• LANDSAT Images of the U.S.A - Archive
  http://www.nasm.edu:2020/RPIF/LANDSAT/ LOYS.html An archive of Landsat 1-3 Multispectral Scanner imagery covering 48 states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii.) Indexed by U.S. states and cities.
• Space Shuttle Photographs - Web Archive http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/RPIF/SSPR.html Includes shuttle photography of various locations throughout the world. Compiled by the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) unit within the Collections and Research Department of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
• Geography from Space
  http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/GAW/ Test your geographic knowledge using satellite imagery and Space Shuttle and aerial photographs! Read the clue and try to determine the geographic features visible in each image. Appropriate for upper elementary and middle school.
• Eyes in the Sky: A Remote Sensing Activity http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/eyes_sky/home.html A lesson module with a brief overview of remote sensing and an activity in image processing.
• Learning without Touching: What is Remote Sensing? http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/learning/learning_0.html A resource written for students featuring four lessons beginning with an overview of remote sensing, then an introduction to perspectives, concluding with remote sensing and its applications.
• NASA Observatorium Education Resources http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/education/reference/main.html An extensive list of resources for teachers on remote sensing basics and online tutorials.
• NASA Spacelink - An Aeronautics and Space Resource for Teachers http://spacelink.nasa.gov/.index.html A starting point to find educational materials on remote sensing and satellites. Includes search engine and library of NASA publications and web sites.

• Exploring Space by Barbara Bourne and Wendy Saul, Morrow Junior Books, 1994. An activity book on space including an activity on how satellites transmit data. Includes simple photographs.
• Seeing Earth From Space by Patricia Lauber, Orchard Books, 1990. A thorough introduction to remote sensing and its applications for middle school students. Includes photographs from space and satellite images.
• Satellites by David Jefferis, Franklin Watts Ltd., 1987. A general resource on satellites for upper elementary grades. Easy-to-read text and colorful pictures. Includes how a satellite works and its applications.
• Looking Down by Steve Jenkins, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995. A picture book showing different perspectives of landscape starting from space and ending with a bug’s perspective. Excellent cut-paper collage illustrations, no text.

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