Citizen Science: Cloudy With a Chance of “Cirrus” Science

by: Jill Nugent

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. NASA Globe Observer (GO) Clouds is a citizen science project that combines cloud and sky observations from the ground, and compares the ground data (generated by citizen scientists from over 100 countries around the world) with NASA satellite instrument cloud data.

Grade Levels

Middle School

Topics

Citizen Science Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2018Stock # ss18_042_02_26Volume 042Issue 02

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