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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 Observing Visibility and Sky Color

Observing Visibility and Sky Color

Students observe sky color and learn to associate color with the presence or absence of aerosols.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Aerosols
  • 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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Learning Activities preview for Observing, Describing, and Identifying Clouds

Observing, Describing, and Identifying Clouds

Students begin to learn cloud types and their names.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Clouds
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Odyssey of the Eyes Advanced Level

Odyssey of the Eyes Advanced Level

To help students understand the connection between remote sensing technology, computer imagery and land cover assessment and to demonstrate how a satellite sensor relates information to a computer
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for Practicing Your protocols

Practicing Your protocols

In the classroom, students practice using the instruments or kits for protocols, exploring the range of measurements and sources of variation and error.
  • Protocol(s): Hydrosphere, Water Transparency, Water Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Alkalinity, Nitrates
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.), 2 periods (approx. 90 min.), Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for Rainfall in the GLOBE Africa Region- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Rainfall in the GLOBE Africa Region- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Through explorations of GLOBE rain depth data from Africa, students learn about seasonal patterns in locations affected by monsoons. **This activity has an option to get students analyzing data in spreadsheets. The spreadsheet file (and answer key) can be found here: https://www.globe.gov/do-globe/globe-teachers-guide/atmosphere/data-exploration-learning-activities
  • Protocol(s): Precipitation, Atmosphere
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods), 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Regional Connections- earth systems at a Regional Level RC1- Defining Regional Boundaries

Regional Connections- earth systems at a Regional Level RC1- Defining Regional Boundaries

Students broaden their understanding of the Earth system by expanding their view of the Earth system from the local site to a regional system by identifying the boundaries of a regional Earth system.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • 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 Regional Connections- earth systems at a Regional Level RC2- Effects of Inputs and Outputs on a Region

Regional Connections- earth systems at a Regional Level RC2- Effects of Inputs and Outputs on a Region

Students examine the inputs and outputs of a regional scale Earth system and predict what would happen to that system if any of those inputs or outputs were changed.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • 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 S1- What Can We Learn About Our Seasons

S1- What Can We Learn About Our Seasons

Students develop a qualitative understanding of the characteristics and patterns of seasons and highlight the relationship of seasons to physical, biological and cultural markers.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8, Lower Primary: K-2
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1-2 periods on multiple days / once or more if possible
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Learning Activities preview for S2-What Are Some Factors That Affect Seasonal Patterns

S2-What Are Some Factors That Affect Seasonal Patterns

Students use GLOBE data and graphing tools to compare the influence of latitude, elevation, and geography on seasonal patterns.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for S3-How Do Seasonal Temperature Patterns Vary Among Different Regions of the World

S3-How Do Seasonal Temperature Patterns Vary Among Different Regions of the World

Students use GLOBE visualizations to display student data on maps and to learn about seasonal changes in regional and global temperature patterns.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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