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GLOBE Observer: Land Cover
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This citizen science toolkit provides resources and activities for collecting data and learning about how different types of land cover could increase a community's risk of natural disasters, such as flooding.
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| Hints for uses in your library |
Integrate NASA’s GLOBE Observer citizen science into existing interests or groups that are part of the library’s community, e.g., afterschool teen science club, garden club or photography club.
Tap into local science expertise with a talk by the local newspaper, radio, or television station’s weathercaster/ meteorologist to talk about clouds, weather, and local meteorology. Use Elementary GLOBE storybooks for children's storyhour followed by arts and craft activities related to clouds and sky observing using GLOBE Observer. |
| Related Links |
GLOBE Observer Postcard/Bookmark
GLOBE Observer: Navigation Tips GLOBE Observer: Review and Submit Globe Observer Land Cover: Getting Started NASAeClips: Citizen Science Interview with Former GLOBE Program Participant |
| Originating Source | NASA Globe Observer |
| Related Books [Suggest a book] |
Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv |