GLOBAL Events - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

First meeting January 7^th– 90 minutes         Time frame: 6:00pm to 7:30pm EDT

These GLOBE training sessions will be offered to anyone interested in the GLOBE Program. Learning will be self-paced – learning what you want when you want. Participants can contact the training lead at any time for help or to have questions answered. The training lead will be able to monitor participant progress as they move through the eTraining modules. Participants will receive a GLOBE certificate at the end of their training to signify which protocol(s) they are trained in and the completion of that training. Participants can attend one or all of the sessions – no minimum number needed to get trained. Non-U.S. participants can attend any and all workshops but cannot received a certificate of training unless granted permission by their country coordinator. Reminder: anyone can download and use the GLOBE Observer app without special permission.

A minimum of 5 participants will be required to launch each training session. A maximum of 15 participants will be used to cap session size to insure a more personal atmosphere. If more than 15 participants register additional trainers and or training sessions can be added.

Successive meetings (meetings after the first meeting) will start with a Q & A period to review information presented the previous meeting (30 minutes) and then introduce new protocol information for the participants to take part in (60 minutes).

The initial GLOBE training session (January 7, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:30pm) will provide:

• An introduction to the GLOBE Program
• The four spheres of study (Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Pedosphere)
• Website navigation
• eTraining modules (Atmosphere eTraining modules will be assigned for completion by the February 4^th session.)
• Specified eTraining modules must be completed to obtain GLOBE trained status
• Teachers Guides – Elementary / Secondary levels
• Introduction of the GLOBE Observer app – download and use
• Retrieval / visualization of data sent to GLOBE database

Topics presented at the first session will be highlights of what can be done. More detailed information on each topic will be presented throughout the various training sessions.

Along with new protocol information each session will present activities for participants to try, suggestions on activities participants can develop - interactives, if a teacher – lesson plan development will be discussed along with teacher / student video development.

Calendar of GLOBE online training sessions:

            February 4, 2025.     6:00pm to 6:30pm EDT – previous session review

         6:30pm – 7:30pm       Sphere of study: Atmosphere

            Air Temperature                Barometric Pressure                   Relative Humidity

            Clouds & Contrails          Precipitation                                  Surface Temperature

           

            March 4, 2025.    6:00pm to 6:30pm EDT – previous session review

                                         6:30pm – 7:30pm              Sphere of study: Hydrosphere

            Water Temperature                      Conductivity                      Water Transparency

            Water pH                                                    

 

April 8, 2025.    6:00pm to 6:30pm EST – previous session review                                 

                          6:30 – 7:30pm                        Sphere of study: Biosphere

            Biometry – Tree Height               Green Up / Green Down             Land Cover

           

          May 6, 2025.     6:00pm to 6:30pm EST – previous session review             

                                    6:30 – 7:30pm.                       Sphere of study: Pedosphere

            Soil Temperature                          Soil pH                      Soil Moisture                     

 

May 13, 2025 – if desired / needed     6:00pm     Review of Data Entry and questions related to all training sessions

            If requested this session will deal with all forms of data entry and the retreival / viewing of data for use in GLOBE Program research. 

   Review of email addresses so GLOBE Certificate of Training can be sent.

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