News - Mission Earth

NASA SEES Program high school interns working with GLOBE Mission EARTH on their Air Quality Initiative group went to Austin, Texas for two weeks, capping off their summer-long internship with the SEES program! GME Research Assistant Sara Mierzwiak and GME Teacher Janene Smith joined them in Texas for their activities, and to continue mentoring them in their research projects on air quality. For more information about the NASA SEES Program, go here: https://www.csr.utexas.edu/sees-internship/. Ch >>

GLOBE Mission EARTH/University of Toledo Teacher Janene Smith just completed two weeks in Austin, Texas serving as a mentor for a group of NASA SEES Interns! Janene assisted with all of the SEES students, but worked most closely with the Air Quality Initiative (AQI) group, which included students from around the country who worked virtually before the on-site trip to Austin with Janene, Sara Mierzwiak (Research Assistant/GLOBE Mission EARTH), Dr. Margaret Pippin (NASA Langley) and Dr. Kevin Czaj >>

Andy Henry and Geoff Bland from AEROKATS & ROVER Education Network (AREN) Project trained the GME-UT teachers in the use of the AquaROVER which takes water quality measurements in a water body. >>

GME-UT decided to expand their efforts in hosting another group of SEES students. Sara Mierzwiak and Janene Smith, GME Teacher, led a group of seven high school students in exploring the science of Air Quality using a variety of sources (Purple Air, Center for Disease Control, EPA, etc.). >>

For the second year, GME-UT host SEES students. Dr. Yitong Jiang and Olawale Oluwafemi led nine students (eight from NASA SEES Intern program and one student from University of Toledo intern program) to investigate urban heat island effect locally and globally by conducting research projects.  >>

GME-UT connected with Upward Bound on the University of Toledo’s campus for a second year. During Summer 2022, GLOBE Mission EARTH engaged 16 high school students from the Upward Bound Program at the University of Toledo in collecting Atmosphere and Hydrosphere data from around the UT campus and the community. >>

Students from across the United States presented their authentic research projects at face-to-face and virtual symposia through our NASA-funded project, GLOBE Mission Earth. For these projects, students developed research questions, collected environmental observations of their local area, analyzed the data to produce results and presented their findings. Students are encouraged to collect GLOBE data, use NASA resources and do environmental research projects. >>

GME Kids Club 2022 hosted weekly half hour virtual interactive sessions with students in Grades 3-5. >>

GLOBE Mission Earth connecting with the International GLOBE Community! GLOBE Mission Earth (GME) extends its reach to students in the GLOBE community whenever possible. Here are just three current examples of their work with students in England, Malta and Thailand. >>

On Tuesday May 17th, 2022, GME-UT Staff traveled to Monroe, Michigan to host a tent at the annual Lake Erie Water Festival! The event included 175 students who rotated in groups throughout the festival to visit each tent's activity. GME-UT's tent was located adjacent to two different ponds, and GME-UT staff helped students collect and compare water from both ponds. Students also collected air temperature and surface temperature data, and noted current weather conditions on their data sheets. Lea >>