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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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  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down, Biometry (including Tree Height), Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Research: Inquire & Discover
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  • Protocol(s): pH, Soil pH
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart, Engineering: Design & Build
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  • Protocol(s): Barometric Pressure, Precipitation, Air Temperature
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart
  • Language: English
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Students use GLOBE visualizations to display student data on maps and to learn about seasonal changes in regional and global temperature patterns.
  • 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: Multiple days
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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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Students use their shadow to explore how the relationship between the earth and sun.

  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8
  • Type of Activity: Data Collection: Observe & Measure, Simulations: Play & Learn, Outdoor: Explore & Connect
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Repeated Class Activities
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Introduction document to the Hydrosphere Investigation Area Learning Activities.
  • Protocol(s): Water Transparency, Water Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Alkalinity, Nitrates, Freshwater Macroinvertebrates
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Language: English
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Students learn to use a simple computer model to predict biomass, and carbon storage over time for any geographical biome. Can be done as a stand-alone activity or as a follow-up to conducting Carbon Cycle field measurements.
        Model Materials:        Link to Online Computer Model        Video Tutorial
                                                           Example Data Sheet (xls)        Biome Map
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
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  • Protocol(s): Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Water Temperature, Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture - Gravimetric
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart
  • Language: English
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Students learn about plant pigmentation and photosynthesis while conducting simple investigations to demonstrate the presence of pigments other than chlorophyll in leaves.
  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down, Phenological Gardens, Biosphere
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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