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Featured Learning Activities

This month's featured activities go with GLOBE's Clouds Protocol

Cloud Watch

Students monitor clouds and weather to begin to understand the connections between the two.

Estimating Cloud Cover- A Simulation

Students practice estimating how much of the sky is covered by clouds.

Observing, Describing, and Identifying Clouds

Students begin to learn cloud types and their names.

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Students learn about plant response to light by setting up simple investigations in the classroom.
  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down, Phenological Gardens, Biosphere
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Upper Primary: 3-5, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Students discover that soil properties such as moisture and temperature can vary considerably across a single landscape.
  • Protocol(s): Soil Characterization
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8, Lower Primary: K-2
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Students learn what to look for during budburst by observing variations in timing and appearance of leaves of different local plant species.
  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down, Biosphere
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Upper Primary: 3-5, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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  • Protocol(s): Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Green-Up / Green-Down, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Multimedia: Innovate & Share, Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart
  • Language: English
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  • Protocol(s): Relative Humidity, Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Water Transparency, Water Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Salinity, Alkalinity, Nitrates, Soil Infiltration, Soil pH, Soil Characterization, Soil Fertility, Phenological Gardens, Biometry (including Tree Height), Land Cover Classification, Wind
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart
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Students construct simple thermometers to understand how and why liquid-in-glass thermometers work.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Air Temperature, Water Temperature
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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  • Protocol(s): Aerosols, Barometric Pressure, Clouds, Water Vapor, Earth As a System, Relative Humidity, Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Water Transparency, Water Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Alkalinity, Nitrates, Freshwater Macroinvertebrates, Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture - Gravimetric, Soil Infiltration, Bulk Density, Soil pH, Soil Characterization, Soil Particle Density, Soil Fertility, Soil Particle Size Distribution, Green-Up / Green-Down, Phenological Gardens, Arctic Bird Migration, Biometry (including Tree Height), Fire Fuel, Land Cover Classification, Wind, Mosquitoes, Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern, Frost Tube, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart
  • Language: English
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Students monitor clouds and weather to begin to understand the connections between the two.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Clouds
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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  • Protocol(s): Soil pH, Soil Characterization
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Research: Inquire & Discover
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Students use the satellite image of the GLOBE Study Site and their knowledge of remote sensing to decide where a new hospital should be located.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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