Blogs

a Natural Inquirer and GLOBE Crosswalk project blog for K–2 students to learn how water quality impacts other aspects of the Earth system

A Natural Inquirer and GLOBE Crosswalk project blog highlighting the Natural Inquirer issue "Citizen Science" and the GLOBE Program's many opportunities to participate in citizen science data collection

A Natural Inquirer and GLOBE Crosswalks project blog that makes connections between the Natural Inquirer issue "Meet Dr. Roman!" (about urban trees) and GLOBE resources, including the Elementary GLOBE storybook "All About Earth: Our World on Stage"

A Natural Inquirer and GLOBE Crosswalk project post about using the Hidden in Plain Sight issue from the Natural Inquirer series and multiple GLOBE Program resources to study aerosols and air quality

Natural Inquirer and GLOBE Crosswalk project blog that helps illustrate how agriculture can impact local ecosystems

A Natural Inquirer and GLOBE Crosswalk project blog to introduce K–2 students to weather and climate concepts and to practice collecting atmospheric measurements.

A Natural Inquirer and GLOBE Crosswalk project blog discusses environmental models and observing water quality and land use to determine the health of a body of water.

Posted in: Investigation Areas: Hydrosphere » Water Transparency Biosphere » Land Cover Classification

An overview of the GLOBE and Natural Inquirer Crosswalk, The World's Forests 2

Posted in: Curriculum: Science and Math GLOBE Science Topics: Climate Climate Change Earth as a System Investigation Areas: Earth As a System Atmosphere » Precipitation Atmosphere » Air Temperature Atmosphere » Surface Temperature Biosphere » Biometry (including Tree Height) Biosphere » Land Cover Classification Biosphere » Carbon Cycle Primary Audience: Teachers Teacher's Guide: Grade Levels » Middle: 6-8 Grade Levels » Secondary: 9-12

GLOBE and Natural Inquirer Crosswalk, The World's Forests 2, Inquiry 1: What kind of forests grow on Earth and where are they found?

Posted in: Curriculum: Science and Math GLOBE Science Topics: Climate GLOBE Protocols Earth as a System Investigation Areas: Atmosphere » Precipitation Biosphere » Biometry (including Tree Height) Biosphere » Land Cover Classification Primary Audience: Teachers Teacher's Guide: Grade Levels » Middle: 6-8 Grade Levels » Secondary: 9-12

GLOBE and Natural Inquirer Crosswalk, The World's Forests 2, Inquiry 2: Biodiversity and the world's forests

Posted in: Curriculum: Science and Math GLOBE Science Topics: Climate Earth as a System Investigation Areas: Biosphere » Biometry (including Tree Height) Primary Audience: Teachers Teacher's Guide: Grade Levels » Middle: 6-8 Grade Levels » Secondary: 9-12

GLOBE and Natural Inquirer Crosswalk, The World's Forests 2, Inquiry 3: What do forests do for the world's environment and people?

Posted in: Curriculum: Science and Math GLOBE Science Topics: Climate GLOBE Protocols Investigation Areas: Atmosphere » Surface Temperature Primary Audience: Teachers Teacher's Guide: Grade Levels » Middle: 6-8 Grade Levels » Secondary: 9-12

GLOBE and Natural Inquirer Crosswalk, The World's Forests Inquiry 4: What do the world's forests have to do with climate change?

Posted in: Curriculum: Science and Math GLOBE Science Topics: Climate Climate Change GLOBE Protocols Earth as a System Investigation Areas: Biosphere » Carbon Cycle Primary Audience: Teachers Teacher's Guide: Grade Levels » Middle: 6-8 Grade Levels » Secondary: 9-12

GLOBE and Natural Inquirer Crosswalk, The World's Forests 2, Inquiry 5: How well are we managing our forests worldwide?

Posted in: Curriculum: Science and Math GLOBE Science Topics: Climate Climate Change GLOBE Protocols Earth as a System Primary Audience: Teachers Teacher's Guide: Grade Levels » Middle: 6-8 Grade Levels » Secondary: 9-12

Hello! Our names are Claire and Vanessa! We are both childhood education majors at SUNY Fredonia, future educators who can’t wait to start our careers. My name is Vanessa Galbraith. I am a junior and on the Fredonia softball team at Fredonia. My name is Claire Griffith and I am a senior at SUNY Fredonia. I am excited to begin student teaching next semester. Investi-gator (Northern Research...

Posted in: Primary Audience: Partners Teachers Teacher's Guide: Grade Levels » Upper Primary: 3-5

Hey everyone! Our names are Emily and Caitlin! We are future educators, who are working hard to gain all the necessary experience and knowledge to be the best teachers we can be for our students. When looking at Natural Inquirer and GLOBE, we found a common theme, climate change. We chose this topic because we found it to be relevant to what is happening in our world today. Climate change is...

Posted in: GLOBE Science Topics: Climate Change Primary Audience: Partners Teachers Teacher's Guide: Grade Levels » Upper Primary: 3-5

We are three education students who go to SUNY Fredonia, and we are all ready to learn more about science education and the resources we can use to teach young students science in the classroom. Investi-gator (Northern Research Station) We learned about a science journal called Investi-gator (Northern Research Station) for elementary school students, part of the USDA Forest Service's Natural...

Posted in: Primary Audience: Partners Teachers Teacher's Guide: Standards Requirements » NGSS » Subject » Earth & Space Sciences Standards Requirements » NGSS » Subject » Life Sciences Grade Levels » Upper Primary: 3-5

Hello there!! Our names are Caleigh Fleming and Ashley Kacmarski. We are both senior early childhood education majors at The State University of New York at Fredonia. We decided to explore the Animals and Ecosystems of the Southwestern United States Investi-gator. We chose this because when we were growing up, we were both highly engaged in science lessons about ecosystems and exploring animals...

Posted in: Primary Audience: Partners Teachers Teacher's Guide: Standards Requirements » NGSS » Subject » Life Sciences Grade Levels » Upper Primary: 3-5

Hello, we are Emily and Lily! We are currently pursuing careers in elementary education at the State University of New York at Fredonia. We are so excited to become educators, and we find that students learn best through inquiry and making discoveries. We chose the Investi-gator (Northern Research Station) issue because we think that the topics like leaf color changing, impacts of the ozone...

Posted in: GLOBE Science Topics: Climate Primary Audience: Partners Teachers Teacher's Guide: Grade Levels » Upper Primary: 3-5

This topic was interesting to us because students would be able to connect it to what they can actually see outside. In order to teach students, one of the first things a teacher should do is connect content to prior/background knowledge about the topic.   Investi-gator (Northern Research Station)  We chose the Investi-gator (Northern Research Station) issue because it includes...

Posted in: Investigation Areas: Biosphere Primary Audience: Teachers Teacher's Guide: Grade Levels » Upper Primary: 3-5

For this project, I took a deeper dive into an area of science that did not particularly interest me in high school: Earth System Science. I chose this topic because I wanted to challenge myself to expand my interest in studying Earth science. I also wanted to find ways to teach the impact of aerosols on the ozone layer. Because of my lack of initial interest in this topic, I was able to learn...