General Education Capstone Course
Event/Experience Details and Guideline Form

Discipline covered in General Education: Geography

Gen. Ed. Category Event should be listed under: Social Science

SCC Competency addressed by event: Develop and communicate hypothetical explanations, predictions, and descriptions of human behavior within an historical, spatial, and/or social context.

Event experience Title: Satellite Imagery Lecture, September 13, 2007

Anticipated Learning Outcome. Students who attend this lecture will gain a better understanding the human impact on our world and how technology has contributed to our understanding of the earth’s strengths and weaknesses.

Guidelines for accomplishment of event

1. Attend the lecture on September 13, 2007 at 12:00 (noon) in the Private Dining Room of the Student Center and consider the following ideas:
a. What information about the earth does a satellite image provide?
b. What information about the earth is not identifiable from a satellite image?
c. How can satellite images help to identify problems with the earth?
2. Write a two page essay summarizing your experience at the lecture and addressing the preceding questions.

Provide at least one the following:

Event Contact Name: Bob Gill, 636-922-8449
SCC Event Creator: Ellen Wilson, 636-922-8531
Estimated Time: 2 hours