Webinar #3: Why does the color of the sky change?

Webinar #3: Why does the color of the sky change?

Published on November 7, 2017

Presenters: Jessica Taylor, NASA LaRC scientist Maureen Wickenheiser, teacher at St. Patrick’s Elementary School in Carleton, MI, and her Grade 2 student, Cale Jones Sara Mierzwiak, GME Research Assistant Jessica Taylor (NASA LaRC scientist) presents what research is being done on aerosols and tell the audience on how they can get involved in GLOBE Aerosols Campaign. Why study aerosols? Aerosols are tiny particles in the sky we cannot see with our eyes. The sky may look hazy and look different colors. Aerosols influence our weather and climate because they affect the amount of sunlight reaching Earth’s surface. Maureen shares how her elementary students learn about aerosols. Cale Jones will share his last year’s project on aerosols and gives us an update on his GLOBE project for this year. Learn about the Elementary GLOBE Storybook: What Up with the Atmosphere? Exploring Colors in the Sky - and its activities you can do in the classroom. Sara presents a mini-tutorial to get you started. You can find the Elementary GLOBE Aerosols Storybook at https://www.globe.gov/web/elementary-... Teachers are asked to have their students observe the color of the sky each day till the end of the week and submit the data. Sky color will be the focus of the Student Follow Up Webinar. In the Student Follow Up is occurring on Friday, November, 10 at 1:00 pm (EST), students provide answers this question: What color is the sky today? Students are asked to observe the color of their sky on any of the following days: Wednesday (11/8), Thursday (11/9) and Friday (11/10) and submit their information to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bdv5... To view the GLOBE student data sheet: https://www.globe.gov/documents/348830/ae1e06d3-f3f3-4a75-abe1-e7e3b5777242 Recorded 11.07.2017