Publication details
Remote sensing in the teaching of science and geography: the experience and latest research results of interpretation of images
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Remote sensing is one of the latest geoinformatic technologies providing the actual image of the landscape. Satellite and aerial images are available to the public mainly through the Internet (for example via Google Earth, websites of NASA and ESA and other sources). The use of images in the teaching of geography, biology, chemistry and physics brings new and interesting features for this activity. The results of the research of interpretation of aerial photographs and satellite images show that (1) pupils are able to interpret aerial and satellite imagery successfully,(2) younger pupils prefer to read aerial and satellite images before reading maps, (3) there is no significant difference in the success of reading images between girls and boys, (4) students interpret information from the false colour images successfully, (5) students work with images in their own time and find this activity attractive, (6) images are used relatively rarely in the teaching |