Blog - John Gilbert Olgin

La Nube, El Paso’s science museum, hosted a LEGO summer camp for elementary level students this past July. The event contained various science experiments and activities that the physics department from EL Paso Community College provided, teaching the little ones the basics on science while having fun.   The contributions from NASA’s GLOBE partner, headquartered at the Transmountain campus,...

As we approach the summer months, we have time to reflect on our progress with our students thus far, whether it be in an informal or formal setting. We also can account how we have incorporated GLOBE resources in our work. Already, we saw various water coolers present innovative talks on how we can engage participants better, like utilizing library resources. We saw in the GLOBE Observer...

La Nube is El Paso’s newest interactive science museum that opened this August 2024, and GLOBE’s official partner, the El Paso Community College (EPCC) and the Gene Roddenberry Planetarium provided fun and educational activities for a Fall camp for middle schoolers. This three-day camp provided interactive projects for these young students to learn more about science. La Nube provided various...

The El Paso Community College (EPCC) – Transmountain campus hosted 3rd Earth Science Day Event on October 16th with the main theme being Earth Science Everywhere. The aim was to help the public understand how weather, climate, natural resources and other geological processes affect our everyday lives and decision making in the El Paso region. EPCC embarked on this event in tandem with the...

Check out these links to learn more on what we presented at the GLOBE 2024 annual meeting on the April 2024 eclipse! English version: GLOBE_EPCC2024.mp4 Disponible en español: GLOBE - EPCC Meeting Presentation 2024 (1).mp4

Welcome back! Often times we still get nervous for the first day of classes. No matter if it’s as a child walking down the intimidating halls of school or as an adult wondering if the teacher will be good and the books not so expensive, those first moments or even days of school often can be daunting. As instructors, it’s our job to engage our students and make a good first impression so we...

For those GLOBE educators wanting to sharpen their skills and become GLOBE trainers while sailing on a tall ship to collect water samples, then the North American Regional meeting (NARM) is for you! Participants from all parts of the country converged in San Pedro, CA to gain additional experience in GLOBE protocols, train to become trainers, and learn how to incorporate GLOBE in the classroom...

Eclipse 2024 – Part 1   Not even the clouds could pass up this momentous day, for this was were the bright and mighty sun was to be eclipsed by our closest celestial neighbor – our Moon. This event brought hundreds of excited and curious people to the El Paso Community College Solar Eclipse Extravaganza event so that they could safely witness this breathtaking moment, albeit only momentarily...

While doing a clouds protocol on the GLOBE Observer app, I notice something phenomenal in the sky. The first sun halo of 2024! These awesome atmospheric displays of light are caused by the sunlight striking the ice crystals in high level, cirrus-type clouds. These ice crystals act like prisms and refract the light to display a “rainbow ring” around the sun. Often these sun halos forecast a...

Since its inception, the GLOBE Observer (GO) app has community scientists to actively engage with NASA scientists by providing the opportunity to collect atmospheric, mosquito habitat, land cover and tree height data no matter where you are located in the world. This has opened the door for community science members to learn more about the environment and its impacts on their daily lives. What...

Many do not have the chance to witness a rare annular solar eclipse. So when the opportunity for one to crossover the El Paso borderland, people from Mexico and the United States converged at the El Paso Community College Transmountain campus to experience the unique annular solar eclipse of 2023. This unique eclipse occurs when the moon covers just enough of the sun outlining a “ring” of sun...

Recently NASA scientists studied dust storms and weather conditions in the Chihuahuan desert to better understand the impacts on climate and public health. Presentations at the Southern Arizona Dust Storm Workshop in 2020 and 2021 highlighted the importance of these events. Students at El Paso Community College (EPCC) helped contribute to this study by engaging students to take dust...

A journey through the clouds - Un viaje a través de las nubes