Teaching Remote Sensing knowledge in the middle school
Fan Wenji
Lanzhou Middle School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Lanzhou, China
Abstract
It is required to teach remote sensing knowledge in all middle schools by the commission on Geographical Education of International Geographical Union. This will strengthen the teaching material of geography and open a new road to spread remote sensing knowledge among the people. This is the first time to introduce the method of popularization of remote sensing knowledge in middle schools of China. The middle school age is the just time for the students to learn the knowledge, they will become talented in remote sensing. Because China occupies the most dominant position in the number of students all over the world, so we will have abundant reserve force for remote sensing.
The article is divided into two parts:
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The simple satellite photograph and remote sensing knowledge recommended in junior classes.
- The more perplexing problems for senor classes are4 to teach weather forecast according to satellite cloud picture and the solar radiation electromagnetic spectrum. Sometimes examinations were carried out in the form of tests.
The experiences were summed up and suggestions were made at the end of this paper.
The significance of spreading Remote Sensing in middle schools
In " Handbook for geography teaching"
[1] (Compiled by Unesco, 1982) the Commission on Geographical Education of International Geographical Union required to bring about some new ideas, some new targets and geographic teaching methods to the text book. It also highly required to introduce the knowledge of remote sensing which we called "eyes in the sky" to school students.[2]
Then in 1982, contents about remote sensing were brought into China's geographical textbooks for middle school students for the first time. It is a new move with some far reaching significance. First, with 60 million middle school students, China enjoys the unsurpassed predominance in the number of students in the world. The popularization of remote sensing knowledge means a large reserve of such talents and it would be no doubt a great achievement. second, these students, builders of the 21st century equipped with the technique , will be the most important generation for the human civilization. In the near future with the help of remote sensing technology, they may view the earth" in an easy manner as they look at the moon". And they are familiar
With the earth as with their nearby street. Third, the students who are learning the knowledge are in their high time for learning. Their pre-available knowledge enables them to imbibe remote sensing knowledge easily. Their knowledge on remote sensing will encourage them pursue science.
With the rapid development of modern science and technology, our geographical environment, today's geographical theories, geographical teaching conditions and methods and qualities of students all have changed greatly changed, especially the means of research. The means have been improved from simple-maps to aerial photographs, television, slides and even equipments with computer.
In order to catch up with the development of the latest science and technology in other advanced countries, according to the content of teaching materials and groups of students divided by their ages, we carried out programme of lecturing remote-sensing knowledge among our students. We found that it has played an active role in the reform of geography teaching in middle school. Here are some intimate knowledge about our practice.
