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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 Draw Your Own Visualization

Draw Your Own Visualization

Students draw a visualization and learn about all the design choices involved and how these choices affect what is communicated by the visualization.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Aerosols, Barometric Pressure, Water Vapor, Pedosphere (Soil), Relative Humidity, Precipitation, Air Temperature, Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture - Gravimetric, Biosphere, Land Cover Classification, Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Draw Your Own Visualization es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for E. Getting To Know the Global Carbon Cycle

E. Getting To Know the Global Carbon Cycle

Students learn the basics of the carbon cycle through diagrams.
   Enhancement Mini-Activities
     Turnover rate and residence time (pdf)
     How big is a petagram? (xls)
     Human Carbon Pool (xls)
     How Much Carbon is Stored in a Pencil? (xls)

Field Learning Activities
Activities that teach important concepts and skills for understanding and conducting Carbon Protocols.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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Learning Activities preview for Earth as a system Learning Activities - Summary
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Language: English
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Learning Activities preview for Estimating Cloud Cover es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for Estimating Cloud Cover- A Simulation

Estimating Cloud Cover- A Simulation

Students practice estimating how much of the sky is covered by clouds.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Clouds
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Exploring Surface Winds Using Mini-Kites
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Exploring Surface Winds Using Mini-Kites

Students will make and fly a mini-kite to explore surface winds. AREN Project.
  • Protocol(s): Wind
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12, Upper Primary: 3-5
  • Type of Activity: Data Collection: Observe & Measure, Engineering: Design & Build, Outdoor: Explore & Connect
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods), 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for F. Biomass Units

F. Biomass Units

Students learn the concept of biomass and explore biomass data from biomes around the world.
         Enhancement Materials:         Global Biomes Movie (m4v)             Biomass Units Example (xls)
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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Learning Activities preview for First Look At Phenology

First Look At Phenology

Students observe and classify local plants based on their patterns of change other than growth.
  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down, Arctic Bird Migration, Phenological Gardens
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Upper Primary: 3-5, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for From mud pie to brick es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Pedosphere (Soil)
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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