Students (age 6-11) were given a short course on clouds and proper cloud observation by the geography teacher and GLOBE Educator with support from head teachers for individual group of students (each around 9 students). Due to chaotic weather in April, some classes had parts of their courses inside while others spent the entire course outside.

The course consisted of a brief lecture on the types of clouds (cloud families) from a GLOBE poster. Students have learned to pronounce their names and recognise similarities and differences between different cloud types. After that, students were working together to determine cloud types from a GLOBE flowchart and the GLOBE Observer application. All students participated in identifying types of clouds and inputting data into the GLOBE Observer application. 5 students were chosen per group to take photographs using GLOBE Observer application with and without the application’s assistance for finding the cardinal directions.

Additional course was held for 5th grade students who wanted to learn more about Geography and were not part of previous Cloud Hunter activities for the year 2024. They have agreed to help with and even run small cloud observation and other GLOBE protocol workshops after they learn more about it in the 6th grade.

Article written by: Josip Čajkovac 
Geography Teacher & GLOBE Educator