GIS Day CSU Fresno

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GIS Day - CSU Fresno
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The GLOBE Program

• An international project in which teachers and
  students collect, report, explore, share, and map
  various kinds of environmental data
• It is an active learning environment which
  integrates science, math, geography, technology,
  and communication
• Because students and teachers can participate
  year after year, they contribute in an ongoing
  way to building the international knowledge base
• The Fresno area is very active in GLOBE

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Students in over 12,000 schools in 100
countries are performing real science --
participating in hands-on science and
education

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the
Environment
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GLOBE Around the World
12,000 Schools in 100 Countries -- 20,000 GLOBE
Teachers
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GLOBE Technology

• Use of computers and the
• Internet for a real application
• Technology use integrated with
• curriculum
• Students develop skills -- supports
• capacity-building in the U.S. and
• in developing countries
• Use of GPS technology and Landsat
• satellite imagery
• Use of Geographic Information
• System concepts and technology

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• GLOBE Investigations by Student Scientists
• ATMOSPHERE/CLIMATE STUDIES
• Air Temperature (current, daily maximum and
  minimum), Precipitation (rain/snow daily amounts,
  pH), Clouds (cloud cover, cloud type), Aerosols,
  ground level Ozone, Barometric Pressure and
  Relative Humidity
• HYDROLOGY/WATER CHEMISTRY STUDIES
• Surface Water Temperature, Water Chemistry (pH,
  alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, salinity, nitrates,
  electrical conductivity), Transparency,
  Macroinvertebrates
• SOILS/SOIL MOISTURE STUDIES
• Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature, Soil
  Characterization (structure, color, consistence,
  texture, bulk density, particle size
  distribution, pH, fertility)
• LAND COVER/BIOLOGY STUDIES
• Biometry (Tree height circumference, canopy,
  ground cover, species ID), Land Cover
  (correlation of in situ measurements with remote
  sensing data)

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• GLOBE is a hands-on environmental
• science and education program
• involving students in primary and
• secondary schools throughout the
• world.

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GLOBE on the Webover a million pages of
visualizations, GLOBE science and
education, archived GLOBE student data, news and
events, GLOBE schools, teachers, and students
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Students Use Reference Images -- Satellite
and Computer Model Output
Internet
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Globe Puzzleswww.globe.gov
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An Animation of a GLOBE Project
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Landsat TM RGB432 July 7, 1984
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LandsatTM RGB432 April 25, 2001
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LandsatTM RGB543 July 7, 1984
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LandsatTM RGB543 April 25, 2001
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July 7, 1984 - LandsatTM RGB432 -
April 25, 2001
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July 7, 1984 - LandsatTM RGB543 -
April 25, 2001
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