Exploration and application of natural and infrared color images in middle school

Steven K. Croft; Stephen M. Pompea; Steven McGee

doi:10.1364/ETOP.2003.ETuF3

Education and Training in Optics and Photonics
OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2003),
paper ETuF3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ETOP.2003.ETuF3

Exploration and application of natural and infrared color images in middle school

Steven K. Croft, Stephen M. Pompea, and Steven McGee

Education and Training in Optics and Photonics 2003

Tucson, Arizona United States
ISBN: 1-55752-759-8

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Primary, Secondary, and Outreach Education I (ETuF)

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Abstract

A new classroom-tested software package provides an innovative curriculum for teaching elementary concepts in spectrum and color. Students explore the construction of natural and infrared color composites of Earth scenes to determine the unique spectral characteristics of terrestrial plants and apply this knowledge to a search for life on Mars.

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