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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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Learning Activities preview for Computer-aided Land Cover Mapping

Computer-aided Land Cover Mapping

Students use MultiSpec to perform unsupervised clustering of their Landsat TM image and then assign MUC classes to every cluster to create a land cover map.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for Constructing a Model of ppbv of Surface Ozone

Constructing a Model of ppbv of Surface Ozone

Students construct and compare cubes of different volumes to gain insight into small concentrations such as a part per million and a part per billion.
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for D. Carbon Travels Game

D. Carbon Travels Game

Students play a dice game to follow a carbon atom as it travels through the Earth's carbon pools.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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Learning Activities preview for Discovery Area Post-Protocol

Discovery Area Post-Protocol

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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Learning Activities preview for Do You Know Your MUC

Do You Know Your MUC

Students classify land cover by visually examining their site as well as mapping and recording ground cover onto graph paper as they walk across their site. Students will use a GPS to locate the site in addition to photographing their site.
  • Protocol(s): Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for E. Getting To Know the Global Carbon Cycle

E. Getting To Know the Global Carbon Cycle

Students learn the basics of the carbon cycle through diagrams.
   Enhancement Mini-Activities
     Turnover rate and residence time (pdf)
     How big is a petagram? (xls)
     Human Carbon Pool (xls)
     How Much Carbon is Stored in a Pencil? (xls)

Field Learning Activities
Activities that teach important concepts and skills for understanding and conducting Carbon Protocols.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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Learning Activities preview for Estimating Cloud Cover- A Simulation

Estimating Cloud Cover- A Simulation

Students practice estimating how much of the sky is covered by clouds.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Clouds
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Exploring Surface Winds Using Mini-Kites
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Exploring Surface Winds Using Mini-Kites

Students will make and fly a mini-kite to explore surface winds. AREN Project.
  • Protocol(s): Wind
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Data Collection: Observe & Measure, Engineering: Design & Build, Outdoor: Explore & Connect
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods), 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for F. Biomass Units

F. Biomass Units

Students learn the concept of biomass and explore biomass data from biomes around the world.
         Enhancement Materials:         Global Biomes Movie (m4v)             Biomass Units Example (xls)
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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Learning Activities preview for From Mud Pies to Bricks

From Mud Pies to Bricks

Students make mud pies by adding water to the various soil components, letting them dry and observing the pie's characteristics.
  • Protocol(s): Soil Characterization
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8, Lower Primary: K-2
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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