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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 Green-up Cards

Green-up Cards

Students participate in a preparatory activity that will help them identify green-up progression in their local plants and this activity also introduces the idea of spatial scale related to plant observations.
  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down, Biosphere
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Secondary: 9-12, Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for H. Allometry

H. Allometry

Students measure their height, arm span, and foot length to show how living organism’s parts are related to the whole. Students use this concept to understand how circumference of trees can be used to estimate biomass.
         Enhancement Materials:         Allometry Example (xls)

Modeling Activities
Computer models (at varying levels of complexity) predict the change in biomass and carbon storage or size of carbon pools and fluxes over time, and give students the opportunity to use an important scientific tool.
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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Learning Activities preview for How Do Seasonal Temperature Patterns Vary Among Different Regions of the World

How Do Seasonal Temperature Patterns Vary Among Different Regions of the World

Students use GLOBE visualizations to display student data on maps and to learn about seasonal changes in regional and global temperature patterns.
  • Protocol(s): Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Pedosphere (Soil), Precipitation, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Water Temperature, Soil Temperature, Wind
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Multiple days
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Learning Activities preview for HumanSundialActivity_AMSTI_April2021.pdf
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HumanSundialActivity_AMSTI_April2021.pdf

Students use their shadow to explore how the relationship between the earth and sun.
  • Protocol(s): Earth As a System
  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary: K-2, Middle: 6-8
  • Type of Activity: Data Collection: Observe & Measure, Simulations: Play & Learn, Outdoor: Explore & Connect
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: Repeated Class Activities
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Learning Activities preview for Hydrosphere Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities

Introduction document to the Hydrosphere Investigation Area Learning Activities.
  • Protocol(s): Conductivity, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Alkalinity, Nitrates, Freshwater Macroinvertebrates, Water Temperature, Water Transparency, pH
  • 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 I. Biomass Accumulation Model

I. Biomass Accumulation Model

Students learn to use a simple computer model to predict biomass, and carbon storage over time for any geographical biome. Can be done as a stand-alone activity or as a follow-up to conducting Carbon Cycle field measurements.
         Model Materials:         Link to Online Computer Model         Video Tutorial
                                                            Example Data Sheet (xls)         Biome Map
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
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Learning Activities preview for Investigating Leaf Pigments

Investigating Leaf Pigments

Students learn about plant pigmentation and photosynthesis while conducting simple investigations to demonstrate the presence of pigments other than chlorophyll in leaves.
  • Protocol(s): Green-Up / Green-Down, Phenological Gardens, Biosphere
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12, Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Iowa's Highs and Lows- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Iowa's Highs and Lows- A GLOBE Data Exploration

Students interpret a frequency distribution of GLOBE temperature data to decide whether statements about the weather are accurate, citing the parts of the graph they used as the basis of their decision.
  • Protocol(s): Air Temperature, Atmosphere
  • Grade Levels: Middle: 6-8
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: In Class Activity (1 or more periods)
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Learning Activities preview for J. Simple Global Carbon Cycle Model Teacher Guide

J. Simple Global Carbon Cycle Model Teacher Guide

Students use the global carbon cycle diagram to make pencil and paper calculations of changes to carbon pools after a few years. They then explore a computer model to look at changes in carbon pools and fluxes over hundreds of years.
         Model Materials:         Link to Online Computer Model
  • Protocol(s): Biosphere, Carbon Cycle
  • Grade Levels: Secondary: 9-12
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Learning Activities preview for Just Passing Through

Just Passing Through

Students are introduced to the basic concepts of how water passes through soil in an activity which illustrates the scientific method. More advanced students investigate the effects of soil characteristics on water infiltration and the chemistry of water that has passed through soil
  • Protocol(s): Soil pH, Soil Characterization, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture - Gravimetric, Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern
  • 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.), Multiple days
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