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2025 Spring Tree Campaign🌳

Colorful picture of trees, grass and flowers in a forest.

 

Trees are beautiful. They awaken from their winter sleep each spring. Observe your tree from buds to leaves and share your findings in the GLOBE database, contributing to a global understanding of our environment. Discover the vital role trees play in the carbon cycle and in cooling our cities.

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Registration will be available here by the end of February.

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What can you expect?

🌿  4 simple and fun activities to guide you through Green-up observations

🌿  4 engaging activities for those curious about the role of trees in the global carbon cycle

🌿  Tree-height measurement activity

🌿   Activity exploring how trees help cool our cities

🌿  Sharing results and photos in the campaign discussion forum

🌿  Webinars with scientists on phenology, urban cooling by trees, and inspiring school projects

🌿  Opportunity to collaborate with partner schools locally or internationally

🌿  Certificates and virtual badges for active schools

 

💡Questions or ideas? Email us at lenka.kleger@terezanet.cz.

 

 

How to start?

Choose one of the 7 species that GLOBE students across Europe follow in spring:
Hazel, Fig, Lime, Oak, Sour Cherry, Birch, Beech.

 

 

What else can you do?

  • Create a time-lapse video of your tree with GrowApp
  • Share photos and findings in the discussion forum
  • Complete the online e-training for Green-up observations.
  • Explore other students' projects and research
  • Join the Collaboration Group to connect with international schools.
  • Discover how trees play a vital role in the carbon cycle - read more.

 

"During observations, the students tend to be more perceptive as they were interested in how the weather temperature affected the budburst. They’ve found out which tree burst earliest and which latest, which tree’s leaves grew fastest during the same weather conditions."

Rasa Gaidiene, Anyksciai distr. Troskunai Kazys Inciura Gymnasium, Lithuania

 

🌳Activities for students

GLOBE program ruler measuring a leaf.

  • Activity 1: My Tree + carbon activity: Tree Growth Game
  • Activity 2: Look at the Buds + Data Sheet + Carbon Around Me
  • Activity 3: First Leaves + carbon activity: Carbon in my tree + Data Sheet
  • Activity 4: My Green Up Data + carbon activity: The Case of Missing Carbon + Data Upload Guide

  • Bonus: How Tall Is My Tree? — Measure your tree's height!

Explore how your tree affects its surroundings and cools the urban environment:
🌳 Air-Conditioned by Trees

 

 

🎖️ Earn Virtual Badges!

Schools can earn virtual badges displayed on their school profile:

Data Entry Badge: Upload data for at least one tree into the GLOBE database, completing Activity 4.
Collaboration Badge: Share at the discussion forum or via e-mail:

  • A picture of your tree without leaves 📸
  • The date of budburst 📅
  • A picture of your tree with leaves 🌿

 

 

🤝 2025 Spring Collaboration Group

Four students outside, examining a branch on a tree.

Alongside learning about phenology, your students will develop key 21st-century skills, such as international communication and teamwork.

What can you do in the collaboration group?

  • Exchange data and photos regularly via email.
  • Share results using Padlet, Wakelet, BookCreator, or other online tools.
  • Plan a virtual meeting to discuss experiences and results.
  • Collaborate on a phenology project with partner schools.

📅 Registration for the 2025 Spring Collaboration Group will open soon.

For more details, email Lenka Kleger.