Stars and STEM Stories
Students Present GLOBE Research at INFINITY Science Center
Nineteen student scientists gathered on 5 and 6 April 2024 at the INFINITY Science Center in Pearlington, Mississippi, for the U.S. GLOBE Southeast Student Research Symposium. The students traveled to the symposium with their educators and chaperones from Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi to celebrate environmental research conducted using GLOBE protocols. They presented their GLOBE research to each other and STEM professionals.
Five projects were presented and reviewed by peers and industry experts. The projects included studying a river using hydrosphere protocols, understanding weather using atmosphere protocols, and investigating trees using carbon cycle protocols.
Participants also watched 3D videos, designed and built underwater submersible robots, learned about eclipse viewing and toured NASA’s Stennis Space Center. Educator professional development included GLOBE’s soil moisture testing training.
A special thanks to GLOBE Partners Donna Torres (INFINITY Science Center) and Christopher Sherman (NASA Stennis Space Center and ASTRO CAMP) for coordinating and hosting this event. Four more Student Research Symposia events are scheduled in early May.
Images courtesy Alicia Carlson, GLOBE U.S. Coordination Office. Photo captions (top to bottom):
- Photo 1: participants at the 2024 U.S. GLOBE Southeast Student Research Symposium stand in front of the Apollo Saturn V rocket
- Photo 2: students present their GLOBE research to STEM professionals
- Photo 3: students presented their GLOBE research to their peers
- Photo 4: GLOBE Partner Christopher Sherman demonstrates one type of pinhole viewer for safe eclipse viewing