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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 Iowa's Highs and Lows- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Iowa's Highs and Lows- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Students interpret a frequency distribution of GLOBE temperature data to decide whether statements about the weather are accurate, citing the parts of the graph they used as the basis of their decision.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Air Temperature
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods)
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Learning Activities preview for Land, Water, and Air

Land, Water, and Air

Students measure temperature change in soil, water and air as they are exposed to the heating action of the sun.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Pedosphere (Soil), Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Water Temperature, Soil Temperature, Wind
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Learning Activities Introduction es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for Learning to Use Visualizations - An Example with Elevation and Temperature

Learning to Use Visualizations - An Example with Elevation and Temperature

Students use visualizations to explore the relation between elevation and temperature and begin learning how to make important patterns evident in visualizations.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Aerosols, Barometric Pressure, Water Vapor, Pedosphere (Soil), Relative Humidity, Precipitation, Air Temperature, Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture - Gravimetric, Biosphere, Land Cover Classification, Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Learning to Use Visualizations es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for Making a Climograph- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Making a Climograph- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Students learn how to construct, read, and analyze climographs and understand how climate differs from weather.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Precipitation, Air Temperature
  • Grade Levels: 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 Making a Contour Map

Making a Contour Map

Students construct one or more contour maps using GLOBE data.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Pedosphere (Soil), Precipitation, Air Temperature, Soil Temperature, Wind
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Making a Contour Map es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for Making a Sundial

Making a Sundial

Students study the movement of the sun during the day by making quantitative observations of the direction and length of the shadow cast by a stick (known as a solar gnomon).
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Aerosols
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for Making a Sundial es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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