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It is pretty neat when you can get two for the price of one- as most teachers can attest to with regard to trying to get everything into their curriculum. Did you know that this year, the FIRST LEGO League's challenge is focused on water. And what could be better, as that water is also the theme of this year's ENSO Student Research Campaign !  The LEGO Challenge Project states: "People use water every day, but they don’t think much about how and why they use water. Whether it’s directly (drinking or washing) or indirectly (manufacturing the products they use or producing food ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   COMPETITIONS   Field Campaigns: EL NIÑO   WATERSHEDS   GPM   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   CLIMATE CHANGE   CLIMATE   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   News Topics: COMPETITIONS   Primary Audience: TEACHERS   STUDENTS  
By Anne Lewis, posted Mar 2, 2017 4:06:40 PM

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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Posted in: Event Topics: WORKSHOPS   GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS   COMPETITIONS   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   Primary Audience: TEACHERS   PARTNERS  

Please welcome Guest Blogger Jayme Margolin-Sneider , a GLOBE 6-8 grade science teacher and STEM Advisor from Westview Middle School in Longmont, Colorado.   This is the second in a series of posts by GLOBE teachers sharing classroom experiences to support the student research process. The series is supported by NSF funding for the United States Regional Student Research Symposia . If you are a teacher interested in contributing, please contact Haley Wicklein for more information. Thank you to Jayme for sharing this! Last year, I had two different groups of ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: MEETINGS   COMPETITIONS   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   GLOBE Science Topics: SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   GENERAL SCIENCE   DATA INCLUDED   MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   News Topics: COMPETITIONS   MEETINGS   REGIONS   Primary Audience: TEACHERS   STUDENTS   PARTNERS