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Students in second grade in Kenai, Alaska and ninth grade in Bordeaux, France will make weather observations based on Globe protocols of clouds, precipitation, relative humidity, temperature, and phrenology.

Students will compare data from Alaska and France over monthly emails and seasonal videoconferences to see if there are any obvious signs of climate change based on their observations both in Alaska and France.

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Authors:
Heather Smith
Mark Foster
Mitch Rorris
Janet Blake-Perry

The purpose of this project is to collect data to compare temperature and cloud cover between coastal and inland locations.  Students will work with GLOBE protocols and CloudSat data to report the findings and to draw conclusions about two locations.

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Authors:
George Dowdy
Amy Andrews
Sue Nutter
Susan Daly

Students will observe and record cloud formations and make precipitation measurements.Students will analyze the data to determine relationship between cloud type and precipitation. The key element of this project is to follow GLOBE protocol in order to help students conduct an inquiry-based investigation.

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Authors:
Sue Garcia
David Gillam
Josefina Rueter
Bill Toth

Using CloudSat Data and Protocols, students will observe seasonal changes in clouds in their locations. Their observations will be recorded and their data will be shared among the four sites. From these shared observations, students will analyze the weather data observed at the foru different locations to see if the various latitudes have an effect on the type, duration, frequency, and extent of clouds.

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Authors:
Bill Batycky
Bob Sharp
Kelly Thompson
Josefina Rueter

We want to know about snowfall and the role it plays in the hydrologic cycle, ecology and atmospheric sciences.  We live in a SNOW climate that is present for at least 6 months of the year. Snow dramatically impacts all aspects of Northern life. There are relatively few school activities relating to the study of snow.

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Authors:
Debbie Milburn, Kentucky
Barbara Waters, North Carolina
Lori Gillam, Alaska
Ryan Hutchings, Texas

Temperature data will be collected and exchanged twice weekly among four partner school sites.  Discussions of location differences due to latitude, elevation, and geography (currents, mountains, and prevailing winds) will increase students' understanding of the regional thermal variations.  

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Authors:
Prof. Elizabeth Torres Rodriguez - Puerto Rico
Prof. Yves Darbarie - France
Prof. Gloria Elena Faus - Mexico

Hurricanes impact millions of lives each year in the Caribbean. Our project is heighten student awareness of hurricanes and the damage they inflict to our environment while reviewing and improving students graph interpretation skills, satellite and Globe data and how to study the weather.

We explain to students that they are going to compare past storms and then decide which storm was the most damaging.Compare information from the different satellites that we have.

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Authors:
Diana Soehl, New York
T.J. Trout, Kansas
Kathy Rome, Kansas
Barbara Fortier, Maine

We would like to explore how various anthropogenic causes of aerosols affect the distribution of clouds across the globe.

By using GLOBE, CloudSat and CALIPSO data, students will:

• compare different regions across the U.S. for  aerosol production and cloud distribution and formation.
• follow cloud cover protocols and collect data on clouds, temperature and aerosols.
• learn to collect, analyze, and share data using technology to collaborate with other student scientists.
• meet national and state science standards through this investigation.
• gain knowledge about the social and ecological aspects of various regions of the U.S.

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Authors:
Greg Nichols
Erika Sahlman

Using CloudSAT protocol and a sun photometer students will measure regional differences in aerosol amounts between an urban and rural valley in the western U.S.

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Schools:
Key Peninsula Middle School & Peninsula High School
Gig Harbor, WA

Abstract:
The purpose of this investigation is to determine if there is a correlation between weather front direction and pH of local precipitation samples.   As a weather front passes over a highly populated area, atmospheric pollution will be picked up causing a more acidic precipitation.  Students will individually collect precipitation at a defined site and test for pH.  There will be 250 sites and data will be entered on a school district website.  This data will be correlated with the path of the weather front.

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Authors:
Paul Sarandria
Erick Larson
Richard Neefe
Dan Borick

Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to determine the abiotic and biotic factors that support the successful encroachment of Phragmites upon Spartina. This project will utilize GLOBE standards and protocols.

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Authors:
Jennifer Jendzejec - Washington Oak School
Greg Kniseley - Rhode Island College
Deborah Kolling - Washington Oak School

Abstract:
In the past, students have questioned the fact that they’re not able to play on a large section of the playground.  The reason provided: a large pool of water forms in that area at various times of the year and students are to avoid it...

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NASA Explorer Schools:
Central Park Middle School, Schenectady, New York
Charles T. Kranz Intermediate School, El Monte, California

Abstract:
East Meets West will be a problem-based science inquiry investigation between two NASA Explorer Schools.  One school will be in Schenectady, New York and the second school will be in El Monte, California.  This investigation has been designed using scientific inquiry so students will be able to develop and answer questions regarding differences in climate, temperature, precipitation, time of sunrise and sunset, phases of the moon, moonrise and moonset, conditions of the sky, vegetation, and seasonal differences between two coastlines.  Data will be collected and recorded by students from both schools and will be entered and shared through the GLOBE program. 

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Authors:
Sabrina Cooper (GA)
Dave Emery (AK)
Sheila Forster (MN)
Horace Magwood (GA)
Linda Shepherd (AR)

Abstract:
Comparison of latitude affect on soil pH level - looking at three different latitudes in the northern hemisphere.

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Authors:
Do Yong Park
Peter Sykora
Peter Eldergill

Abstract:
This investigation is interested in finding a difference of smog in two different locations, ND and Toronto, which characterizes rural and urban area. Data collection includes aerosol composition, temp, RH, precipitation, pH in the above two regions and will be compared to help students to understand the climate of rural and urban areas.

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Author:
Zamaria Rocio, San Diego, California

Abstract:
Over a school-year period of time, students will investigate the level of this local creek. The beginning of this creek is located ~3km away. Chollas Creek eventually feeds into the San Diego Bay. Most of it (75%) travels through heavily populated areas. The area of the creek that my students would have access to and which would be safe for us to use, is ~16 meters long. San Diego gets very little rain; averaging less than 25 cm per year.

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Author:
Karin Wangberg Rogers

Abstract:
1st grade students will observe and record weather characteristics, collect and record temperature data, and photograph and count numbers of their peers who are wearing jackets outside. Students already understand that when it's cold outside, they should wear a jacket. They will learn how the words "cold" and "hot" can be represented numerically in temperature readings.

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Authors:
Carolyn Sior, New Jersey
Becky Wivagg, Texas
Marsha Willis, Texas

Abstract:
Scientists observe and investigate the weather systems due to seasonal changes in order to understand and predict atmospheric conditions. Keeping accurate records of air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, cloud conditions, wind direction, and the systems speed can enable the researchers to make more accurate predictions. each of these characteristics of the atmosphere affects us and our environment. Engaging students' natural curiosity about their own world will lead to discoveries and new questions and a better understanding of our Earth and how it behaves.