Explore Earth: GLOBE Atmosphere and Clouds
Monday 02/07/2022
7:30 pm ET
FREE 1-hour Webinar
Educators in Grades K-12
 

The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative at
Texas State University is providing a 1-hour webinar.

 

Using observation data from NASA’s fleet of satellites and its airborne science missions, researchers address some of the critical challenges facing our planet today and in the future: climate change, sea-level rise, freshwater resources and extreme weather events.

Learn about the Globe Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program, which is an international science and education program that provides students and the public worldwide with the opportunity to participate in data collection and the scientific process, and contribute meaningfully to our understanding of the Earth system and global environment. 

Discover activities to implement in your classroom to assist students with learning the different types of clouds, how to classify the different types of clouds and how to estimate cloud coverage. Leave with a classroom ready PowerPoint that works great for an in-person, at home or virtual presentation.

This educational activity aligns to the Co-STEM Priority Goal to improve STEM Instruction by supporting the existing STEM teacher workforce.  It also aligns to NASA Education API 2.4.2 - Continue to support STEM educators through the delivery of NASA education content and engagement in educator professional development opportunities.

 


Barbie Buckner is a 20+ year STEM classroom teacher with a Doctorate Degree in Mathematics Education from the University of Louisville. Her research interest include the impact of technology on student achievement and teacher behavior. Buckner recently served as a 2013-14 Einstein Fellow at the National Science Foundation Education and Human Resources Directorate where she collaborated with colleagues on learning, learning environments, broadening participating and workforce development. Barbie sees education as her calling and has spent her life sharing her love for learning with everyone around her. Knowing that today’s student will compete in a global economy, Barbie says that “It is imperative that today’s students are prepared with consistent, rigorous, and relevant standards that encourage more STEM majors, particularly women, to keep this great nation at the forefront in technology, innovation, and advancement.”