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Module 4: Paths

This module will look at many different kinds of paths and consider why paths are where they are and how they look from space. Paths are usually not arbitrary ways to reach a destination. People and animals make paths that take into account the terrain and other features of the landscape. Rivers, lava, smoke, and other natural phenomena follow paths. The space shuttle and satellites follow paths.

Are some paths only visible from satellite or aerial images? Are there paths that can only be seen by remote sensing and not by the eye? What do these images tell us about links between the past and present?

Paths imply movement: movement of people, goods, animals, ideas, matter, and energy. How is this movement influenced by the environment and how does it affect the environment? Is the movement one way or two ways?

Investigation 1
Paths - What are they and who makes them?

Investigation 2
How do paths look from different perspectives?

Investigation 3
Some unusual pathways

Investigation 4
How do disaster paths affect people's lives?