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Featured Learning Activities

This months featured activities go with GLOBE's Clouds Protocol

Cloud Watch

Students monitor clouds and weather to begin to understand the connections between the two.

Estimating Cloud Cover- A Simulation

Students practice estimating how much of the sky is covered by clouds.

Observing, Describing, and Identifying Clouds

Students begin to learn cloud types and their names.

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Learning Activities preview for Local Connections- earth systems in the Local Study Site LC5- Comparing the Study Site to One in Another Region

Local Connections- earth systems in the Local Study Site LC5- Comparing the Study Site to One in Another Region

Students compare and contrast diagram of their study site with a diagram developed for a region that is biogeographically different than their own.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Making a Climograph- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Making a Climograph- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Students learn how to construct, read, and analyze climographs and understand how climate differs from weather.
  • Protocol(s): Precipitation, Air Temperature, Atmosphere
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods), 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Making a Contour Map

Making a Contour Map

Students construct one or more contour maps using GLOBE data.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Pedosphere (Soil), Precipitation, Air Temperature, Soil Temperature, Wind
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Making a Contour Map es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for Making a Sundial

Making a Sundial

Students study the movement of the sun during the day by making quantitative observations of the direction and length of the shadow cast by a stick (known as a solar gnomon).
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Aerosols
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for Making a Sundial es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for Manual Land Cover Mapping

Manual Land Cover Mapping

Students outline and label different areas of land cover as seen on their Landsat TM image to create a land cover map.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8, Lower Primary: K-2
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for Manual Mapping- A Tutorial for the Beverly, MA, Image

Manual Mapping- A Tutorial for the Beverly, MA, Image

Students outline and label different areas of land cover as seen on their Landsat TM image to create a land cover map in this tutorial.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8, Lower Primary: K-2
  • Language: English
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Learning Activities preview for Model a Catchment Basin

Model a Catchment Basin

Students will make a 3-dimensional model of a catchment basin to understand how water moves through the basin and explore how water is affected when there are changes in the basin.
  • Protocol(s): Hydrosphere, Water Transparency, Water Temperature, pH, Conductivity, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Alkalinity, Nitrates, Freshwater Macroinvertebrates
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Model a Catchment Basin es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Hydrosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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