Exciting Back-to-School News: Merge HoloGlobe now Includes Standards-Aligned Activity Plans!
The activity plans are now available on the Merge EDU Dashboard and ready for you to use today!
As the new school year begins, we’re excited to announce a powerful upgrade to our HoloGlobe app—comprehensive, standards-aligned activity plans are now available to help educators bring Earth science to life like never before.
Whether you’re new to HoloGlobe or a long-time fan, these new activity plans will make it even easier to teach students about Earth’s systems through interactive, hands-on learning that’s grounded in real satellite data from NASA and NOAA.
What’s New?
Each HoloGlobe activity plan is built to support hands-on learning with the Merge Cube, and are aligned with NGSS. You can also find the U.S. state and international science standards here. These activity plans are designed to fit seamlessly into your curriculum—whether you're teaching in a classroom, remote setting, or hybrid environment.
Here’s what you can expect from each activity plan:
- Essential Questions to frame the learning experience and spark inquiry
- A clear learning objective to guide student outcomes
- Guided notes and step-by-step instructions to lead students through the activity
- Contextual background information to deepen understanding
- Assessment options to evaluate student learning and progress
- Extension ideas for further exploration and enrichment
- NGSS science standards aligned (other standards are found here)
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For Example…
In the Temperature topic card in Merge HoloGlobe, students will analyze real-time and year-long sea-surface and land-surface temperature data. After interacting with the simulations and completing the activity plan, they will be able to explain how uneven heating of Earth’s surface and the planet’s rotation create patterns in air and ocean movement that influence weather and climate in different regions, essentially hitting the following science standards for middle school:
- MS-ESS2-5 – Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
- MS-ESS2-6 – Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
Why It Matters
Earth science is more relevant than ever, and our new activity plans make it easier to teach complex systems in a way that’s interactive and accessible. Whether you’re covering the water cycle, greenhouse gases, or Earth’s energy balance, these new resources give you everything you need to guide meaningful, standards-aligned instruction.
Ready to Get Started?
The activity plans are now available on the Merge EDU Dashboard and ready for you to use today! Log in, browse the HoloGlobe simulations, and select the corresponding activity plans to take your Earth and Space science lessons to the next level!
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