Part 1—Navigate to the Data

Step 1 –
Access the GLOBE Website

August 2011. Important Note about the GLOBE server. The GLOBE server and website are in transition. If you get an error message while trying to access data, you can proceed with the analysis by using the screen shots that are provided in the chapter.

Click GLOBE Classic homepage (http://classic.globe.gov/). The GLOBE classic website will open in a new browser window.

Home page of the GLOBE Web site.

Step 2 –
Set Up the GLOBE Search Engine for Graphs

From the top menu bar, select the For Students tab, then click Maps & Graphs > Graphs.

From the top menu bar, select the For Students tab, then click Maps & Graphs > Graphs.
Link on the GLOBE Web site where the Maps and Graphs section is selected


Step 3 –
Select a Country and State

  1. In the SCHOOL LOCATION: Country Search window, scroll down to the United States, select it, and then click the button immediately below the window labeled State/Province Search.
  2. In the same window, now named SCHOOL LOCATION: State/Province Search, scroll down to US PA-Pennsylvania, select it, and click the Go button that is immediately to the right. It may take several moments for all the schools to be listed on your screen.
    Clicking the Go button will take you to the top of the list of all Pennsylvania GLOBE schools. The schools that have submitted the most data are at the top of the list.
    1. In the SCHOOL LOCATION: Country Search window, scroll down to the United States, select it, and then click the button immediately below the window labeled State/Province Search.

      2. Window on the GLOBE Web site where the country of interest is selected


    2. In the same window, now named SCHOOL LOCATION: State/Province Search, scroll down to US PA-Pennsylvania, select it, and click the Go button that is immediately to the right. It may take several moments to list all the schools.

      3. Window on the GLOBE Web site where the state of interest is selected.


Step 4 –
Locate the Reynolds Jr. Sr. High School

  1. Scroll down the screen of GLOBE schools in Pennsylvania. Near the top of the list you will see the Reynolds Jr. Sr. High School in Greenville, PA. It is near the top because it has submitted many data measurements.
    Link on the GLOBE Web site that leads to Reynolds Jr. Sr. High School

  2. Click the box next to the name of the school. Now you are ready to generate some graphs in Part 2.

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