Category Archives: General Science

Weights and Measures

Posted on 02/08/2008 by peggy

How do you compare two items? It’s easy if you have both of them to look at. If you have a series of tiles, like the one in the figure, you can see whether they are the same size by … Continue reading →

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Surface Temperature Field Campaign – Summary

Posted on 01/10/2008 by peggy

Below you will find Dr. Kevin Czajkowski’s summary of the participation in his surface temperature field campaign. We at GLOBE join Kevin is his sincere thanks for your help! 8 January 2008 Thank you for your participation in the 2007 … Continue reading →

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The Value of Zeroes

Posted on 08/29/2007 by peggy

Last week, my husband and I went hiking in Montana, looking for marine shelled fossils and birds along the way. We were in much the same place where we saw all the forest fires last year (see blog on Forest … Continue reading →

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Local to Global: the Seasons IPY Pole-to-Pole Videoconference

Posted on 03/09/2007 by peggy

During the last several blogs, I’ve written about how humans affect climate locally. Today, I am writing about young people noticing things locally, but many of these changes are related to global changes. I was privileged to be the moderator … Continue reading →

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What is Science — Part 4

Posted on 04/03/2006 by peggy

You don’t have to find dinosaur tracks to practice a little science.  Just look outside and see if you can explain what you are seeing.  Don’t make it too hard.  And don’t worry about observing something for the first time.  … Continue reading →

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