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Read Dr. C’s Latest Blog on Urban Heat Island/Student Research Campaign

Dec 08, 2016

GLOBE Students

The GLOBE Program is hosting the annual Urban Heat Island/Student Research Campaign (formerly known as the Surface Temperature Field Campaign) from December 1 to December 31, 2016. Want to know more about the campaign? Read the latest blog by Dr. Kevin Czajkowski (Dr. C), campaign scientist.

This campaign is a great opportunity to work as a community with schools around the world on a common research project. Students have used the surface temperature field campaign data to do research projects from fourth grade up to graduate students at universities.

Have you registered yet for the upcoming webinar? The webinar will be held on 14 December at 8:00 p.m. ET: “Looking at the data students submitted on the GLOBE website. Next steps!” During this webinar, Dr. C will discuss the surface temperature data submitted to GLOBE for the campaign and will thank the schools/teachers/students who are participating. In addition, Susan James will talk about her involvement in the surface temperature campaigns, Matt Silberglitt (WestED) will introduce the rubric used in judging the research projects, and Jennifer Bourgeault (GLOBE) will present information about the GLOBE Regional Science Fairs.

Here is a link to the webinars:

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/4197048033
Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +14086380968,4197048033# or +16465588656,4197048033#

Or Telephone:

Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll)
Meeting ID: 419 704 8033

The continued expansion of this student research campaign will help students of all ages answer interesting and important research questions, including:

How do parking lots affect surface temperature?
How does the height of grass affect the temperature?
What is the best color for a playground to keep it cool for the students? This project was first done by students in the Dominican Republic.
How does the surface temperature of grass at my school (urban or rural) compare to the surface temperature of grass at a school nearby that is rural or urban)?