1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,560 Hi, I'm Jennifer Pulley, and welcome to NASA Connect, the show that connects you to math, 2 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,920 science, technology, and NASA. 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,960 Right now, we are at an archeological dig site in historic Jamestown, Virginia. 4 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:24,040 Imagine being a settler in Jamestown in 1607. 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:28,360 You and your family gave up the comfort of the life you knew in England to set off on 6 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,920 a perilous transatlantic journey in a small boat. 7 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:36,800 Now, you and the others in your party were headed for a place you knew little about and 8 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,520 would need to find a way to survive. 9 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:45,740 What if you had a way to remotely gather information about the region before you began the journey? 10 00:00:45,740 --> 00:00:48,360 Would this have influenced your decision to go? 11 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:53,200 Could the information better prepare you to face the living conditions? 12 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:58,080 This is not unlike the journey we envisioned for human settlement on Mars. 13 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,640 What can we learn from the past that will help us tomorrow? 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:09,000 On today's show, you'll learn how researchers observe the Earth from space in ways that 15 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,840 we can't do here on the surface. 16 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:16,200 You'll see how the data they collect from satellites is being used to help us make better 17 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:22,000 use of our environment today by looking at how yesterday's civilizations used their precious 18 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,000 resources. 19 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,880 During the course of this program, your teacher will stop the tape and ask you several inquiry 20 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:28,880 based questions. 21 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,920 Now, this is your time to explore and become critical thinkers. 22 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,440 Just as archaeologists in Jamestown are looking to the past for answers to the future, so 23 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:43,320 is a dedicated team of researchers in the rainforest in Guatemala. 24 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:49,280 Imagine you and your family are farmers in the northern quarter of Guatemala. 25 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,440 Your family is using the land in the same way as your ancestors have for thousands of 26 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:54,440 years. 27 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:59,200 Now imagine that a group of scientists warn you that the type of farming you are practicing 28 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:04,560 could jeopardize your family's way of life and the future of the Patan rainforest that 29 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:05,560 you live in. 30 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,840 You could even be changing the Earth's climate for the worse. 31 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:14,320 While you have noticed few changes in your immediate surroundings, scientists tell you 32 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,880 they have been observing this region from space and have evidence you are making the 33 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:24,200 same dangerous mistakes in your environment that your ancestors did. 34 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,200 What would you do? 35 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,520 You know, this is a real problem facing the people of Guatemala today. 36 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:34,960 So, on today's show, we will look at one of the ways NASA is working to preserve our 37 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,680 environment by learning lessons from the past. 38 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,560 But first, let's put on our thinking caps. 39 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:47,200 Students, working in groups, take a few minutes to answer the following questions. 40 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,720 What do you think remote sensing means? 41 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:55,840 What are some of the ways that you collect information about the world around you? 42 00:02:55,840 --> 00:03:01,680 Choose an object in the class and describe it using as many details as possible without 43 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,280 getting close to it or touching it. 44 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,920 It's now time to pause the program and answer the questions.