Environments on a Satellite Image Life of Early Peoples Environments on a Satellite Image (

Activity 1: Forest, Grassland, Desert, and Savanna on a Satellite Image

This is a picture of part of the earth as seen from a satellite in orbit high above the earth (from NASA).

This is a picture of part of the earth as seen from a satellite in orbit high above the earth (from NASA). Different kinds of environments have different colors on the image.

a rainforest, a grassland, I can identify and describe a rainforest, a grassland, a desert, and a savanna on a satellite image.

I will need: Satellite Map Worksheet

This is a photo of a rainforest. Rainforests grow in places that are hot and rainy every month of the year.

Are you more likely to see a rainforest in place A, B, C, or D? This is a photo of a rainforest. Rainforests grow in places that are hot and rainy every month of the year. Are you more likely to see a rainforest in place A, B, C, or D? C B A D

This is a photo of a desert. It is the kind of image you often see in movies or TV, BUT most deserts don’t look like this.

Most deserts are more like this photo. Deserts occur in places that usually have very little rain, but sometimes have fog or a storm.

Which place on the image is more likely to be a desert, A, B, C, or D? Most deserts are more like this photo. Deserts occur in places that usually have very little rain, but sometimes have fog or a storm. Which place on the image is more likely to be a desert, A, B, C, or D? C B A D

This is a photo of a grassland. Grasslands occur in places that have a summer season but do not get enough rain for trees.

Are you more likely to see a grassland in place A, B, C, or D? This is a photo of a grassland. Grasslands occur in places that have a summer season but do not get enough rain for trees. Are you more likely to see a grassland in place A, B, C, or D? C B A D

Matching pictures is fairly easy. What is harder is trying to decide how to make a living in places that have different environments. D C B A

Matching pictures is fairly easy. What is harder is trying to decide how to make a living in places that have different environments. Deciding how to make a living is even harder if you do not have modern technology like electricity, tractors, or even metal tools. D C B A

Matching pictures and making a living are both hard in a place like E. E is between rainforest and desert. What do you think it is like here? C B A D E

Matching pictures and making a living are both hard in a place like E. E is between rainforest and desert. What do you think it is like here? This is a savanna – a place that gets rain in half of the year. What do you think grows here? C B A D E

Savannas usually have small trees scattered among tall grasses. They look very different in different seasons. C B E A

July January D Savannas usually have small trees C scattered among tall grasses. They look very different in different seasons. C B E A January

During the rainy summer, a savanna is a great place to see giraffes, zebras, lions, and even elephants. D Savannas usually have small trees scattered among tall grasses. They look very different in different seasons. C B E A

During the rainy summer, a savanna is a great place to see giraffes, zebras, lions, and even elephants. D Savannas usually have small trees scattered among tall grasses. They look very different in different seasons. C B E A (Teachers will need to explain the timeline and the location grid of the GHG.) The distance between years gets progressively longer as the time moves up (closer to the present) The continents are labeled at the top. Note that Africa is between Europe and Asia, although on a map it is south of both. During the dry “winter”, the animals often move somewhere else, where they can find food to eat.

Equatorial Rainforest C B A D Let’s Review E Environment Characteristics On Satellite Image Equatorial Rainforest  

Equatorial Rainforest C B A D Let’s Review E Environment Characteristics On Satellite Image Equatorial Rainforest   Hot and rainy every month Tall trees, vines, birds, monkeys A

Let’s Review D C B E A Environment Characteristics On Satellite Image Tropical Desert  

Let’s Review D C B E A Little rain; occasional storms Environment Characteristics On Satellite Image Tropical Desert   Little rain; occasional storms Scattered small plants, sometimes cactus B

Let’s Review D C B E A Environment Characteristics On Satellite Image Grasslands  

Let’s Review D C B E A C Summer season; not enough rain for trees Environment Characteristics On Satellite Image Grasslands   Summer season; not enough rain for trees Grass and scattered flowers Grazing animals like antelope, bison, or zebra C

Let’s Review D C B E A Environment Characteristics On Satellite Image Tropical Savannah  

Let’s Review D C B E A Rain half the year Environment Characteristics On Satellite Image Tropical Savannah   Rain half the year Between desert and rainforest Small trees, tall grasses E

equatorial rainforest, Now that you know how to recognize equatorial rainforest, tropical desert, tropical savanna, and grassland, . . . . our next activity asks the big question: how can people make a living in different environments? D C B E A

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