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NASA Earth science researchers routinely use technology in conducting experiments and analyzing

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and communicating the results.

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Matter of fact, these researchers are much like a detective, collecting evidence and

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investigating a range of suspects that might be contributing to the situation.

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I'd like to introduce everyone to a class of online atmospheric detectives at East Palo

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Alto Charter School in East Palo Alto, California.

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They've taken on a case that Langley's Learning Technologies Project has posted on the NASA

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Connect website.

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Let's check in on them.

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We've been asked by NASA to investigate two puzzling situations related to remote sensing.

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After doing a background check on remote sensing and checking out the application of remote

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sensing by bats and satellites, we felt prepared for the NASA Connect web challenge.

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In the first puzzle, Satellite Site, we have been challenged to identify facts about the

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mystery image that you see on your screen.

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The questions, where, what, and why, help guide us through an interpretation of the

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image.

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Hey, now I can name each geographical feature in the satellite's image based on its color.

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You can do it too.

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Just visit Norman's lab on the NASA Connect website and find the Atmospheric Detectives

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online activity button.

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The completion of the first puzzle prepared us for the detailed attention we would have

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to give to figure out the second half of the remote sensing puzzle.

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In the next activity, Atmospheric Aerosols, we're trying to figure out the density or

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concentration of aerosols over two different regions of the Earth.

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We're using information such as relative density, altitude, distance, and latitude and longitude

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to interpret data about the image just like scientists do.

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Well, Jennifer, it sounds like the case being worked by the East Palo Alto Charter School

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students could use some more sleuths.

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I would encourage our viewers to visit the NASA Connect website to take a crack at these

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remote sensing puzzles.