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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 Why Do We Study Soil

Why Do We Study Soil

An activity which highlights the importance of learning about the soils on Earth. In this activity students explore some of the many uses of soils, learn the five soil-forming factors, and gain a better understanding of how little of Earth's surface is covered in soil.
  • Protocol(s): Soil pH, Soil Characterization, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture - Gravimetric, Soil Particle Size Distribution, Soil Particle Density, Soil Fertility, Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.), 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for What Are Some Factors That Affect Seasonal Patterns

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): Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Pedosphere (Soil), Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Water Temperature, Soil Temperature, Wind
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for Weather Tourists- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Weather Tourists- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Students build geography skills while learning how to find data using the GLOBE Data Visualization tool, sharing what they have learned in a tourism poster for a GLOBE school location.
  • Protocol(s): Precipitation, Air Temperature, 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 Water Walk

Water Walk

Students become acquainted with their Hydrosphere Study Site.
  • Protocol(s): Hydrosphere, Water Transparency, Water Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Alkalinity, Nitrates, Freshwater Macroinvertebrates
  • Grade Levels: 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 Water Detectives

Water Detectives

Students will investigate how they use their senses for observation and why we use instruments to collect data.
  • Protocol(s): Hydrosphere, Water Transparency, Water Temperature, pH
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Using GLOBE Data to Analyze Land Cover

Using GLOBE Data to Analyze Land Cover

Students find another GLOBE school that reported the same MUC class and systematically compare the other GLOBE measurements that they each reported.
  • 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 The pH Game

The pH Game

Students will create mixtures of water samples, soil samples, plants and other natural materials to better understand the importance of pH levels.
  • Protocol(s): Hydrosphere, pH
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for The Data Game

The Data Game

Teams of students play a game in which they gather data and distort the values of certain measurements. They then estimate the values of the measurements taken by other teams and try to detect their errors.
  • Protocol(s): Soil Characterization
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Temperature and Precipitation as Limiting Factors in Ecosystems

Temperature and Precipitation as Limiting Factors in Ecosystems

Students correlate graphs of vegetation vigor with those of temperature and precipitation data for four diverse ecosystems to determine which climatic factor is limiting growth.
  • Protocol(s): Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
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Learning Activities preview for Telling Water Story one-pager_FINAL.pdf
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Telling Water Story one-pager_FINAL.pdf

Have you ever experienced flooding or drought in your location? Do you wonder how climate change might affect sea-level where you live? Join this project and learn about how water impacts people's lives around the world. NASA has an international satellite mission- Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission that is able to measure how much precipitation falls from the clouds to the ground- all around the world! This data is updated every 30 minutes, and we now have a 23 year record of precipitation. In this activity, you will take a GLOBE cloud observation, and then send a screenshot of your data to NASA's GPM Outreach coordinator. She will send you the past 23 years of precipitation data- yearly, seasonally, and monthly- along with questions you can use to analyze this data for your location. If you write a paragraph or two, she will add your story to this international project that is hosted on NASA's GPM website.
  • Protocol(s): Clouds, Hydrosphere, Earth As a System, Precipitation, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
  • Type of Activity: Multimedia: Innovate & Share, Language Arts: Express & Communicate, Research: Inquire & Discover, Data Collection: Observe & Measure, Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart, Outdoor: Explore & Connect
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods)
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