Ready for another project? If you browsed through the GLOBE website, you became overwhelmed and cried. Just kidding! You home-school! You're much more resilient than that. The GLOBE website is just like the NASA educational website--overloaded. Don't let the website or teacher's manual intimidate you! Locate a thermometer and get ready for another project! A weather station!
The first thing you need to know about locating information on GLOBE is to use Google rather than the search engine on GLOBE's site. Really. First up is thermometer calibration. I pull out all of my thermometers, digital, analog, etc. and have my kids use these instructions to calibrate them.
The air temperature protocol, like all of the field protocols is intended for schools to collect, post, and analyze data. Typically, a school sets up a weather station, housed in an instrument shelter, and kids take turns collecting data. (Scroll down on the page. GLOBE has plans to build an instrument shelter.) If your kids collect cloud and air temperature data regularly, and note precipitation, they're collecting weather data.
Let's build a thermometer! Is it involved? Very. Have the kids follow the directions explicitly, even the scripted questions. They'll come away with a much better understanding of temperature and thermometers. You'll come away with an experiment for the portfolio. One way to assess this activity is to ask your kids to explain what temperature is and how it's measured with a thermometer. Don't forget to take a video.
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