GLOBE Student Research Climate Campaign
Webinar Series
Webinar 2: Climate Foundations
This webinar was conducted on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012.
During this session we will use data from near you to find your climate classification and report it to GLOBE!
Before this session it will be helpful if you:
- Have a calculator handy or know where your on screen calculator is.
- Have opened the GLOBE "Your Climate Classification" Activity link and explored the Google Earth Extension to this activity.
- Print the climate handout for the location closest to you.
Schedule
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Resources
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I. Welcome Back 0:00-0:05
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II. Activity
What is Your Climate Classification? 0:05-1:00 |
Link to Climate Foundations GLOBE Page
Link to What is Your Climate Classification as a pdf.
(See below for our activity data)
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III. More Climate Resources and Activities 1:00-1:15
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GLOBE Earth as a System Posters & Activities
Elementary GLOBE & Elementary GLOBE Teacher's Guide
Where in the World
More... ?
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| IV. Homework (for those seeking certification) 1:15-1:20 |
Select and complete any climate activity with your class and share the results with the group.
Email a description of what activity you did (including the source of the activity so others can do it too), describe how the students reacted to the activity to Marcy. Also tell us if you would do that activity again, why or why not and what you would change. Marcy will post your activity descriptions here. Suggested length - 2/3 to 1 page.
You may also wish to skim the Max/Min/Current Air Temperature and Precipitation Protocols on your CD or from the Online GLOBE Teacher's Guide Atmosphere Chapter before next week.
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| V. Open Q & A 1:20-1:30 |
We'll try to end each session with time to address class and technical questions, share progress, etc.
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Our files for What is Your Climate Classification?
Climate Data Handouts
Convert a location in Degrees Minutes Seconds to Degrees and Decimal Degrees here.
Marcy's Notes: I got the Climatology Data for this activity from NCDC: US Climate Normals. You could also use GLOBE Student Data for your site (as long as you address the duration that the data has been collected) or the kml Google Earth File from last week's activity - From Weather to Climate. To get to the NCDC data, first select your state, then the closest city. I find the ASCII data easier to cut and paste into excel. I just copy the Average Temperature and the Precipitation Graphs. Remember US weather data is in F and inches, GLOBE needs C and mm. (F-32)X(5/9)=C and (HundrethsOfAnInch/100)*24.5=mm. Here is the data I used: the climate data.xlsx and here is the completed Your Climate Classification spreadsheet that I used: ClimateClassification_SpreadsheetOurGroup.xlsx
From Climate to Biomes
As we discussed last week, climate is a description of long term conditions. Climate is described in terms of long term (usually 30 year) trends in temperature, humidity, precipitation, and other meteorological measurements. Biomes are areas with similar climate and living communities (plants and animals). Learn more about biomes by exploring the GLOBE Seasons and Biomes Team page. This team developed Touch the Earth, a resource to help deaf and blind students study biomes.
Extra Stuff
Links non-fiction text related to climate science
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