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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 Bird Beak Accuracy Assessment

Bird Beak Accuracy Assessment

Students learn how to evaluate the accuracy of a classification they perform.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Land Cover Classification
  • 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 Bird Beak Accuracy Assessment es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for Building a Thermometer

Building a Thermometer

Students construct simple thermometers to understand how and why liquid-in-glass thermometers work.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Air Temperature, Water Temperature
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Building a Thermometer es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for C. Carbon Cycle Adventure Story

C. Carbon Cycle Adventure Story

Students follow a carbon atom through the carbon cycle using a choose your own adventure storybook.
         Enhancement Materials:         Carbon Cycle Adventure Story Booklet (pdf)
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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Learning Activities preview for Calculating Relative Air Mass

Calculating Relative Air Mass

Students are introduced to the concepts of solar elevation angle and relative air mass and learn how to determine relative air mass from measurements of solar elevation angle.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Aerosols
  • 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 Calculating Relative Air Mass es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for Change Detection Tutorial

Change Detection Tutorial

Using MultiSpec, students compare two images of their GLOBE Study Site; one from the 1990's and one from the 2000's, to determine how the land cover has changed in that time span in this tutorial.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Land Cover Classification
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
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Learning Activities preview for Climate and Latitude- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Climate and Latitude- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Students match GLOBE temperature data with its location given what they know about the relationship between latitude and seasonal temperature variations.
  • Protocol(s): Air Temperature, Atmosphere
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods), 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Cloud Watch

Cloud Watch

Students monitor clouds and weather to begin to understand the connections between the two.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Clouds
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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