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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 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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Learning Activities preview for Mangroves
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  • Protocol(s): Relative Humidity, Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Water Transparency, Water Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Salinity, Alkalinity, Nitrates, Soil Temperature, 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
  • Language: English
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Learning Activities preview for Monsoons and Health- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Monsoons and Health- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Students learn about the relationship between three infectious diseases and rainfall in the country of Benin.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Precipitation, Biosphere
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods), 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for NASA GLOBE One-Week Pacing Guide: Urban Heat Islands
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NASA GLOBE One-Week Pacing Guide: Urban Heat Islands

One week pacing guide for activities related to urban heat islands developed in collaboration with the NASA Langley Research Center, GLOBE Mission Earth, and the NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative. Activities include analyzing graphs of surface temperature throughout the day, exploring surface temperature of urban areas, observing land cover and tree heights with GLOBE Observer Land Cover and Trees tools, and analyzing microclimates using surface temperature data. 

  • Protocol(s): Surface Temperature, Biometry (including Tree Height), Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
  • Type of Activity: Data Collection: Observe & Measure, Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for Natural events and GLOBE protocol bundles
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  • Protocol(s): Aerosols, Barometric Pressure, Clouds, Water Vapor, Relative Humidity, Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Wind
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12
  • Type of Activity: Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart
  • Language: English
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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, Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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