October 2020 U.S. Summary

Fall is a whirlwind of virtual meetings! We had the GLOBE North American Regional Meeting in mid-October and I attended some of the sessions of the GLOBE Europe and Eurasia Regional Meeting. I guess that is one positive from the move to virtual meetings; it opens the opportunity to attend if you cannot travel. Some things that came across my desk this month…

• Grant opportunity for Maryland schools: https://cbtrust.org/grants/environmental-education/
• National Monitoring Conference (virtual) April 19-24, 2021
• The documentary The Condor and the Eagle.
• 100Kin10 Report on achieving equity in high school: “Shifting Courses: Achieving Equity in High School STEM.”

Partner News

• Garry Harris, Center for Sustainable Communities, co-organized IDEA/WISE-E Inspire & Empower Panel on Thursday, October 29, 2020, 12:00-1:30 PM ET.
• Dave Bydlowski, Wayne RESA, shared this link which mentions GLOBE: https://www.nsta.org/science-and-children/science-and-children-julyaugust-2020/students-citizen-scientists-its# from the NSTA Science & Children July/August 2020 issue.

Communications aka e-Blasts

• 13 October 2020 – Southwest GLOBE Update: Eco-Schools & GLOBE, and Q&A with Janelle Johnson
• 13 October 2020 – Southeast GLOBE Update: Southeast GLOBE ESS Collaboration
• 13 October 2020 – Pacific GLOBE Update: CA Strong Collaborative
• 13 October 2020 – NASA GLOBE Update: GLOBE Returns to Camp and Yr3 for Trees Around the GLOBE
• 13 October 2020 – Northeast/Mid-Atlantic GLOBE Update: GLOBE Satellites in Education Team
• 13 October 2020 – Northwest GLOBE Update: Soils Resource from South Dakota Discovery Center
• 13 October 2020 – Midwest GLOBE Update: GVSU new resource integrates NASA and GLOBE
• 30 October 2020 – U.S. GLOBE: Data Literacy, Classroom Grants, Book Group​​​​​​​

Weekly Watercooler (all recordings are posted to the Teacher Watercooler YouTube Playlist)

• 01 October 2020 – Google Classroom in Virtual PD – Kathleen Johnson, Boston University
• 08 October 2020 – Data Literacy Virtual PD – Tracy Ostrom, WestEd/UC Berkeley
• 15 October 2020 – IVSS – Amy Barfield, GLOBE Implementation Office
• 29 October 2020 – USDA Forest Service I-Tree My Tree App – David Bloniarz and David Nowak, USDA Forest Service

Other

• The virtual GLOBE North American Regional Meeting was 19-22 October 2020. There were 89 people registered for the meeting which included 20 unique session, 23 speakers and 14 lightning talks. The agenda and recordings are archived so you can view the ones that may interest you!
• Posted more of the GLOBE Mission EARTH (GME) Roundtable discussions with teachers who innovated ways to use GLOBE during remote/virtual teaching.
• Check out what the GLOBE Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force is up to here!

Ongoing and Links

• US_GLOBE Tweets
• U.S. GLOBE Educators Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/US.GLOBE.Educators
• YouTube SRS Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfpnkASII_NYizulT6T1oyEguQq3002S1.
• GLOBE Mission EARTH YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxjON_EoZ9H-aWaN5b3qOA.
• SRS Reference Page https://www.globe.gov/web/united-states-of-america/home/student-research-symposia