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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 Hydrosphere Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities

Introduction document to the Hydrosphere Investigation Area Learning Activities.
  • Protocol(s): Conductivity, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Alkalinity, Nitrates, Freshwater Macroinvertebrates, Water Temperature, Water Transparency, pH
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8, Lower Primary: K-2
  • Language: English
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Learning Activities preview for I. Biomass Accumulation Model

I. Biomass Accumulation Model

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: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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Learning Activities preview for Investigating Leaf Pigments

Investigating Leaf Pigments

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: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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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): Air Temperature, Atmosphere
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods)
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Learning Activities preview for J. Simple Global Carbon Cycle Model Teacher Guide

J. Simple Global Carbon Cycle Model Teacher Guide

Students use the global carbon cycle diagram to make pencil and paper calculations of changes to carbon pools after a few years. They then explore a computer model to look at changes in carbon pools and fluxes over hundreds of years.
         Model Materials:         Link to Online Computer Model
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12
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Learning Activities preview for Just Passing Through

Just Passing Through

Students are introduced to the basic concepts of how water passes through soil in an activity which illustrates the scientific method. More advanced students investigate the effects of soil characteristics on water infiltration and the chemistry of water that has passed through soil
  • Protocol(s): Soil pH, Soil Characterization, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture - Gravimetric, 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.), Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for Just Passing Through (Beginner Version)

Just Passing Through (Beginner Version)

Beginning students are introduced to the basic concepts of how water passes through soil in an activity which illustrates the scientific method. More advanced students investigate the effects of soil characteristics on water infiltration and the chemistry of water that has passed through soil
  • Protocol(s): Soil Characterization, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture - Gravimetric, Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Lower Primary: K-2
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Just Passing Through es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Pedosphere (Soil)
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for K-2 GLOBE Grandma - lesson 4- Observe Changes in Snow Depth.pdf
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K-2 GLOBE Grandma - lesson 4- Observe Changes in Snow Depth.pdf

Return to a snow site to repeat snow depth measurements.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2
  • Type of Activity: Data Collection: Observe & Measure, Outdoor: Explore & Connect
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods)
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Learning Activities preview for K-2 GLOBE Grandma - lesson 5 - Comparing snow at different sites.pdf
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K-2 GLOBE Grandma - lesson 5 - Comparing snow at different sites.pdf

Compare snow depths at two different sites.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2
  • Type of Activity: Data Collection: Observe & Measure, Outdoor: Explore & Connect
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods)
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