Student Climate Research Campaign

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Student Climate Research Campaign

The GLOBE Student Climate Research Campaign (SCRC) aims to engage students in measuring, investigating, and understanding the climate system in their local communities and around the world. Drawing on GLOBE protocols and data, as well as other datasets, students take climate-related measurements and investigate research questions about climate. Enter the SCRC Community

 

 

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Great Global Investigation of Climate (GGIC)

This global investigation will focus on defining local climate through GLOBE protocols and the student inquiry question "What is my climate and how has it changed?" Students are asked to collect and enter temperature and precipitation data in the GLOBE database and investigate how to classify local weather and climate using these atmospheric data.

 

 

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Climate and  Land Cover (CLC)

The Climate and Land Cover Intensive Observing Period is a research effort between GLOBE schools and climate scientists to improve land cover classifications for climate models. Using GLOBE land cover protocols, students take photographs and classify representative land cover areas near their schools and upload these data to the GLOBE database. These data can be used by students to compare land cover around the world and will be used by scientists to improve land cover classifications for climate models

 

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Phenology and Climate

The Phenology and Climate Project is a research effort between GLOBE schools and climate scientists to improve our understanding of how climate relates to the cycles of living things (i.e. phenology).  Using GLOBE phenology protocols, students make observations of the timing of budburst, green-up, and green-down of native plants near their school.  Where possible, students will also use GLOBE atmosphere and soil protocols to collect climate data that can be used by students and scientists to answer key science questions about how the growing season is affected by climate.

 

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From Learning to Research

The From Learning to Research Project is funded by an NSF-ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) grant.  L2R seeks to establish a successful model for teacher-student-scientist interaction using 21st Century Technologies.  Teachers and students involved in L2R are learning more about careers in Earth Sciences and working with scientists, schools, and the L2R staff to create locally-relevant climate projects.  Participating teachers attended a one-week summer institute and then regular webinars throughout the school year.