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12/29/2022
GLOBE’s Accessibility Technology Solution Sub-Committee Seeks Input from Visually Impaired Community Members
GLOBE’s Accessibility Technology Solution Sub-Committee is seeking input from the GLOBE community. The special committee is charged by GLOBE’s Working Group chairs to explore ways in which technology and other tools can potentially facilitate greater levels of accessibility for everyone in relation to GLOBE tools and resources. The goal of this effort is to reduce and, where possible, remove impediments to maximum levels of participation in GLOBE.
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12/29/2022
GLOBE Implementation Office Closed 02 January for Seasonal Holidays
The GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO), including the Community Support Team, will be closed on Monday, 02 January, for the seasonal holidays.
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12/28/2022
December 2022 GLOBE Tech Update
As always, GLOBE continues to work to ensure that your “use” of the website, and associated apps, is as user-friendly as possible.
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12/28/2022
High School Students in 2022 SEES Intern Program Share Research Experiences
High school students participating in a collaboration effort between The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC) to extend the TSGC Summer Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Internship program are sharing their research experiences in recent GLOBE Community Blogs.
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12/22/2022
GLOBE Student Vloggers Create Collaboration Vlogs
In December, the GLOBE Student Vloggers (GSVs) and GSV Alumni Mentors grouped up virtually to create collaboration vlogs. These vlogs – coming to GLOBE’s YouTube channel later this month -- compare the students’ environments using GLOBE protocols.
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12/15/2022
GLOBE Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE)-Surface Temperature IOP is on!
The December Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE)-Surface Temperature Intensive Observation Period (IOP) has begun! The UHIE-Surface Temperature IOP takes place in October, December, and March. IOPs involve GLOBE students, scientists, educators, and researchers collecting and entering targeted data into the GLOBE database during specific periods of time.
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12/13/2022
U.S. Schools: Grant Application for Teachers of Critical Languages Program Open through 23 January
The American Councils for International Education has announced the opening of the Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) grant application. TCLP is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, and helps K-12 schools in the United States launch new, or expand existing, Arabic or Mandarin language programs. The application deadline for TCLP host schools is 23 January 2023, 11:59 p.m. EST.
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12/08/2022
U.S. GLOBE Teachers: Connect Your Students with a Scientist Mentor This Year
The U.S. GLOBE Office, with support from its funders, NASA and YLACES (Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists), has been working to provide opportunities for U.S. GLOBE teachers and their students to engage with scientist mentors from the GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN).
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12/08/2022
Join 12 December Multilingual Webinar “How to Write a Great 2023 IVSS Report” (Thai and English)
Participating in the 2023 International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS)? Join the multilingual webinar, “How to Write a Great 2023 IVSS Report,” on 12 December, 07:00 p.m. MST (13 December 09:00 a.m. Bangkok, Thailand). The webinar will be presented in Thai and English.
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12/07/2022
GLOBE’s Asia and Pacific Regional Coordination Office Proposes “Soil in School” Campaign
To encourage GLOBE students and teachers in the region, and in conjunction with World Soil Day, the Asia and Pacific Regional Coordination Office (RCO) is proposing a “Soil in School” campaign. The campaign will encourage students to take action to protect soil biodiversity and to be part of the “change" for sustainability – which begins in the classroom and expands to the school and out into the community.
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