Elizabeth Forsbacka is an instrument manager. She leads a diverse team to design, build and test Earth or space science instruments. She says "My job is to build a good team that can do it all. Our work from design through delivery of the spacecraft usually takes about four years." See what it's like to work on this sort of project.
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Explore and connect to the GLOBE Water Cycle protocol bundle.
Students review Earth System phenomena that are affected by soil moisture. They analyze and evaluate maps of seasonal global surface air temperature and soil moisture data from NASA satellites. Building from their observations, students will select a location in the U.S.
In this activity, students investigate three different soil samples with varying moisture content. They use a soil moisture probe to determine the percentage (by volume) of water in each of the soil samples.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Rivers and Lakes protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Water Quality protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Weather protocol bundle.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Mosquito protocol bundle.
GLOBE protocols and learning activities that complement the Soil Moisture phenomenon through hands-on investigations are detailed.