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"AI and Diplomacy" Panel Discussion moderated by Larisa Schelkin, US GLOBE Partner from Boston, Massachusetts & UNITAR Teaching Faculty with the panelists from the GLOBE Holli Kohl, Project Lead for GLOBE Observer and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/SSAI and Peder V. Nelson, Oregon State University CEOAS; GLOBE Partnership Coordinator; The GLOBE program is recognized as one of the world's leaders in environmental science diplomacy through education. Congratulations to the GLOBE community!

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Posted in: Curriculum: SCIENCE AND MATH   TECHNOLOGY   STEM   Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION   GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN): GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)   GLOBE Science Topics: GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   GLOBE Working Groups: EVALUATION WORKING GROUP   SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP   DEI WORKING GROUP   Learning Activities: ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   News Topics: MEETINGS   REGIONS   NEWS BRIEFS   Primary Audience: ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   STUDENTS   TEACHERS   TRAINERS   Teacher's Guide: LANGUAGES  

Blog Contributors: Denise "Skye" Yost - GIO and Matthew Rodell - NASA World Water Day (WWD) is right around the corner on 22 March 2022! WWD began in 1993 by the United Nations to celebrate freshwater, and bring awareness to use and conservation of freshwater resources across the globe. This year, the theme for WWD is Groundwater. Groundwater is often misunderstood because it is not seen easily, unlike rivers, lakes, ponds, or oceans. But, groundwater plays a very important role in freshwater sources, specifically in providing moisture for plants to grow, and water for animals ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   GLOBE Science Topics: DATA INCLUDED   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROLOGY   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   SOIL  
By Peter Dorofy, posted Aug 29, 2018 2:20:56 PM

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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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION   EDUCATION RESEARCH   LANGUAGE CULTURE AND ARTS   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   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   Teacher's Guide: GRADE LEVELS   DOCUMENT TYPES   TIME REQUIREMENTS   LANGUAGES   STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS   INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  
By Julie Malmberg, posted May 4, 2016 8:29:10 PM

Bird Beaks and What they Eat Overview:  Students identify ideal beak shape for food. Age: Upper primary (4th and 5th graders) assisted 1st graders Materials: Bird beak/food handout Straws Dixie cups Juice Tweezers Bowls Wild grain rice Slotted spoons Cooked noodles (macaroni or similarly shaped) Chopsticks Gummy bears White rice Scissors Marshmallows (jumbo) Plan: Ask students why birds have beaks and what they are used for - allow time for discussion. Read a book about beaks to the group. I used ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: SCIENCE AND MATH   GLOBE Science Topics: GENERAL SCIENCE   Learning Activities: LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   Primary Audience: TEACHERS   STUDENTS  
By Arnold van Vliet, posted Mar 24, 2014 10:21:54 PM

Beste mensen, Het effect van de uitzonderlijk zachte winter op de natuur is ook bij de media niet onopgemerkt gebleven. In de uitzending van het KRO programma Brandpunt op zondag 16 maart komt het onderwerp aan bod. Zie http://gemi.st/KN_1656575 . Het item begint op 23:20. Verder zat ik op zondag 9 maart in het programma Jinek op Zondag. Dit is terug te zien op http://gemi.st/KN_1656819 . Tenslotte zat ik op woensdag 19 maart in het EO-programma 'Melk en Honing'. De uitzending is terug te bekijken op  http://gemi.st/EO_101212300 . Vriendelijke groeten, Arnold

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Posted in: Field Campaigns: SEASONS AND BIOMES   GLOBE Science Topics: CLIMATE CHANGE   Learning Activities: LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   Primary Audience: TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS  

Blog originally posted on the GLOBE Scientists' Blog at http://blog.globe.gov/sciblog/2012/08/28/full-circle-superior-part-ii-studying-streams/ We have a guest blogger this week.  Mike Linke is posting his second blog in a series about his walk with his wife, Kate Crowley, around Lake Superior. This is the second in a series about the science of Full Circle Superior; a walk around the world’s largest freshwater lake.  You can read the first blog post here. My wife, Kate Crowley, and I determined that we would be the first couple to walk around this lake, trying ...

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Posted in: GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   Investigation Areas: HYDROSPHERE   Learning Activities: LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   HYDROLOGY