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Simple Elegance - The Rain Gauge

By Dixon Matlock Butler, posted 4/14/17 1:36 PM

Consider the rain gauge used in GLOBE, CoCoRaHS, and other citizen science programs. Just four pieces plus 2 mounting screws – an inner graduated cylinder, an outer cylinder, a cap/funnel, and a mounting bracket. The area of the outer tube is exactly 10 times the areas of the inner tube and the cap/funnel, so the graduations on the inner cylinder can be spaced ten times further apart. Thus, 0.2 mm of rain fills the inner tube to a depth of 2.0 mm, which one can read. In addition, if heavy rainfall fills the inner cylinder, the rest of the rainfall overflows into the outer cylinder, which...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM Field Campaigns: El Niño GPM GLOBE Science Topics: Backyard Science GLOBE Protocols Investigation Areas: Atmosphere Primary Audience: Teachers Students Alumni

Guest Blog by GLOBE Teacher Shona Emery: Conducting Field Investigations

By Jennifer Bourgeault, posted 4/11/17 5:31 PM

Please welcome Guest Blogger Shona Emery, a GLOBE 5th/6th Grade STEAM Teacher from Ellis School in Fremont, New Hampshire. This blog is the fourth in a series of posts by GLOBE teachers sharing classroom experiences to support the student research process. The series is supported by NSF funding for the United States Regional Student Research Symposia. If you are a teacher interested in contributing, please contact Haley Wicklein for more information. Specifically, we would love to hear from teachers who can share challenges and advice around the topic of student data analysis and...

Posted in: Curriculum: Science and Math Event Topics: Science Symposia and Fairs GLOBE Science Topics: Scientist Skills GLOBE Protocols General Science Investigation Areas: Hydrosphere » Dissolved Oxygen Hydrosphere » Freshwater Macroinvertebrates Hydrosphere Hydrosphere » Water Temperature Hydrosphere » Water Transparency Hydrosphere » pH Learning Activities: Hydrology » Practicing Your Protocols Primary Audience: Teachers Teacher's Guide: Protocol Specific Documents » Data Sheets Grade Level » Upper Primary: 3-5 Grade Level » Middle: 6-8 Protocol Specific Documents » Site Definition Sheet (protocol specific) Protocol Specific Documents » Protocol Protocol Specific Documents » Field Guides

Open the WORLD!!

By Steven Smith, posted 4/4/17 12:51 AM

I have been focusing my GLOBE efforts on the organizing the Midwest Student Research Symposium. I am very excited that I get to host the event at Purdue University this year. If you are from the U.S. Midwest please attend our event. Even if you do not have students entering (it’s not too late!) you can see how students are using GLOBE data. As a U.S. Partner Forum member I have the honor and privilege to be on the GLOBE Strategic Planning Committee. Knowing that GLOBE is an international program is one thing, but to be in the same room as many amazing and diverse persons from...

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Guest Blog by GLOBE Teacher Ellen O'Donnell: Writing Conclusions using CER Framework

By Jennifer Bourgeault, posted 3/21/17 8:27 PM

Please welcome Guest Blogger Ellen O'Donnell, a GLOBE teacher from Deerfield Community School in Deerfield, New Hampshire. This is the next blog in a series of posts by GLOBE teachers sharing classroom experiences to support the student research process. The series is supported by NSF funding for the United States Regional Student Research Symposia. If you are a teacher interested in contributing, please contact Haley Wicklein for more information. Thank you to Ellen for sharing! This is a picture of Ellen's students attending the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Regional event last year...

Posted in: Curriculum: Assessment and Evaluation Science and Math Event Topics: Science Symposia and Fairs GLOBE Science Topics: Scientist Skills News Topics: Virtual Science Fair Primary Audience: Teachers Partners Country Coordinators

Celebrate Earth Day 2017 – with your Local Library and GLOBE Observer!

By Theresa Schwerin, posted 3/21/17 3:49 PM

In my family we had a rite of passage. When my sister, brother, and I each turned five-years-old, my mother took us to the Charleston County Library and we registered for our very own library card. I can still remember walking into the children’s department, where I got to choose any (any!) three books in that room and check them out for four weeks. Talk about overwhelming my five-year-old brain. But as wonderful as books and libraries were to me then, it’s amazing to see what libraries are doing today. Libraries are local community centers and hubs for learning, with more...

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