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2021 IVSS Huge Success! Congratulations to Stipend Drawing Winners
Once again, the 2021 International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS) was a huge success! The GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) received 242 student project submissions from 93 schools in 20 countries in all six GLOBE regions. Projects were submitted in four languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, and Croatian.
Compared to last year, there was only a small dip in the number of submissions, possibly due to COVID; however, GIO did get a record number of participating judges, which allowed us to assign each project to four judges. In all, 180 judges from 46 countries helped score the projects and provide feedback.
Congratulations to the 2021 IVSS stipend drawing winners! A drawing was held on Earth Day, 22 April, and the following projects were selected (each project earned a 4-star student research badge – the highest ranking possible – and at least two other optional badges (this year, 79 projects from 16 countries qualified for the drawing):
- Possible Effects of River Flooding on Soil Parameters and Tree Growth Along an Urban River (Crestwood High School, Michigan, United States)
- Investigation of Puerto Rico Communities Focused on Mosquitoes’ Habitats and Awareness (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, United States)
- Assessing How Environmental Changes Affect the Distribution and Dynamics of Malaria and Crop Production Using Satellite-based NDVI (Shree Swaminnarayan Academy, Mombasa, Kenya)
- Effect of Population Density on Burrow Characteristics in the Fiddler Crab (Uca bengali) (Princess Chulabhorn Science High School, Trang, Thailand)
- Estudio Comparativo de la Temperatura Superficial entre Zonas Urbanizadas y Arboladas (IES, Gredos, Spain)
- Los Cambios que Producen las Estaciones en Arboles y Arbustos de Pujato –Argentina (Escuela Primaria Particular Incorporada N°1345, Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Argentina)
- The Effect of Pottery on Brackish Water in the KSA and Its Impact of Soil and Vegetation Cover (The first Arqah Secondary School, Al-riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Judge feedback for the students has been sent to all of the teachers to share with their students; badges have been posted on the participating schools’ “About” pages. Judges who scored three or more projects by the deadline were sent certificates, and were also awarded badges on their GLOBE “MyPages.”
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2021 IVSS!
To learn more about the IVSS, click here.
If you have any questions, please contact: globeivss@ucar.edu.
News origin: GLOBE Implementation Office