You will learn to identify spatial patterns through observation of a satellite image taken from space of Earth at night. You will then take your observations, compare them to the location of places and features on Earth that you have learned, and then interpret and relate the settlement patterns ~ where humans do and don't live and why.

This is a guided instruction set, so move from Step 1 through Step 6. You may go forward to the next section upon completion of a step or you may move back to review a concept or practice a technique.

Each step has a set of requirements to complete. For full credit on this guided practice, you must turn in your work for every step and then complete the final project.

The satellite image of "Lights at Night" and "US at Night" was created with data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS). Originally designed to view clouds by moonlight, the OLS is also used to map the locations of permanent lights on Earth's surface. For more information, click on the DMSP link above.

Once you have completed this, go to Step 1.