Mission Earth Lessons & Activities

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  • GLOBE Mini-Tutorial - Using Google Earth to Set Up an Atmosphere Site.pdf

    GLOBE Mission EARTH “GLOBE IN 10” Mini Tutorial: Locate a GLOBE Atmosphere Study Site using Google Earth & Set it Up in GLOBE by Sara Mierzwiak

    • Document Types: Tutorials

    • Grade Levels: Graduate, Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18), Undergraduate

    • Content Areas: Atmosphere, GLOBE Website Assistance & Resources, Mapping, GIS, Remote Sensing Resources, Research Project Resources

    • GME Partners: University of Toledo

  • GLOBE, ArcGIS Online and Storymaps.pdf

    Sara's GLOBE, ArcGIS Online and Storymaps presentation.

    • Document Types: Guides, Tutorials

    • Grade Levels: Graduate, Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18), Undergraduate

    • Content Areas: Mapping, GIS, Remote Sensing Resources, Research Project Resources

    • GME Partners: University of Toledo

  • GLOBE, BU GME, and NOAA Resources for Climate Exploration

    A combination of materials that explore multiple atmospheric investigations. A good overview for climate exploration.

    • Document Types: Activities

    • Grade Levels: Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

    • Content Areas: Atmosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • GME Poster November 2019.pdf

    GLOBE Mission EARTH summary poster as presented at the 2019 GLOBE Annual Meeting.

    • Document Types: Guides

    • Grade Levels: Graduate, Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18), Undergraduate, Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

    • Content Areas: GLOBE Website Assistance & Resources

    • GME Partners: Boston University, NASA Langley Research, Tennessee State University, University of Toledo, WestED/UC Berkeley

  • GoFlyAKite (0-5 PBS FETCH)

    A tutorial on kites and construction of a basic kite.

    • Document Types: Activities, Engineering Stuff

    • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

    • Content Areas: Atmosphere, Engineering

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • Good Classroom Seed Sprouting Plants (BU GME; teacher resource)

    A list of plants that are easy to grow in a classroom setting.

    • Document Types: Lesson Plans

    • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

    • Content Areas: Biosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • Graphing Clouds and Temperature activity (gr 4-8 BU GME; word doc)

    Data sheet and graphing activity for cloud observations

    • Document Types: Data Sheets

    • Grade Levels: Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

    • Content Areas: Atmosphere, Data Literacy and Foundational Concepts

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • Green Down Green Up activities - Teacher Guide (BU GME; gr 2-12; green up green down series)

    A comprehensive document that covers multiple green up/green down lesson plans and activities: - Leafy Tree changes - Adopt a Tree - Mystery of the Winter Twig - Green Up

    • Document Types: Activities, Data Sheets, Lesson Plans

    • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

    • Content Areas: Biosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • Homemade pollen catcher (word doc)

    An at-home activity and data sheet for collecting pollen.

    • Document Types: Activities, Data Sheets

    • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

    • Content Areas: Atmosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • How Rain Gardens Preserve and Improve Our Water (0-5 Penn State Rain Gardens Part 1)

    An activity on building a rain garden and observing effects of pollutants & runoff contamination

    • Document Types: Activities

    • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

    • Content Areas: Atmosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University