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Engaging students in the monitoring of Earth

Engaging students in the monitoring of Earth. GLOBE students investigate Earth system science by gaining a better understanding of the various components. Phenology. Atmosphere. Hydrology. Soil Studies. Land Cover.

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Engaging students in the monitoring of Earth

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  1. Engaging students in the monitoring of Earth

  2. GLOBE students investigate Earth system science by gaining a better understanding of the various components Phenology Atmosphere Hydrology Soil Studies Land Cover

  3. Students begin by studying their own local environment – looking at the air, the land, the soil, and the water.

  4. And changes that occur over time. Tree growth (carbon storage) Green up (phenology) Seasonal temperature variation Precipitation

  5. Phenology is the study of living organisms’ response to seasonal changes in their environment, principally climate. Budding of plants Animal migrations free-stock-photos.com Invasive species

  6. GLOBE Students have the opportunity to investigate the following phenological concepts: Green-up/green- down Budburst Ruby-throated hummingbirds Arctic bird migration Phenological gardens Common and clonal lilacs Seaweed reproductive phenology Ice phenology Combining these measurements with climate-related data (air temperature, precipitation, etc) can provide students and scientists additional data necessary for addressing the many questions surrounding climate and climate change

  7. What is the relationship between cases of malaria and climate?

  8. This school in Benin graphed cases of malaria in the community with temperature and precipitation. Cases of Malaria Temperature Precipitation This student research has since sparked a related Madagascar Malaria project and a Thailand Dengue Fever project What changes might occur in vector-borne diseases as temperature and/or precipitation change?

  9. What effects in the local environment occur as ice changes state? Students can monitor ice seasonality as it freezes and breaks up in their local environment Photo courtesy Martin Jeffries

  10. How will a change in climate affect communities, agriculture and wild lands? Pest control Agriculture Wild fires Shifting biomes

  11. Involvement in the GLOBE Student Climate Research Campaign as well as GLOBE Earth System Science Projects (such as Seasons and Biomes and Carbon Cycle) will provide students with learning activities and data collection opportunities to contribute to their understanding of climate and climate change.

  12. Participating in the Seasons and Biomes Project can help students understand the following questions “What are the Seasons and Seasonal Indicators in my Biomes” Are the Seasons Lengths/Phases Changing where I live? “How does my Local Environment Compare to my classified Biome” Photos courtesy of www.alaska.edu/epscor

  13. Participating in the Carbon Cycle Project can help students understand the following questions How much carbon is stored on our school site? Is our school site a sink or source of carbon to the atmosphere? • How would the global carbon cycle be affected by: • Soil respiration increases due to permafrost melting? • A change in human CO2 emissions? • A change in deforestation of tropical forests? • An increase in global air pollution?

  14. Phenology in the News….

  15. GLOBE partnering students, teachers and scientists to gain a better understanding of our planet

  16. Use your mouse to visit the GLOBE Home Page: www.globe.gov Musmusculusphoto by George Shuklin

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