GLOBE 1987 Global Patterns Poster

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Subject:: Science and Technology
Institution Name:: The GLOBE Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and Colorado State University
Collection:: Globe Program
Grade Level:: Primary, Secondary

Abstract:: The purpose of the ESS activities associated with the GLOBE 1987 Global Patterns Poster is to help students understand the broader global context for local GLOBE measurements. Students discover patterns in global maps of environmental data, interpret those patterns, and draw conclusions and make predictions based on them; communicate those interpretations and predictions; and develop an understanding that the components of the Earth system interact. By completing this activity, students will gain experience in discovering, analyzing, and interpreting patterns in a graphic display of data, comparison and analysis of mapped data, using a key and finding locations on a map as well as drawing conclusions and communicating those results in several different formats. The year 1987 was chosen for this poster for two reasons. First, the data from a typical year provide a useful case in point which enables students to see individual variability for that year. Thus students comparing their GLOBE data to this poster will find differences due to year-to-year natural variability. Second, there is a relatively large amount of data for 1987 because it was chosen for most of the Pathfinder dataset work done by NASA, NOAA and other agencies.

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