Community Blogs

Community Blogs Archive

This blog is no longer active. Discover how the GLOBE community engaged in all things GLOBE through the archived community blog posts below.

 

 

Asset Publisher

Filter By:

Blogs List

User Profile Image
By Dorian Wood Janney, posted Mar 2, 2020 8:01:15 PM

I bet you would be surprised to learn that since we began to collect " Mosquito Habitat Mappe r" data (5/29/2017), we have had over 20,915 observations submitted! Think about how significant that number is for a tool that has only been available for less than three years!  As many of us who live in the northern hemisphere begin to see signs of spring arriving- robins, crocuses, leaf buds on the trees, and warmer weather- we know that we will also see adult mosquitoes before too long. While there are over 3,500 species of mosquitoes, only about 100 of those species are actually ...

Read More »

Posted in: Curriculum: EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   TECHNOLOGY   STEM   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   MEETINGS   Field Campaigns: SEASONS AND BIOMES   WATERSHEDS   EL NIÑO   GPM   GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   CLIMATE CHANGE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE Working Groups: EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   HYDROSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   BIOSPHERE   Learning Activities: ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROLOGY   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   SOIL   News Topics: MEETINGS   IOPS   REGIONS   SCRC RESEARCH   VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   Teacher's Guide: INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  
User Profile Image
By Sherry S. Herron, posted Jan 6, 2020 8:01:41 PM

I led a teacher workshop at Xavier University of Louisiana on the new GLOBE Weather Curriculum. Teachers left with lots of new knowledge, great ideas, and supplies.  Setting up the Sunny Day bottles Caption Caption Caption Setting up the density box demo that I wanted to share. Most teachers had never seen this.  

Read More »

Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   Event Topics: WORKSHOPS   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   Learning Activities: ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE  

Special observations of airplanes and contrails are being collected by a select few as part of a pilot project the GLOBE Clouds team has been working on for a year. The project asks students to use an app that tracks aircrafts, then note if the airplane is or is not creating a contrail. The airplane tracker app suggested notes the height of the airplanes, giving the opportunity to note the altitude of the contrails if present. The GLOBE Clouds team was able to present a first look at the data collected by students at Alpena Elementary/Middle School (Mr. Roger Rose teacher), Treadway ...

Read More »

Posted in: Curriculum: SCIENCE AND MATH   STEM   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   OTHER   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   DATA INCLUDED   GENERAL SCIENCE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   GLOBE Working Groups: SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   Learning Activities: ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   Primary Audience: ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   STUDENTS   TEACHERS   TRAINERS   Student Research Reports: STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT   VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)  
Page 2 of 2
— 20 Items per Page
Showing 21 - 23 of 23 results.