How To Participate

How To Participate

This campaign uses a set of three 'Guiding Investigative Questions' that enable students to meaningfully explore water in their local environment and collaborate to consider the influence of water on a global scale. Each question is aligned to a suite of suggested GLOBE measurement protocols that will help investigate different aspects of water. As each classroom is different, teachers can choose between many options when deciding which protocols to use with their students.

Guiding Investigative Question 1: What is the quality of the water in our environment?

Here are a few sample questions that you and your students might want to focus on:

  • Is my water safe to drink?
  • Is my water safe to swim or bathe in?
  • Is my water safe to water crops and plants?

Below are a few suggested GLOBE Protocols that will help you explore answers to the Water Quality Guiding Investigative Question.

Guiding Investigative Question 2: What impact does water,  both above and below ground, have on our environment?

Here are a few sample questions that you and your students might want to focus on:

  • If we have a large rain event, will it flood?
  • Can we grow crops in our soil now?
  • Is my area prone to erosion and landslides?

Below are a few suggested GLOBE Protocols that will help you explore answers to the Water's Impact Guiding Investigative Question.

Guiding Investigative Question 3: How does water in our environment impact living organisms?

Here are a few sample questions that you and your students might want to focus on:

  • Is my environment prone to vector-borne disease?
  • Is my environment a coastal or inland environment?
  • How has water availability been affected by human habitation in my environment?

Below are a few suggested GLOBE Protocols that will help you explore answers to the Water and Life Guiding Investigative Question.

During Phase III, collaboration among GLOBE schools from around the world is one of the primary objectives. Collaboration can take many forms:

1. Discussions of protocol measurements

2. Collaborative research projects

3. ENSO webinar (Monthly Connections & Collaboration and Short Observation & Data Analysis) co-presentations

The map below shows the countries that are actively participating and collaboration during Phase III. We hope that you will collaborate

 

 

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