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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): Clouds, Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Water Transparency, Water Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Salinity, Alkalinity, Nitrates, Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture - Gravimetric, Land Cover Classification, Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern, Frost Tube
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Data Exploration: Analyze & Chart
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Using global scale maps of winds and ocean currents students predict what region(s) in other parts of the world might be affected by their region.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Using data about the components of the Earth system at the global scale, students discuss how the components interact to form the Earth system as a whole and use the water cycle to explore this in more detail.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Language: English
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Students will analyze visualizations and graphs that show the annual cycle of plant growth and decline.
  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Language: English
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  • Protocol(s): Clouds, Precipitation, Air Temperature
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Multimedia: Innovate & Share
  • Language: English
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Explore the state of branch buds in the spring and make predictions of how they will change in the future.

  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2
  • Type of Activity: Arts: Imagine & Create, Outdoor: Explore & Connect
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods), 15-20 minutes, 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Observe as twig buds open and grow over the spring.

  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2
  • Type of Activity: Data Collection: Observe & Measure, Outdoor: Explore & Connect
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Repeated Class Activities, Continuing Student Activities, Class Time Not Required
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Head outside and choose the buds to observe other the spring season.

  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down
  • 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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Data document for the An Alaskan Spring Mystery: A GLOBE Data Exploration Learning Activity.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Biosphere
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