Institution Name: NASA
• Collection: NASA CONNECT
• Grade Level: Primary, Secondary

• 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.

• Languages: English
• Material Types: Teaching and Learning Strategies, Primary Source, Other
• Media Formats: Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML, Video
• Technical Requirements: Internet connection, Quicktime Player for streaming

• Conditions of Use: Custom License

  NASA CONNECT is a production of the NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA. All Rights Reserved. Broadcast and off-air rights are unlimited and are granted in perpetuity with the following stipulations: NASA CONNECT shall not be used for commercial purposes; used, in whole or in part, to endorse a commercial product; stored, in whole or in part, in a commercial database; altered electronically, mechanically, or photographically without the expressed and prior written permission of NASA.This publication is in the public domain and is not protected by copyright. Permission is not required for duplication.