Teacher Resources - United States of America

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The resources on this page are meant to support educators in their use of GLOBE in their educational settings. This page will be updated as new resources are made available.

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North America Phenology Campaign

students and teacher look at leaves on a tree

The North America Phenology Campaign is focused on monitoring and reporting plant phenology data to help validate the end of the plant growing season. In this campaign, students will observe and report plant green-down, have opportunities to meet scientists, and collaborate with other students.

Phenology Campaign

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Moon Trees

The GLOBE U.S. Coordination Office created a Moon Trees GLOBE Activities and Resources (PDF) document to outline how you can use The GLOBE Program data collection protocols and activities to enhance learning around Moon Trees (and all trees!) near you.

Moon Trees (pdf)

naturalinquirer

GLOBE and Natural Inquirer Crosswalks

cover of the Investi-gator Pacific Northwest Research Station Climate Change edition

The GLOBE U.S. Coordination Office is working in partnership with the USDA Forest Service to show connections between Natural Inquirer readers for students and GLOBE protocols, learning activities, and storybooks. The following items demonstrate how these materials can be used together in a classroom activity. More products will be added soon. Find details on the crosswalk project.

Lower elementary

Earth Systems Connections by Alicia Carlson, Outreach Lead for the GLOBE U.S. Coordination Office

Upper elementary

Phenology by Eliza Balch, Outdoor Educator, M.S. in Water and Soil Science from the University of New Hampshire
Climate Change for Elementary Classrooms by Grace Laing, Olivia Kenny, and Logan Negron, SUNY Fredonia students
Studying Hummingbirds to Understand Ecosystem and Seasonal Changes by Julia Gero and Elizabeth Herman, SUNY Fredonia students
Studying Ozone and Air Quality with Elementary Students by Erica Volz, SUNY Fredonia student
Why Do Leaves Change Color by Kat Weidman and Abbi Woolcott, SUNY Fredonia students
Exploring Our Climate through the Natural Inquirer and GLOBE by Emily Crasti and Lily Constantino, SUNY Fredonia students
Exploring Seasons and Silvery Minnows with the Natural Inquirer and GLOBE by Caleigh Fleming and Ashley Kacmarski, SUNY Fredonia students
Learning About Our Planet Through GLOBE and the Natural Inquirer by Zoe Tyler, Sara Ruettimann and Mallory Jones, SUNY Fredonia students
Conceptualizing Climate Change with GLOBE and the Natural Inquirer by Emily Austin and Caitlin Kuder, SUNY Fredonia students
Learning about the Seasons with GLOBE and the Natural Inquirer by Claire Griffith and Vanessa Galbraith, SUNY Fredonia students

Middle and high school

Carbon Cycle by Veshell Lewis, PhD, a Biology Teacher at Dacula High School and Adjunct Biology Instructor at Georgia State University
Photosynthesis by Margaret Gregory, Science Writer for USDA Forest Service
Water Quality by Pam Evans, Middle and High School Science Teacher

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Mission Snow GLOBE

In winter 2023, the GLOBE U.S. Coordination Office invited GLOBE educators and students to participate in Mission SnowGLOBE. In partnership with the NASA Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign, students and educators collected measurements during snow events and uploaded the data to the GLOBE website.

Protocols Used

Solid Precipitation Protocol Field Guide and Lab Guide (including new snow depth, snowpack depth, and snow water equivalent, see the full precipitation protocol here)
Clouds (Optional, available on The GLOBE Program’s app, GLOBE Observer)

Mission-Related News Stories

Educators and Students Weather the Storm in Support of NASA's IMPACTS Mission (GLOBE, 17 April 2023)
What scientists are hoping to learn by flying directly into snowstorms (NPR Shortwave podcast, 17 March 2023; 13 minutes); Podcast transcript
Scientists are flying into snowstorms to explore winter storm mysteries (NPR Shortwave podcast, 27 February 2023; 4 minutes); Podcast transcript
NASA tracks winter storms from Georgia (Fox 5 Atlanta, 24 February 2023; 2 minutes

Webinar Recordings

Mission SnowGLOBE Informational Webinar: Learn how to participate and what data you will collect. Slides from the webinar
Mission SnowGLOBE Webinar for Students and Educators: Learn the science behind the mission and how to connect with the scientists

Resources

GLOBE "Precipitation - Snow" eTraining
The GLOBE Observer App can be used to record data and send it to GLOBE.
Simple directions for making a snowboard
Current Snow Depth Map from the USDA Forest Service is a great resource to complement Mission SnowGLOBE!
How-to take snowflake photos using your phone and a laser pointer
Map to track NASA flights in real time
Calendar for NASA Airborne Science Program
CoCoRaHS - The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network is a non-profit, community-based network of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds working together to measure and map precipitation (rain, hail and snow). A great complement to GLOBE!

Literacy Connections

It's Snowing by Gail Gibbons
The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder by Mark Cassino
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Curious About Snow by Gina Shaw
Snowflakes in Photographs by W.A. Bentley
The Secret Life of a Snowflake by Kenneth Libbrecht
Studying Snowflakes by Joseph Otterman
'We Love Snow' recommended reading from the Wisconsin Water Library

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NGSS, State Education Standards and GLOBE Connections

U.S. GLOBE Partners have mapped GLOBE protocols and learning activities to their specific state, and in some cases city, standards. Providing these standards helps educators implement GLOBE into their curricula. *NOTE* Many of the documents on this page reference older state standards.

State Standards and GLOBE

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