Stars and STEM Stories

From 10-16 September, participants came together for a six-day GLOBE Learning Expedition in the cities of Kathmandu and Pokhara in Nepal.  >>

The GLOBE students’ poster presentation section was one of the highlights in this exhibition.  >>

On 01 August 2017, Deborah Klepp from the U.S. State Department visited Muhu Pohikool (Muhu Basic School) to learn how The GLOBE Program works in an Estonian school, and to learn from the students how their methods can be implemented in other schools around the world.  >>

A GLOBE training conducted in April (24-28) at the “Addressing Environmental Shocks and Stresses Workshop” at Peace Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C., focused on strengthening the already strong collaborative bonds between the two programs.  >>

During the conference the students learned how they can take part in practical science and how to view and analyze data collected from around the world.  >>

“We not only got to share what we learned and what we loved with participants from all over the world, but we also had the opportunity to listen to reports from many experts and other students. Everyone there showed great passion for GLOBE. This made me have even more enthusiasm for learning science and participating in science activities. GLOBE has inspired me a lot. I know now that I want to study Earth Science further.”  >>

Mira Hrvatin joined the GLOBE Program back in 1998. Hrvatin and her students’ study initiated changes on both the local and national scale. In 2007, a Law on Protection Against Light Pollution was passed by the Croatian Parliament.  >>

On 24 January 2017, the annual GLOBE Taiwan Conference & Student Exhibition was held at the National Central University in Taoyuan City.  >>

GHFS presented on and educated the children in the GLOBE Atmosphere Protocol. Their aim was to provide the villagers of Brownsweg a better understanding of the Earth's climate. The students participated by taking weather station measurements, making rain gauges and thermometers from plastic bottles, art-inspired projects on clouds, and doing data entry on the GLOBE website.  >>

Between 20-22 March 2016, GLOBE Oman held the Scientific Student Inventions of Artificial Intelligence and GLOBE’s Environmental Research Fair at the Ministry of Education’s stage. The number of participating students in the event this year reached an impressive 118, with 30 of those students presenting in an entire wing for the GLOBE program.  >>