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Did you know that NASA satellite data is being used to predict,monitor, and respond to vector-borne and water-related disease around the world? Imagine the value of using both GLOBE ground-based data; such as precipitation, vegetation, soil moisture, surface temperature, and humidity; to help us better understand disease! As you think about what you might like to research for the next school year, consider using NASA satellite data along with your GLOBE data to investigate various aspects of water-related and vector-borne disease. You can learn about the research conducted ...
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SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS
WEBINARS
WORKSHOPS
COMPETITIONS
Field Campaigns:
WATERSHEDS
SEASONS AND BIOMES
EL NIÑO
GGIC
SMAP
GPM
GLOBE Science Topics:
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE @ES
CLIMATE CHANGE
DATA INCLUDED
BACKYARD SCIENCE
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SCIENTIST SKILLS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
GLOBE Working Groups:
EVALUATION WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP
Investigation Areas:
BIOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
HYDROSPHERE
PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)
Learning Activities:
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
LAND COVER/BIOLOGY
HYDROLOGY
SOIL
News Topics:
VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR
IOPS
SCRC RESEARCH
COMMUNITY LETTERS
COMPETITIONS
MEETINGS
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PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
ALUMNI
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
TRAINERS
TEACHERS
STUDENTS
Student Research Reports:
U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)
INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT
STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT
MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT
Teacher's Guide:
GRADE LEVELS
DOCUMENT TYPES
INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS
Writing this blog does not mark a complete severance of my link with GLOBE Nigeria and GLOBE Africa as a whole, a country, and a continent, I espoused and loved right from my primary school about 25 years ago. As observed by many Nigerians, I am qualified to be described as a passionate GLOBE Man.
These successes can be traced back to the travel grant that I received in 2013 from the National Science Foundation through The University of Toledo, Ohio to attend the 18th GLOBE Annual Partners Meeting in Maryland. Since then, GLOBE has impacted my life tremendously and improved my ...
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EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
SCIENTIST SKILLS
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SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
Learning Activities:
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
Primary Audience:
SCIENTISTS
Hello GLOBE community,
The NASA GLOBE Clouds team is offering virtually connections or personalized videos (previously recorded) for your students. It can be in a variety of topics including:
Career Connections (Path to NASA)
The Impact of Your Observations
Clouds and Cloud Types
Earth's Atmosphere and Climate
Clouds and Atmospheres on Earth and Other Planets
Cloud Types in Masterpieces/Landscape Paintings
Any topic of Your Choice
If you are interested, comment below or contact NASA GLOBE Clouds Project Scientist Marilé Colón Robles.
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WEBINARS
MEETINGS
WORKSHOPS
CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)
OTHER
GLOBE Science Topics:
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
SCIENTIST SKILLS
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
GENERAL SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE @ES
BACKYARD SCIENCE
GLOBE Working Groups:
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Learning Activities:
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
News Topics:
NEWS BRIEFS
COMMUNITY LETTERS
VIDEO
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TRAINERS
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PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
ALUMNI
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
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STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS
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INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS
I led a teacher workshop at Xavier University of Louisiana on the new GLOBE Weather Curriculum. Teachers left with lots of new knowledge, great ideas, and supplies.
Setting up the Sunny Day bottles
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Setting up the density box demo that I wanted to share. Most teachers had never seen this.
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ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
A new article is now available on the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Science Scope journal geared for middle school teachers on ways to integrate using the GLOBE Observer app in the classroom and take cloud observations. The article titled " Making Science Come Alive with Clouds " features GLOBE superstar educators Mr. Jeffrey Bouwman (Shumate Middle School in Gibraltar, Michigan, USA) and Dr. Caryn Smith-Long (Montverde Academy, Montverde, Florida, USA) as they share their classroom technology expertise and how they use the app with their ...
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SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS
COMPETITIONS
GLOBE Science Topics:
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE @ES
CLIMATE CHANGE
DATA INCLUDED
BACKYARD SCIENCE
MEETINGS/CONFERENCES
CLIMATE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
SCIENTIST SKILLS
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
GLOBE Working Groups:
EVALUATION WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Learning Activities:
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
News Topics:
TRAINING
Primary Audience:
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
ALUMNI
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
TRAINERS
TEACHERS
STUDENTS
Student Research Reports:
U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)
INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT
STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT
Teacher's Guide:
STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS
GRADE LEVELS
INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS
NASA está solicitando tu ayuda para determinar “¿Qué ves en tu cielo?” El equipo NASA GLOBE nube quiere estudiar diferencias en nubes y aerosoles. La data colectada durante este reto del otoño en el hemisferio norte o primavera en el hemisferio sur será comparada con los resultados obtenidos durante el reto de primavera del 2018.
Puedes ayudar sometiendo observaciones de nubes, polvo atmosférico, calina, o humo (límite 10 por día) a GLOBE usando cualquiera de las opciones de entrada de datos, incluyendo la aplicación móvil GLOBE Observer.
Los participantes ...
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CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)
OTHER
GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS
SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS
MEETINGS
WORKSHOPS
COMPETITIONS
GLOBE Science Topics:
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE @ES
CLIMATE CHANGE
DATA INCLUDED
BACKYARD SCIENCE
CLIMATE
MEETINGS/CONFERENCES
SCIENTIST SKILLS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
GLOBE Working Groups:
EVALUATION WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
News Topics:
VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR
IOPS
REGIONS
CALENDAR
SCRC RESEARCH
TRAINING
COMPETITIONS
MEETINGS
VIDEO
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Student Research Reports:
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INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT
STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT
Teacher's Guide:
GRADE LEVELS
DOCUMENT TYPES
LANGUAGES
INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS
GLOBE teacher Vicky Gorman and her middle school students have been working hard to help reduce the threat of mosquito-transmitted disease in their region. Before they began to use the Mosquito Habitat Mapper, they did some research to find out which mosquito-transmitted diseases are found in their location. They live in Burlington County, New Jersey, outlined in red below.
Based on a brochure produced by the NJ government about mosquitoes in their state, the students found out that the two most prevalent diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are West Nile virus and Eastern ...
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Event Topics:
WORKSHOPS
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GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS
SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS
Field Campaigns:
WATERSHEDS
SEASONS AND BIOMES
EL NIÑO
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
GLOBE Science Topics:
CLIMATE CHANGE
MEETINGS/CONFERENCES
CLIMATE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
SCIENTIST SKILLS
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
GLOBE Working Groups:
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
HYDROSPHERE
PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)
BIOSPHERE
Learning Activities:
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
LAND COVER/BIOLOGY
HYDROLOGY
SOIL
News Topics:
VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR
SCRC RESEARCH
COMPETITIONS
MEETINGS
Primary Audience:
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
ALUMNI
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
TRAINERS
TEACHERS
STUDENTS
Student Research Reports:
U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)
MISSION EARTH REPORT
INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT
STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT
MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT
Teacher's Guide:
DOCUMENT TYPES
INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS
Check out NASA Langley's newly released story about the recent GLOBE North American Regional Meeting, hosted at NASA Langley, that included a day of training in clouds and aerosols.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/langley/cirrius-ly-cool-science-at-nasa-langley
GLOBE Participants practice using sun photometers at the GLOBE NARM at NASA Langley. Credits: NASA.
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Grupo de profesores, organizadores, trainers y ayudantes del Taller de GLOBE en el Lago Lácar, San Martín de los Andes, Argentina
English version: end of the blog
Del 14 al 16 de febrero de 2019 se desarrolló el Taller del Programa GLOBE en la ciudad de San Martín de los Andes, Argentina. Este taller había sido solicitado por algunos docentes que ya conocían algunas actividades pero también se sumaron más profesores.
Gracias a la colaboración de muchas personas fue posible realizarlo. Los Supervisores de Media y Técnica de la Zona Sur de la Provincia de Neuquén: ...
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I just updated HoloGLOBE to v1.0.2. For those of you new to this app, HoloGLOBE brings NASA and NOAA visualizations of the Earth to the palm of your hand through augmented reality (AR). You can read more about the app here: http://www.palmyracove.org/InstituteforEarthObservations/HoloGLOBE.aspx
In this latest release, I have added play/pause functionality to the MyNASAData module. The MyNASAData is essentially an augmented reality version of GLOBE's Earth System Poster. In addition the new ICESat-2 module has been added. The ICESat-2 module was built by Emme Wiederhold, a ...
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SCIENCE AND MATH
TECHNOLOGY
Event Topics:
CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)
GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS
OTHER
SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS
MEETINGS
WORKSHOPS
COMPETITIONS
Field Campaigns:
SCRC - PHASE 2
SCRC
FLEXE
CARBON CYCLE
WATERSHEDS
SEASONS AND BIOMES
SCUBANAUTS
EL NIÑO
GGIC
SCRC - PHASE 1
SMAP
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
GPM
GLOBE Science Topics:
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE @ES
CLIMATE CHANGE
DATA INCLUDED
BACKYARD SCIENCE
MEETINGS/CONFERENCES
CLIMATE
SCIENTIST SKILLS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
GLOBE Working Groups:
EVALUATION WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP
Investigation Areas:
BIOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
HYDROSPHERE
PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)
Learning Activities:
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
LAND COVER/BIOLOGY
HYDROLOGY
SOIL
News Topics:
VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR
IOPS
REGIONS
CALENDAR
SCRC RESEARCH
TRAINING
COMPETITIONS
MEETINGS
VIDEO
WEB MAINTENANCE / ENHANCEMENTS
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COUNTRY COORDINATORS
TRAINERS
TEACHERS
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STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS
INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS
From June to August, Center for Education and Development (CED) colorable with Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) to deployment new project "GLOBE Zika Education and Prevention". The GLOBE Zika Education and Prevention project will be pushing the edge of citizen science impact, aiming to enlist thousands of students, teachers, and community leaders to collect data on mosquitoes for a global mapping project. This project has an ambitious target of 100,000 data submissions contributed by the end of 2019. Global data collection on this scale will provide the information needed ...
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PROTOCOL INSTRUCTIONS
Greetings from NASA and the ICESat-2 Satellite Mission,
As you may know, the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will launch from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on September 15, 2018. ICESat-2 will be a satellite that will use an on-board laser system to measure the height of Earth’s ice, trees, oceans, geographic features, among others.
For several days before the launch, the ICESat-2 Outreach Team will be conducting many pre-launch activities, near the launch site, that showcase the ICESat-2 Mission. One of these events, in ...
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EVALUATION WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
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BIOSPHERE
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TRAINING
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I've been working with a fantastic group from New Hampshire to provide professional development for educators for years. This year, we've spent a considerable amount of time on the pedosphere, from wetland soils to forest and grassland soils. We've talked about why trees go where they do and all the critters, both macro and micro, that spend time in soil. I've listed some of my favorite resources below but please add your own and let's grow the list:
NRCS posters, guides, lesson plans and games
Training materials from NRCS
Traveling Soil Tent: ...
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PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)
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TRAINING
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TRAINERS
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Every year, I offer a field based professional learning opportunity (PLO) for educators. This year's PLO was Exploring Badlands National Park through Science and Storytelling held June 18-21 in South Dakota. Nine educators spent one day in class and three days and two nights in Badlands National Park doing hydrology field studies using GLOBE protocols (water temperature, water clarity, conductivity and pH) in addition to other opportunities.
As part of my own professional learning, I set myself a challenge of trying to tell the story of the field studies in ways other than ...
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One of the things I do as a GLOBE partner is facilitate workshops for educators. When I facilitate a workshop for credit, I always require a short reflection. I use reflection because when teachers, like all of us, stop and think about what they learned the learning is deeper and more relevant. And, candidly, they are more likely to implement GLOBE into their classrooms.
To give participants direction in their reflecting, I use the 4 R model of reflection: review, relate, remark, revise.
- Review. Participants review and summarize one salient aspect of the workshop . ...
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WORKSHOPS
GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
Investigation Areas:
CLOUDS
Learning Activities:
CLOUD WATCH
OBSERVING, DESCRIBING, AND IDENTIFYING CLOUDS
ESTIMATING CLOUD COVER
Primary Audience:
TRAINERS
TEACHERS
PARTNERS
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
Teacher's Guide:
UPPER PRIMARY: 3-5
Stipend Information
The site set up stipend has been extended a month! If you are a GLOBE trained teacher in South Dakota, set up a site in in the GLOBE database in preparation for data collection in April to receive a $50 stipend.
The site set up can be for any protocol, even one you are currently doing. The only requirement is that you set up a new site. For example, if you are currently monitoring water quality you can set up an additional site for water quality OR you can add another protocol such as land cover , green up/green down , or soil temperature to ...
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GLOBE Partner the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Center for Science Education developed 9 classroom activities to help students learn how to analyze GLOBE environmental data while also learning atmospheric science concepts and geography.
These new activities have been reviewed by science educators and staff at the GLOBE Implementation Office and, of course, they have been field tested by teachers.
I have gathered them up and linked them here. If you are going to the 2017 South Dakota Math and Science Teachers conference in Huron, this is what we will be ...
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Surface Temperature Campaign
If you collected surface temperature data as part of the Surface Temperature Urban Heat Island Field Campaign, be sure to enter it into the GLOBE database by January 3 in order to receive your stipend.
Thanks to Andrew Dempewolf, Lindsey Schilling , and Lisa Bahe for participating!
Upcoming Stipend Opportunities
Start planning now to participate in our upcoming stipend opportunities.
Feb 2017 Site Setup Stipend . Create a new site between January 1, 2017 and Feb 28, 2017. If you are new to data entry, let this be ...