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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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Students draw a visualization and learn about all the design choices involved and how these choices affect what is communicated by the visualization.
  • 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: Upper Primary: 3-5, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Students learn the basics of the carbon cycle through diagrams.
   Enhancement Mini-Activities
     Turnover rate and residence time (pdf)
     How big is a petagram? (xls)
     Human Carbon Pool (xls)
     How Much Carbon is Stored in a Pencil? (xls)

Field Learning Activities
Activities that teach important concepts and skills for understanding and conducting Carbon Protocols.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Language: English
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  • Protocol(s): Soil Moisture - Gravimetric, Soil pH, Soil Characterization, Soil Particle Density, Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Research: Inquire & Discover
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  • Protocol(s): Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Soil pH, Soil Fertility, Green-Up / Green-Down, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12
  • Type of Activity: Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart
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  • Protocol(s): Phenological Gardens, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Language Arts: Express & Communicate
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  • Protocol(s): Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Language Arts: Express & Communicate
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  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Students practice estimating how much of the sky is covered by clouds.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Clouds
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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