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In Peru, we are aiming to work with wooden meteorological shelters.
However, we are facing a problem with the availability of equipment to
record air temperature and relative humidity. There is limited supply
of instruments and equipment in the country.
To measure air temperature and relative humidity, we have only two
types of instruments available in the Peruvian market: an alcohol
thermometer and a digital thermo-hygrometer, such as the one shown in
the image.
Our question is: What is the correct procedure to follow for
recording temperature ...
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The Problem
You've got a list of AOI coordinates. Google Maps will show them to
you, but it won't tell you the best order to visit them. If you’ve got
more than a few points, this becomes a mess—guesswork, wasted time,
and unnecessary backtracking.
We need a tool that will plan the most efficient route for us instead
of figuring things out ourselves. That’s what this does, here’s how:
The Solution
This problem is a textbook example of the classic Traveling
Salesman Problem (TSP): How can we find the shortest route
that visits each location (in our ...
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Curriculum:
TECHNOLOGY
STEM
GLOBE Science Topics:
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Investigation Areas:
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Audience
Lower elementary (K-2)
Time
3 class periods
Day 1 : Read “Meet Dr. Flitcroft!”
Day 2 : Read “Discoveries at Willow Creek”
Day 3 : Use the activity “Water Walk” and collect water data
at a stream or river
Materials
Meet
Dr. Flitcroft! (download pdf from webpage)
Discoveries
at Willow Creek (pdf)
Water
Walk (pdf)
GLOBE Protocols
Water temperature
Dissolved oxygen
Salmon
returns are down in Metlakatla (news story about GLOBE ...
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Audience
Middle and high school students
Time
Variable
Materials
Citizen
Science (download pdf from webpage)
GLOBE Protocols
Air temperature
Clouds
Precipitation
GLOBE Observer app
GLOBE Program Campaigns
Optional learning activities
Cloud
Sort Activity (My NASA Data)
How
Does a Solar Eclipse Affect Air Temperature? (My NASA Data)
Natural Inquirer's "Citizen Science" Issue
Citizen science, according to the Natural Inquirer issue of ...
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Audience
Lower elementary (PreK-2)
Time
3 class periods
Day 1 : Read “Meet Dr. Roman!”
Day 2 : Read “All About Earth: Our World on Stage”
Day 3 : Use the activity “We’re All Connected: Earth System
Interactions” and measure tree height
Materials
Meet
Dr. Roman! (download pdf from webpage)
GLOBE Elementary storybook All
About Earth: Our World on Stage
We’re
All Connected: Earth System Interactions (pdf)
GLOBE Tree
height protocol (pdf)
Optional: GLOBE Protocol eTraining
Nature ...
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Audience
Middle and high school students
Time
Multiple days, depending on data collection
Day 1 : Read “Hidden in Plain Sight”
Day 2 : Watch and discuss “My Name is Aerosol”
Day 3 : Begin collecting Aerosols data and use “Observing
Visibility and Sky Color”
Materials
Hidden
in Plain Sight (download pdf from webpage)
NASA’s Earth Minute video “ My Name is Aerosol ”
GLOBE Protocols:
Aerosols
Clouds (optional)
GLOBE learning activity “ Observing
Visibility and Sky ...
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Audience
Middle and high school students
Time
2 class periods, plus additional time for data collection
Day 1 : Read “Cream of the Crop”
Day 2 : Use the activity “Just Passing Through”
Materials
Cream
of the Crop Natural Inquirer monograph (download the pdf from
the webpage)
GLOBE learning activity Just
Passing Through (pdf)
GLOBE’s Agriculture
Protocol Bundle
Everyone around the world relies on agriculture, whether they live in
cities or rural areas. Many of us don’t think about where our food
comes ...
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Audience
Lower elementary (K-2)
Time
2 class periods, plus additional time for weather-related data collection
Day 1 : Read “Meet Dr. Mercer!”
Day 2 : Read “What in the World is Happening to Our Climate?”
Materials
Meet
Dr. Mercer! (download pdf from webpage)
GLOBE storybook What
in the World is Happening to Our Climate? (pdf)
GLOBE Atmosphere protocols
Air temperature
Surface temperature
Optional: GLOBE’s Weather
Adds Up to Climate (pdf)
If you have a weather unit in your classroom, ...
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Audience
Middle and high school students
Time
At least 2 classroom periods, depending on data collection
Day 1 : Read “Full Throttle Model”
Day 2 : Site visit and protocols
Materials
Full
Throttle Model (pdf)
GLOBE Protocols:
Water Transparency
Land
Cover Classification
Alternative: Use the GLOBE Observer app Land
Cover tool
GLOBE learning ...
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Investigation Areas:
WATER TRANSPARENCY
LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION
What is Earth Day? Earth Day is celebrated every year on April
22. It is a global event where millions of people come together to
raise awareness about protecting the environment. It started in 1970
and has grown into one of the largest environmental movements in the world.
Why It Matters: • Our planet faces challenges like
climate change, pollution, and deforestation. • Earth Day
reminds us that small actions — like recycling, planting trees, and
saving energy — can make a big difference.
How You Can Help: • Use reusable bags and bottles
...
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ندعوكم لحضور فعاليات الاحتفال بيوم الارض يوم الإثنين 28/4/2025 على
مسرح مدرسة الملك عبدالله الثاني للتميز في الزرقاء حضوركم يشرفنا
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Using Globe Observer app you can check your latest observations
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Some of the flowers found in Amman, Treasure Flower (orange) and
camomile flower (white)
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Cómo parte de las acciones para promover la Campaña de Árboles GLOBE
2025 - 3er año de la campaña, hace unos días organizamos una sesión
virtual con las escuelas de Perú para informar al respecto. Claudia
Caro nuestra Master trainer GLOBE compartió información sobre la
campaña y animó a todos a unirse a la campaña. Esperamos que muchos
más docentes y estudiantes de Perú participen este año.
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Con mucha alegría queremos informar que en Perú venimos impulsando
una iniciativa para promover GLOBE como una herramienta de educación
ambiental en los espacios públicos que educan ambientalmente (EPEA).
Los EPEA son espacios físicos
administrados por una municipalidad que ofrecen una oportunidad única
para que la comunidad aprenda y participe activamente en la protección
del medio ambiente. Estos espacios no solo cumplen la función de áreas
recreativas, sino que también se convierten en centros educativos
dinámicos, donde personas de todas las edades (niños, ...
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It was great seeing all of the data that students collected for the
Urban Heat Island Intensive Observation Period in December 2024. I
decided to look at some of the data using a graphing tool called CODAP
from the Concord Consortium. It is easy to use and makes some neat
graphs fast.
First, I downloaded all of the surface temperature data from the
GLOBE website for December using the ADAT system (Advanced Data Access
Tool). There are other ways to get data from the GLOBE data base
including the Vis system and API.
Second, I brought the data into CODAP and clicked on ...
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Field Campaigns:
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
SCIENTIST SKILLS
Investigation Areas:
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
The New Hampshire GLOBE Partnership, based at the Leitzel Center at
the University of New Hampshire, is increasing our visibility to our
New Hampshire audience. We recently added some basic webpages to the
UNH
Leitzel Center website .
We hope this helps educators in New Hampshire find us and engage with
the GLOBE Program.
How are others in the GLOBE community reaching out to your audiences?
We'd love to hear your ideas!
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La Nube is El Paso’s newest interactive science museum that opened
this August 2024, and GLOBE’s official partner, the El Paso Community
College (EPCC) and the Gene Roddenberry Planetarium provided fun and
educational activities for a Fall camp for middle schoolers. This
three-day camp provided interactive projects for these young students
to learn more about science. La Nube provided various interactive
demonstrations on atmospheric processes and desert environments. The
Gene Roddenberry Planetarium group headed by Evelyn Maldonado, an
official NASA Solar System ...
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The El Paso Community College (EPCC) – Transmountain campus hosted
3rd Earth Science Day Event on October 16th with the main theme being
Earth Science Everywhere . The aim was to help the public
understand how weather, climate, natural resources and other
geological processes affect our everyday lives and decision making in
the El Paso region.
EPCC embarked on this event in tandem with the American Geosciences
Institute’s (AGI) annual Earth Science Week: a time designated to
promote geoscience awareness across our nation. Here is an excerpt on
AGI’s focus for this ...
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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 ...
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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
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