FAQ - North America

No. In order to upload green-down or green-up data (and create student accounts) create an educator account and get trained in GLOBE protocols. This is easy now with GLOBE’s go-at-your-own-pace eTrainings. For phenology measurements, complete the Introduction to GLOBE eTraining, the Introduction to the Biosphere and either the Green-Down or Green-Up eTrainings. Each eTraining takes between 40-60 minutes to complete, a PD certificate is available once the eTrainings are complete. 

Unlike the European campaign, we are not measuring specific tree species- but encouraging students to measure any native tree species that are accessible to them. 

You can collect green-down data using the GLOBE Observer App or using paper data sheets. If you use paper data sheets, you can enter data using the GLOBE data entry site. 

You can create student accounts from your “My Page” on the GLOBE website when you are logged in (see the tutorial for creating student accounts).  Students will log in to the app using the user name and login that you create  and enter the data for their tree. All the data would be housed under your account/school. You can create one account for each student, or one account for each student team.

GLOBE never collects any student information; student accounts are anonymous. Students are able to log in with a GLOBE username and password created by the educator and all the data they submit is logged under the educators name/school. There is more information about privacy with GLOBE here.