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The NASA GLOBE Clouds team has put together a family guide filled with activities and resources great to do as a family from your home.   El equipo NASA GLOBE nubes ha preparado una  guía para familias  llena de actividades y recursos tremendas para realizar haceren family en tu hogar.   Guide in English ( Link ) . Guía en español ( Enlace ) .    

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   EDUCATION RESEARCH   LANGUAGE CULTURE AND ARTS   SCIENCE AND MATH   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   GENERAL SCIENCE @ES   GENERAL SCIENCE   CLIMATE CHANGE   BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   GLOBE Working Groups: EVALUATION WORKING GROUP   EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP   SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   Learning Activities: CLOUD FUN   CLOUDSCAPE   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   OBSERVING, DESCRIBING, AND IDENTIFYING CLOUDS   OBSERVING VISIBILITY AND SKY COLOR   ESTIMATING CLOUD COVER   News Topics: COMMUNITY LETTERS   NEWS BRIEFS   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   Teacher's Guide: DOCUMENT TYPES   INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  

The GLOBE Observer app (available for iPhones and Android devices) is a new, step-by-step way to submit cloud observations to NASA. Use your GLOBE sign-in information to sync your observations with your GLOBE data entry.  Here are some simple tips and tricks on how to better identify clouds while using the app. Your latitude, longitude, and time of day with be filled in automatically by the app!   1. What does your sky look like? Is your sky completely clear with no contrails? Are there clouds or is the sky obscured that it makes it difficult to make any ...

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Posted in: GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   Investigation Areas: CLOUDS   Learning Activities: OBSERVING, DESCRIBING, AND IDENTIFYING CLOUDS   OBSERVING VISIBILITY AND SKY COLOR   ESTIMATING CLOUD COVER   Teacher's Guide: UPPER PRIMARY: 3-5   SECONDARY: 9-12   MIDDLE: 6-8   LOWER PRIMARY: K-2  

Friday, February 2nd is Groundhog Day and some of us will be waiting to see if Punxsutawney Phil saw a shadow or not! Punxsutawney Phil and other groundhogs have been predicting the arrival of Spring for many years and has intrigued us all.   NASA Education Specialist Dr. Anne Weiss NASA Education specialist at NASA Langley Research Center, Dr. Anne Weiss, was gathering cloud and temperature data while visiting her nephews (3rd, 5th, and 8th grade) when they got talking about Punxsutawney Phil. Her nephews were questioning if Punxsutawney Phil’s forecast would affect ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   GLOBE Science Topics: GENERAL SCIENCE   SCIENTIST SKILLS   BACKYARD SCIENCE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   Investigation Areas: CLOUDS   Learning Activities: ESTIMATING CLOUD COVER   Primary Audience: TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS