Since 1972, Landsat satellites have orbited Earth, sending back millions of images of our changing planet. Have fun at home learning more about the Landsat mission and our home planet with hands-on activities, interactives, and animations. Landsat Outreach offers a wide range of resources, including Landsat images, animations, K-14 classroom exercises, data tutorials, fact sheets, and more.
We encourage you to contact us with your questions and feedback and to share your ideas about using Landsat for learning and teaching.
Join us for nine weeks of summer camp fun. This virtual camp explores a new theme each week about how Landsat satellites help manage, protect, and preserve some of your favorite places on Earth. Your virtual camp counselors have curated an exciting collection of videos, interactives, and downloadable activities you can do at home or with friends of all ages.
Explore hands-on games, activities, and stories that spark curiosity about how Landsat studies Earth. This collection includes printable materials, online interactives, and StoryMaps exploring the various benefits of the Landsat program.
This collection of printable materials includes posters and board games to enjoy with friends or family, rulers, bookmarks, and more — all exploring how over 50 years of Landsat data has helped benefit society.
STELLA is a portable scientific instrument developed to support education and outreach and to promote engagement, inquiry, and discovery. Through the assembly and operation of a STELLA device, learners and citizen scientists of all ages can gain hands-on experience about remote sensing technology, principles, and applications.
Here you can find Landsat images and resources to help you teach about our changing Earth, the electromagnetic spectrum, the science and technology behind satellite data, and much more. Landsat supports a fundamentally spatial approach to learning and thinking about the world.
Landsat Goes to Hawaiʻi to Help Inspire Climate Change Connections
During two recent Earth to Sky Climate Science Education workshops, participants learned how Landsat imagery helps us assess changes in land cover and land use.
Landsat Outreach: Denver Edition
The Landsat outreach team participated in AAAS and Geo Week events this month to highlight the benefits of the Landsat program and how the NASA/USGS partnership facilitates the invaluable, ongoing Landsat record.
Landsat Outreach at the 2024 American Meteorological Society Meeting
This year, AMS meeting-goers had an opportunity to learn more about Landsat, its data, and its applications at the NASA Exhibit Booth.
Advancing Landsat Science at AGU23
The 2023 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGU23) was held in San Francisco, California, from December 11-15. The Landsat program has repeatedly had a strong presence at AGU meetings and it occupied a prominent position among presenters at AGU23.
Shining a Light on Mesa Verde National Park: NASA Outreach During the “Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse
On Saturday, October 14, 2023, regions of North, Central, and South America experienced an annular solar eclipse. Through the Earth to Sky Partnership, NASA coordinated with Mesa Verde National Park to host a series of outreach events.
Landsat In Your Hands: STEM Adventures with a DIY Instrument
One way to better understand the science and technology behind Landsat’s spectral measurements is to build a spectrometer. This past summer, two local high school students did just that.