Echo the bat's mother teaches him how and where to find food, and when he becomes separated from her in a storm, he relies on these lessons to find his own way home.

A story about a big brown bat migrating through the varied habitats of Arizona, combining art illustrations & satellite images. Scientists use Landsat imagery to help study & preserve our Earth's habitats like those in Echo's adventure. Preserving habitats & routes between them are important to survival of migrating species such as the big brown bat. Author & illustrator Ginger Butcher, who works at the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics at Goddard Space Flight Center, designed a web site called The Adventure of Echo the Bat.Ó It teaches middle school children about the electromagnetic spectrum, remote sensing, & biodiversity. This book is based on the website. For Grades K-4. Printed on heavy card stock.

Included in a program of both online and classroom components, this book is accompanied by an online suggested set of activities intended to introduce remote-sensing to our youngest future scientists. Prompts are provided in the book to these activities through a "Note to teachers and parents." Website includes links to a student's site, and a teacher's guide.

The Adventure of Echo the Bat pop-up book is a story designed to introduce children ages 5-9 to remote sensing and interpreting satellite imagery from NASA satellites. The story follows a young bat migrating in Arizona through a variety of different habitats. Context in the story engages the reader in the shape, patterns, and texture of Landsat satellite imagery. The lift-the-flap interactives within the imagery allow children to compare the satellite view with a bat's-eye perspective. The book concludes with two activities designed to reinforce the concepts of satellite image interpretation and active versus passive remote sensing.