GLOBE News

On 30 October, NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) Day, the National Assessment Governing Board will present the results from the 2019 Nation’s Report Card in Reading and Mathematics for grades 4 and 8 – and to discuss how stakeholders can help build more equitable educational outcomes.  >>

Tip of the Week: Did you know that the Teacher’s Guide is searchable by protocol, learning activity, grade band, and standards? It is – and you can begin your search today, by clicking here!  >>

Participating in the NASA GLOBE Fall Cloud Challenge? Join a Facebook Live Event on 22 October, 1:00 p.m. ET. For the Fall Cloud Challenge, the NASA team is connecting with GLOBE students from Montverde Academy in Florida, USA, with teacher Dr. Caryn Long!  >>

Participating in the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign? A new blog, “Retrieving and Visualizing Tree Height Data is Pretty Easy,” written by Brian Campbell, NASA Senior Earth Science Education Specialist offers invaluable assistance!  >>

The Institute for Research in Science Teaching partnered with the New York State Department of Conservation's Reinstein Woods to conduct "A Day in the Life of the Great Lakes Tributaries."  >>

The WestEd/UC Berkeley Partnership recently hosted the Fall 2019 North American Regional Meeting (NARM) at the University of California - Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science. A total of 42 participants from over 30 U.S. GLOBE Partnerships and the GLOBE Country Coordinators of Canada and the U.S. attended this 3-day event. The first day, October 15th, started with a Professional Development workshop followed by the 2-day meeting.  >>

The GLOBE Urban Heat Island Effect Campaign for October is in full force. Students around the world have been taking surface temperature observations.  >>

The 2020 GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS) Informational Webinar will be held on 30 October at 10:00 a.m. MT/12:00 p.m. ET.  >>

Are you participating in this month’s Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE)-Surface Temperature Field Campaign? If so, you will want to read the latest blog by Dr. Kevin Czajkowsi (Dr. C), “Kicking Off Urban Heat Island Effect Campaign.”  >>

“Water is essential to life as we know it. Too much or too little water can mean the difference between life and death. While we live on a "water planet" and almost three-quarters of our planet is covered with water, less than 2.5% of that water is actually freshwater,” Dorian Wood Janney Science Educator for NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission said in a recent blog.  >>