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Dr. Jack Kaye Visits Taiwan
the GLOBE Taiwan Partnership Office
(left to right): Dr. Pay-Liam Lin, Taiwan
Coordinator, GLOBE Program Taiwan;
Dr. Jack Kaye; Dr. Jing-Yang Jou,
President of National Central University.
Dr. Jack Kaye, Associate Director for Research, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters, enjoyed a visit to Fudan High School in Tao-Yuan City, Taiwan on 8 March 2016. Dr. Kaye’s guest appearance was arranged by the staff of the GLOBE Taiwan Partnership staff to give Dr. Kaye the opportunity to engage with students in the classrooms and outdoors while they were taking their daily environmental measurements. Dr. Kaye spoke about the importance of learning about and protecting the environment as well as the value of using GLOBE protocols in student research. He stressed the unique opportunity that GLOBE provides to collaborate with students and scientists all over the world. The students questioned Dr. Kaye about the issues of ocean acidification and consequences of sea level rise. They also asked questions about NASA and were curious about Dr. Kaye’s career with the space agency.
his school takes environmental
measurements using GLOBE protocols.
Dr. Kaye also met Dr. Jing-Yang Jou, the President of National Central University, which supports the GLOBE Taiwain Partnership and with Dr. Shyh-Jye Jou, Director of Department of International Cooperation and Science Education, Ministry of Science and Education, which supports the implementation of GLOBE in Taiwan. The meetings were a great opportunity for the participants to discuss the development of science education in Taiwan and to exchange ideas and experiences about teaching.
Many thanks to the GLOBE Taiwan Partnership for their hospitality while hosting Dr. Kaye for a wonderful day, during his visit to Taiwan.
News origin: GLOBE Implementation Office