GLOBE News

The theme of this year’s World Environment Day, 05 June, is “Connecting People to Nature.” Citizen scientists have become invaluable contributors to this world-wide event, and the data they are busy collecting is becoming one of the best ways to protect the nature we are trying to connect with.  >>

May 2017 GLOBE News Brief  >>

Letter to the Community  >>

Twelve middle school science teachers are being recruited to attend a teacher professional development workshop in Boulder, Colorado, USA, from 13-18 August – and to field test a science unit on weather that uses activities, data, and scientific protocols from The GLOBE Program. BSCS (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study) and SciEd (UCAR Center for Science Education) are developing this innovative middle school science unit.  >>

GLOBE Teachers: Hands-on Learning with Teaching Boxes – Science Content Made Easy!  >>

The rubric that will be used for project review at the 2017 U.S. Regional Student Research Symposia (SRS) is now available online. The rubric is based on the GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium scoring rubric, with modifications for the poster/presentation style of the SRS.  >>

Read the latest STEM Education Coalition Newsletter!  >>

The 5th Student Research Exhibition will take place during the poster session of the 21st GLOBE Annual Meeting in New Haven Connecticut, USA. The deadline for the submission of student abstracts for the exhibition has been extended to 01 June.  >>

Tip of the Week: Want to upload photos or videos to the GLOBE Website? Watch this demonstration video and learn how to upload today!  >>

GLOBE Teachers: Register now for the 24 May GLOBE MISSION EARTH webinar: “Observing the Solar Eclipse on August 21.” The webinar will be held at 8:00 p.m. EDT.  >>