1. Sensing Something Slide Show Assessment

2. Is information being shared between these people remotely, through direct contact, or both ways? What information do you think the girl might be giving to her grandmother with this hug?

3. Is information being shared between these people remotely, through direct contact, or both ways? What sort of information do you think is being shared?

4. When a camera makes an image, is it collecting information remotely or by direct contact? A camera makes an image, or a photograph, that allows information to be shared with others. Roberts, Martha McMillan, photographer. "Camera bugs" snapping the cherry blossoms across the Tidal Basin. Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, D.C." 1941 May. America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945, Library of Congress. Lee, Russell, photographer. "Tourist using candid camera, Taos, New Mexico." 1940 July. America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945, Library of Congress.

5. What information is being transferred remotely from the remote control to the television?

6. How does Pixel the Satellite gather information: by direct contact or by remote sensing? What sort of information do you think Pixel the Satellite can gather about the Earth?

7. What are the five senses you use to learn and gather information?