Stars and STEM Stories

Yashraj Patil, an Associate Software Engineer at Hexaware Technologies Limited (Chennai, India), credits The GLOBE Program – and his experiences learning and growing within the program – with helping him achieve a personal and professional dream.  >>

From August through to the end of October 2021, GLOBE Uruguay engaged in a “hands-on” and “in-person” learning and scientific adventure designed to help promote GLOBE activities that included visiting a variety of GLOBE schools.  >>

Over the course of two years, GLOBE Vietnam conducted various Country Mosquito Trainings (CMTs) and Local Mosquito Workshops (LMWs) in connection with the GLOBE Zika Education and Prevention Project. Over 260 teachers have been trained, and the country has contributed thousands of unique data points.  >>

On 02 October 2021, 15 students (ages 9 through 11) from the district of Villa María del Triunfo, in Lima, Peru, participated in a collaborative, cross-border effort called “METAMORPHOSIS.”  >>

In September 2021, Green Heritage Fund Suriname (GHFS) organized summer vacation activities in the districts of Nickerie (09-10 September), Coronie (11-12 September), and Galibi (19-20 September). “These locations were chosen because of their proximity to mangrove forests and sea turtle beaches, two important ecosystems for Suriname,” Cheyenne Samson, a GHFS teacher said.  >>

In 2021, students at the Colegio Británico Internacional School, in Quito, Ecuador, worked to reconnect their scientific endeavors to The GLOBE Program – creating the “Human Amid the Cosmos” Science Fair. During the fair, seventh graders engaged, once again, with the GLOBE experience and shared their experiences.  >>

On 05 November, GLOBE’s Asia and Pacific Region hosted an “impactful” Air Quality Campaign Webinar, which was attended by 35 people from seven countries. The Asia and Pacific Regional Coordination Office is promoting the Air Quality Campaign, which will run from November 2021 through January 2022.  >>

On 01 September 2021, the “One Student-One Tree” initiative took center stage at the Winfiled High School in Khammam, Telangana, India. On 20 September, a webinar focused on this intiative took place, with 93 participants from eight countries in GLOBE’s Asia and Pacific Region.  >>

From January through June 2021, students from across Malta engaged in virtual fieldwork – managing to take “the outdoors indoors” during the pandemic.  >>

“This year, the students of the Private Elementary School Incorporated No. 1345 Nuestra Señora del Carmen won for the second consecutive time the drawing of the International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS). Their work represents GLOBE’s Latin America and Caribbean Region (LAC) and, more specifically, the quality of their reports and research work,” María Paz Fernández, Communications Assistant, LAC Region, said.  >>