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Discover the Wonders of the World’s Forests! Greetings, middle and high school educators! Are you ready to bring the wonders of forests into your classroom? Dive into this blog series that bridges the resources of Natural Inquirer and the GLOBE Program, designed to inspire curiosity, scientific exploration, and environmental stewardship among your students. GLOBE and Natural Inquirer Crosswalk This series is part of the  GLOBE and Natural Inquirer Crosswalk Project , which connects the hands-on science of the GLOBE Program with the captivating research found ...


Posted in: Curriculum: SCIENCE AND MATH   GLOBE Science Topics: CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE EARTH AS A SYSTEM   Investigation Areas: EARTH AS A SYSTEM PRECIPITATION AIR TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURE BIOMETRY (INCLUDING TREE HEIGHT) LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION CARBON CYCLE   Primary Audience: TEACHERS   Teacher's Guide: MIDDLE: 6-8 SECONDARY: 9-12


Join summer campers from over 30 camps across the United States as they collect air temperature, soil temperature, surface temperature, and water temperature study over the next two months. Campers will explore relationships between each of the GLOBE temperature protocols as they monitor differences across various microclimates found within their camp and community. Each camp will have the opportunity to explore data being collected by other GLOBE Camps and members of the GLOBE community (that's you!), expanding their understanding of data ...


Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   GLOBE Science Topics: CLIMATE SCIENTIST SKILLS   Investigation Areas: AIR TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURE WATER TEMPERATURE SOIL TEMPERATURE


The ICESat-2 Satellite will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California on Saturday, September 15, 2016. At this time, the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign will officially begin. If you happen to find yourself in Lompoc, California for the launch, please take a look at this Explore Lompoc web site. It provides some great information about all the ICESat-2 launch activities that will be happening. We also have an ICESat-2 Launch Outreach page that showcases launch information and a launch party kit. The launch of the ICESat-2 satellite will ...


Posted in: Investigation Areas: PRECIPITATION CARBON CYCLE AIR TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURE SOIL TEMPERATURE BIOSPHERE BIOMETRY (INCLUDING TREE HEIGHT) LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION GREEN-UP / GREEN-DOWN


Please welcome Haley Wicklein from the NH Leitzel Center GLOBE Partnership as a guest blogger. Haley is very familiar with GLOBE through her work on the GLOBE Carbon Cycle project. She was an elementary school science specialist and has now returned to the University of New Hampshire! There are new GLOBE Weather Stations at work at six schools in NH! This fall, Jen Bourgeault and I traveled to schools across New Hampshire to help install GLOBE Weather Stations.  With these stations, the students will monitor soil and air temperature, relative humidity, and rainfall as they ...


Posted in: GLOBE Science Topics: GENERAL SCIENCE SCIENTIST SKILLS   Investigation Areas: PRECIPITATION AIR TEMPERATURE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ATMOSPHERE   Primary Audience: TEACHERS   Teacher's Guide: SITE DEFINITION SHEET