Stars and STEM Stories

On 24 June 2022, the grand finale of the GLOBE Contest took place during the Student Conference in Bern, Switzerland. Over 300 groups of students submitted their own work in the areas of biodiversity, climate change, soil, and water quality. Sixty-two groups, with over 170 students and their teachers, were invited to the national conference and were able to present their results.  >>

GLOBE Malta collaborated with Xrobb l-Għaġin Nature Park and Sustainable Development Center for the second consecutive year; this time focusing on the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE). The Park consists of over 155,000 square metres, and is situated on a jutting peninsula with scenic views, including the Delimara peninsula and the white cliffs of Munxar.  >>

On 10 May 2022, GLOBE Ireland hosted a virtual Air Quality Campaign “End-of-Year” event from Dublin, Ireland. More than 200 people attended the event, including primary school student classes, secondary school groups, and teachers. In addition, Dr. Tony Murphy (GLOBE Implementation Office/GIO Director), Andy Fanning (Irish Environmental Protection Agency/EPA Programme Manager), members of the Irish EPA citizen science team, Dana Votapkova and Lenka Kleger (GLOBE Europe and Eurasia Regional Coordination Office), scientists from University College Cork, and Ramona Mercieca (GLOBE Malta Country Coordinator) participated in the event.  >>

On Earth Day 2022, over 60 K-12 students came together from across Alaska to participate in a research symposium. “Over the past year, students used GLOBE and accessed Indigenous knowledge to learn about their local environments. During the symposium they presented posters showing what they learned and want to do next to benefit their communities,” Maggie House said in a recent University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) article.  >>

In January 2022, in connection with Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA), GLOBE Nepal conducted an innovative Counselor Training Camp in Jwagal, Lalitpur.  >>

In November 2021, the GLOBE Taiwan Partnership hosted a workshop to help teachers learn how to develop a microplastics investigation protocol, and to provide a space where they could discuss how to incorporate the new knowledge into their classrooms. Fifteen teachers from 13 schools participated in the workshop.  >>

In January 2022, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the GLOBE Asia and Pacific Regional Coordination Office (RCO), the GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO), and the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment Research (GLOBE Bhutan) the first teacher training workshop to implement The GLOBE Program introduced – and engaged – teachers from 12 schools in Bhutan.  >>

“During 2020, the project ‘GLOBE: Clouds Atlas of Ukraine’ was conducted in Ukraine. It was a project to study clouds, their classification, formation processes, and the importance in the weather and climate on Earth,” Nataliia Fedorenko, the Deputy Country Coordinator for GLOBE Ukraine, said.  >>

The GLOBE Asia and Pacific Regional Coordination Office (RCO), in association with GLOBE Thailand, The Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST), organized a Virtual Annual Regional Meeting. The meeting, which was held from 24-26 January, was an enriching success – with 280 participants joining the session through Zoom and 68 participants watching the sessions live on Facebook Streaming; and receiving 10,000 views post-screening on 24 January  >>

“Since environmental issues are multidisciplinary problem, GLOBE Taiwan is helping teachers with different majors, and from different schools, gather together to develop teaching plans, share teaching experience, and discuss scientific investigations in GLOBE,” said Kuan-Ting Chen, assistant of Country Coordinator, Taiwan Partnership. “Moreover, we are encouraging teachers to work with international teams to improve their GLOBE teaching.”  >>