Agriculture Goes Airborne!
Edith Kort, Geneseo, NY
Terrill Nickerson, Pueblo, CO
Diane 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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Unit 2 (continued)
• 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
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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.
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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.
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/ 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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