Where in the World Are Major Environmental Changes?

• This activity allows students to explore significant environmental changes all around the world, with a specific emphasis on deforestation in Brazil. 
• Students will learn that satellite images can be used to interpret, understand, plan, and predict environmental changes.
  

Positives

• The lesson is easy to follow and encourages students to brainstorm and think critically.
• The Earthshots cards are downloadable to use offline.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• The educator guide provides a background, objectives, and procedures section that will help you implement the lesson.
  

Differentiation

• This could be paired with a Google Earth resource to see more locations and investigate other topics.
• Social studies classes could use this resource when discussing the locations where humans have settled and developed communities over time.
• Connections could be made with justice and ethics classes when discussing the use of Indigenous lands for development or mining.
• Other similar resources include this interactive global forest map and this video about human impacts on the environment.