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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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Students make mud pies by adding water to the various soil components, letting them dry and observing the pie's characteristics.
  • Protocol(s): Soil Characterization
  • 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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Students practice the skill of estimating percent cover.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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  • Protocol(s): Biosphere
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Students use the satellite image of their GLOBE Study Site to become familiar with the different types of land cover in their area.
  • 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: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Using global scale maps of winds and ocean currents students predict what region(s) in other parts of the world might be affected by their region.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8, Secondary: 9-12
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Using data about the components of the Earth system at the global scale, students discuss how the components interact to form the Earth system as a whole and use the water cycle to explore this in more detail.
  • 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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  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Language: English
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Students will analyze visualizations and graphs that show the annual cycle of plant growth and decline.
  • Protocol(s): Land Cover Classification, Green-Up / Green-Down
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
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