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Names _______________________________

Student Tutorial
How to use GLOBE Data Maps
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1. Go to the GLOBE web page. (http://www.globe.gov)

2. Under GLOBE Data click on Visualizations (on the sidebar).
There are two ways to look at GLOBE data. What are they? _____________ and _______________

3. Click on GLOBE Maps.

You will see a page with many boxes and choices. There is a globe map of the world in the white box at the top. Study the information in the large white box and answer theses questions about the data.

latitude:      ____________________
longitude:   ____________________
Parameter: ____________________
Date: ____________________
Data is from how many sites?     ____________________
What are the units on the scale? ____________________
Describe what the colors mean:   ____________________

4. Find a day and location with more data:
You are looking at a map showing student data reported today. Usually there is not much data, especially if you are working in the morning. Find a day that has more data - the easiest way is to look at the box labeled 'Date (year, month, day)' and change the year to 1998.

5. On the small blue map of the world, click on the USA. Wait for the page to load again.

6. Zoom in on the USA..... on the large white map click once on the USA. The numbers on the zoom bar tell you how close you are.

<-- zoom bar (it's vertical on the GLOBE web page)

On this scale which number tells you the map is the farthest away? _________
Which number tells you it is the closest? ___________

7. GLOBE data can be displayed in a number of ways: as points on the map or as contours. What you see now is points. How to change the view to contours:

Find the box labeled 'map type'.
Click on the box and select contours.
Click on the Redraw Map button (under the large white box).

DESCRIBE: Describe the pattern you see on the map (include the meaning of the colors):

8. ANALYZE: What do you think causes the pattern you see on the map?

9. COMPARE:
Zoom out to the USA map again (click the zoom [-] and "redraw map" buttons to zoom out).
Compare Maximum temperatures for any one day for the general area around ISD, MSSD, and UHS.

(Note: do not try to find the exact school: just check the general area.)

Maximum Temperatures	Date:
Indiana SFD	Model Secondary SFD	University HS

10. Answer a question by looking at data

Use GLOBE data to answer this question: Which school's area has the most rain in December?

Your prediction: ______________________________________________________________

(Note: do not try to find the exact school: just check the general area.)

Rainfall	Date:
Indiana SFD	Model Secondary SFD	University HS

11. Who is reporting a lot of data?
Click on the 'Data Source' button and select "How many data are there?" Click on "redraw map".
The map now shows dots, showing each GLOBE school. The color of the dots tells how many measurements the schools have reported to GLOBE.

Zoom in on any part of the USA you want.
Select the 'choose school' button under the map and click the "redraw map" button.
Scroll down the page a little. You will see a new box with the name of one or more schools. The column on the left shows the Total number (#) of data reports from that school.

What school in your list has the most measurements?

Total # (this tells the total number of measurements from the school)	1st Report (tells the date of their first measurement)	Last report (date of their most recent measurement	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	School Name and Address

12. What questions do you have? Write a question and answer it by finding GLOBE data.

a. Write your question here.

b. Describe the data you find. What is the answer to your question?