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Featured Learning Activities

This month's 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 A Field View of Soil - Digging Around

A Field View of Soil - Digging Around

Students discover that soil properties such as moisture and temperature can vary considerably across a single landscape.
  • Protocol(s): Soil Characterization
  • 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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Learning Activities preview for A Field View of Soil and Soil moisture es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Pedosphere (Soil)
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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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 From mud pie to brick es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Pedosphere (Soil)
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for From Mud Pies to Bricks

From Mud Pies to Bricks

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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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 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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Learning Activities preview for Just Passing Through (Beginner Version)

Just Passing Through (Beginner Version)

Beginning 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 Characterization, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture - Gravimetric, Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern
  • Grade Levels: Upper Primary: 3-5, Lower Primary: K-2
  • Language: English
  • Time Requirements: 1 period (approx. 45 min.)
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Learning Activities preview for Just Passing Through es.pdf
  • Protocol(s): Pedosphere (Soil)
  • Language: Spanish (español)
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Learning Activities preview for Land, Water, and Air

Land, Water, and Air

Students measure temperature change in soil, water and air as they are exposed to the heating action of the sun.
  • 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: 2 periods (approx. 90 min.)
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