THE ABILITY OF 6TH GRADE CHILDREN TO USE RADARSAT SATELLITE IMAGES

This study examined the ability of 27 sixth grade children in the city of Edmonton, Alberta. Canada, to interpret selected features of a Rad arsat satellite image. The children used an image of their neighborhoo d; an image of the central part of Edmonton; an image of St. Albert, a small city northwest of Edmonton; and a road map of the locations. Th e children were tested with a Radarsat image of a neighborhood similar to theirs in the city of Calgary 294 km south of Edmonton. All images were made the same day. The results showed that the children were abl e to interpret features such as roads, houses, cars, bridges, vegetati on, and rivers. However, some children had difficulty finding a locati on on the Radarsat image noted on the road map.