Stars and STEM Stories

Students from across Israel engaged in cloud research this year, which culminated in a virtual end-of-year event aimed to provide students from about 50 schools with an engaging platform to present their research projects.  >>

GLOBE Slovakia teachers hosted a festival at their secondary vocational school in Svit. More than 120 GLOBE students (ages 7–17) and about 40 GLOBE teachers from different parts of Slovakia and the Czech Republic participated in the festival. Students and teachers connected with scientists and experts from eight institutions and universities.  >>

Students from Malta and Latvia just finished a year-long climate collaboration with a focus on cloud observations. The GLOBE teachers guided their students’ study of cloud formations with a developmentally appropriate curriculum based on interdisciplinary learning—integrating science, arts, mathematics, cooking, and drama into their year-long study.  >>

Nepal’s Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA) hosted the 5th National Conference of School Clubs in Banepa, Kavre, Nepal. The 21–24 May conference sought to build partnerships among GLOBE schools both within Nepal and internationally. The conference also introduced the GLOBE program to officials in Nepal’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) and helped to forge partnerships on government initiatives regarding science literacy in schools and communities.  >>

To celebrate World Oceans Day (8 June) and U.S. National Ocean Month this June, we are excited to share an inspiring story map, “Sailing for a Sustainable Ocean” by GLOBE alumna, Ashlee Wells. In March 2024, Ashlee and a group of fellow students from around the world sailed on the tall ship MIRAIE across the western Pacific Ocean from Yokohama, Japan, to the Micronesian republic of Palau—a trip of approximately 2,000 nautical miles!  >>

U.S. GLOBE Southeast Student Research Symposium students present their projects to industry experts using GLOBE's Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and Carbon Cycle Protocols.  >>

Elementary students help to tell the story of the slough  >>

In March 2018, GLOBE students at the Lexington School for the Deaf (located in East Elmhurst, New York, USA) began participating in the GLOBE U.S. Air Quality Student Research Campaign. Raising their focus to the sky, the high school students soon became adept at using GLOBE’s atmosphere protocols and Calitoo sun photometers to gather their elevated observations. Along the way, they also discovered their ability – as individuals and as a team – to make significant contributions to science.  >>

Our Lady of the Lake University, Crestview Elementary, and Carnahan Elementary are collaborating with local city government and the river authority to conduct GLOBE protocols measurements and report on atmospheric and land cover observations as part of a long-term study with the Smithsonian Institute's Tree Banding Project. Formally named "SHOUT," the tree-banding project is an educational outreach program that will collect the reported data over the next three to four years.  >>

Major climate changes are occurring at exceeding rates in the Antarctic. Ice shelves are breaking up and temperatures have increased within the last 50 years. Many are unaware of these Antarctic climate changes and not many resources are provided to educate the general public. Dr. Ryan L. Fogt, Assistant Professor of Geography-Meteorology at Ohio University and Director of the Scalia Laboratory for Atmospheric Analysis, oversees a GLOBE project that aims to educate 7th and 8th grade Earth Science classes in Southeastern Ohio about the Antarctic climate changes.  >>