Webinars - North America

Dr. Elizabeth Burakowski, Research Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire, shares about the research she does on the vernal window, or winter-spring shoulder season, and how it aligns with the GLOBE North American Phenology Campaign. 

Calculate your vernal window in three easy steps! 

Activities and Resources from the presentation:

• Publication by Dr. Burakowski and her colleagues: Tracking Environmental Change Using Low-Cost Instruments during the Winter-Spring Transition Season (pdf) 
• The Winter-Spring Shoulder Season Timeline Activity (pdf)
• The Vernal Window Timeline NGSS Matrix (pdf)
• Tracking the Vernal Window using GLOBE Protocols presentation (pdf)

Two GLOBE educators, Ellen Ervin (elementary math and science specialist, NH) and Cheryl Williams (high school educator, AK), share how they have used the GLOBE Green-Down protocol in the classroom. Hear tips and learn about resources to teach phenology!

See Ellen and Cheryl's resources on the campaign Padlet

Dr. Katie Spellman, of the GLOBE-Alaska partnership, shares about GLOBE green-down data for scenarios storytelling with youth. She will walk you through the process of using GLOBE data to imagine the future in a warmer climate, and then brainstorm and prioritize actions to create a better future, one that sustains the ecosystems we value and depend on. She will also share the results of her research documenting the effects of this scenarios storytelling approach on youth's sense of stewardship and science self-efficacy.