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By Dorian Wood Janney, posted Mar 5, 2018 3:25:37 PM

Water- essential to life and capable also of causing so many natural disasters.. The ENSO Phase III "Water in our Environment" field campaign will be hosting a webinar this Thursday at 18:00 UTC/1 pm EST which will focus on "Connection and Communication" as we listen to students from Texas and Nigeria share ways they use The GLOBE Program protocols to learn about water in their environment. Feel free to join us as your schedule permits- this will be a great webinar to share with your students! 

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Posted in: Curriculum: LANGUAGE CULTURE AND ARTS   SCIENCE AND MATH   Field Campaigns: WATERSHEDS   SEASONS AND BIOMES   EL NIÑO   GPM   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROSPHERE   PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   BIOSPHERE   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   HYDROLOGY   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   SOIL   News Topics: VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   CALENDAR   SCRC RESEARCH   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   TRAINERS   STUDENTS   TEACHERS   Teacher's Guide: INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  
By Dorian Wood Janney, posted Mar 2, 2018 4:19:21 PM

Right now I am sitting in my home office, watching the trees bend as the wind howls. My automated weather station in my front yard has an anemometer that is simply going nuts, and the wind vane is wildly careening back and forth as the winds pushes in from all directions. We have had wind gusts that exceeded 40 mph and now my weather station is reporting sustained winds at 25 mph.  The power of nature simply astounds me and fills me with wonder and awe. Being able to make visible observations of the impact of the wind- by watching how fast the clouds are moving, seeing the ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   COMPETITIONS   Field Campaigns: EL NIÑO   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   GENERAL SCIENCE   BACKYARD SCIENCE   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   News Topics: COMPETITIONS   CALENDAR   Primary Audience: TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS