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Summer of Innovation with Teachers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Part-II – by Ms. Kim Abegglen NASA Endeavor Fellow, 6th Grade Earth Science and Math. MESA Advisor. I am a 6th Grade Earth Science and Math teacher at Hockinson Middle School in Brush Prairie, Washington. I am the Mathematics, Engineering, … Continue reading

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Summer of Innovation with Teachers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

By Dr. Charles Kironji Gatebe, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate This summer, NASA launched a new initiative in support of the president’s Educate to Innovate campaign for excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, … Continue reading

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The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill as seen from Satellite

By Dr. Charles Ichoku, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate The recent oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is an example of a large environmental event that can have multiple ramifications. The oil slick resulted from … Continue reading

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Volcanic Eruptions and Cooling of the Planet

By Dr. Charles Kironji Gatebe, NASA Scientist for GLOBE Student Research Campaign on Climate The recent volcanic eruption in Iceland marked by the spectacular “curtain-of-fire” and near-complete shut-down of air travel in Europe in mid-April will probably earn a place … Continue reading

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If you knew the future depended on it, would you turn off the lights you aren’t using?

By Dr. Lin Chambers, NASA Scientist for GLOBE A few weeks ago I spent an evening visiting relatives (they shall remain unidentified to protect the guilty).  When I arrived at the house, there were several lights on.  I rang the … Continue reading

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