GLOBE Assessment
Grade K-4

Literacy Activity for Protocol Test

Write a sentence to tell what you like to do in water that is at the temperature you measured today.

Temperature Protocol Test

The Temperature protocol test assesses students' ability to collect accurate water temperature measurements and to post their measurements to the GLOBE database.

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Water Temperature Protocol Test

students--> Student activity & Level of Performance + appropriate student performance - inappropriate student performance n.a. not appropriate or not observed

Accurate water temperature measurements

Tie string to thermometer and rubber band

Place rubber band around wrist

Hold end of thermometer: shake several times

Record temperature

Immerse thermometer in 10+cm of water; wait 3-5 minutes

Read temperature while bulb of thermometer is still in water

Immerse thermometer for one more minute

Repeat previous steps until you have two similar readings; record temps, date, and time

Submit data to GLOBE

Calculate average using temperatures recorded all student groups

If all temperatures fall within 1 C of class average, submit the average value to the GLOBE Student Data Server

Repeat all measurements until all group measurements are within 1 C of class average; submit the average value to the GLOBE Student Data Server