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Organizing your AOI and Land Cover Observations
Hello! My name is Sophia and I live in San Diego, California. I
recently finished making all 37 observations for my AOI, which I did
over the course of exactly one week. I took observations almost every
day, spreading out my data-collecting, which I recommend if you start
well before your data deadline so you don’t get too burnt out!
To start, I generated my AOI grid. Make sure to look at your grid
in satellite view to ensure that the vast majority of the
points are accessible. Zoom into each point to see ...
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GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
Primary Audience:
PARTNERS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
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 ...
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GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
HYDROSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)
BIOSPHERE
Primary Audience:
TEACHERS
Cadets from the Wisconsin Wing - Great Lakes Regions
observing the sky.
🌤️ Mission Overview
The 2025 Aviation Weather Mission brings together Civil Air Patrol
cadets (ages 12–20) and senior members across the country to
contribute meaningful aviation weather data as part of a national
collaboration with NASA Earth Science. Participants record real-time
airport conditions, GLOBE Cloud observations, and aircraft details,
supporting satellite collocations provided by the NASA GLOBE Clouds
team at NASA Langley Research Center. These observations help ...
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Curriculum:
STEM
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
TEACHER STORIES
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
Learning Activities:
DATA COLLECTION: OBSERVE & MEASURE
OUTDOOR: EXPLORE & CONNECT
Primary Audience:
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Kansas Wing cadets making
observations.
🌤️ Mission Overview
The 2025 Aviation Weather Mission brings together Civil Air Patrol
cadets (ages 12–20) and senior members across the country to
contribute meaningful aviation weather data as part of a national
collaboration with NASA Earth Science. Participants record real-time
airport conditions, GLOBE Cloud observations, and aircraft details,
supporting satellite collocations provided by the NASA GLOBE Clouds
team at NASA Langley Research Center. These observations help validate
satellite data and ...
Posted in:
Curriculum:
STEM
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
TEACHER STORIES
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
Learning Activities:
DATA COLLECTION: OBSERVE & MEASURE
OUTDOOR: EXPLORE & CONNECT
Primary Audience:
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Riverside Composite Squadron
Heraldry Oklahoma Wing (SWR-OK-092) Cadets gathering and
recording data.
🌤️ Mission Overview
The 2025 Aviation Weather Mission brings together Civil Air Patrol
cadets (ages 12–20) and senior members across the country to
contribute meaningful aviation weather data as part of a national
collaboration with NASA Earth Science. Participants record real-time
airport conditions, GLOBE Cloud observations, and aircraft details,
supporting satellite collocations provided by the NASA GLOBE Clouds
team at NASA Langley ...
Posted in:
Curriculum:
STEM
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
TEACHER STORIES
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
Learning Activities:
DATA COLLECTION: OBSERVE & MEASURE
OUTDOOR: EXPLORE & CONNECT
Primary Audience:
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Cadet C/SRA Wall taking photo of aircraft pointed out by SM
Palermo of St. George Composite Squadron Utah Wing (RMR-UT-051).
🌤️ Mission Overview
The 2025 Aviation Weather Mission brings together Civil Air Patrol
cadets (ages 12–20) and senior members across the country to
contribute meaningful aviation weather data as part of a national
collaboration with NASA Earth Science. Participants record real-time
airport conditions, GLOBE Cloud observations, and aircraft details,
supporting satellite collocations provided by the NASA GLOBE Clouds
team at NASA ...
Posted in:
Curriculum:
STEM
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
TEACHER STORIES
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
Learning Activities:
DATA COLLECTION: OBSERVE & MEASURE
OUTDOOR: EXPLORE & CONNECT
Primary Audience:
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
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