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The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are the highest honors bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12 science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and/or computer science teaching. The Awards were established by Congress in 1983. Every year, PAEMST selects up to six finalists at the state level. Nominations close on 01 March; applications for teachers of grades K-6 are open through 01 May.  >>

Tip of the Week: The GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN) is accepting early career STEM professionals. This GISN subgroup will consist of members who are upper-level undergraduate or master's students pursuing a degree in a STEM field, as well as recent graduates who are working in STEM fields who have less than five years’ experience.  >>

The GLOBE Implementation Office, including the Community Support Team, will be closed Wednesday, 01 January, in order to celebrate New Year's Day.  >>

The next Intensive Observation Period (IOP) for the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign takes place during the month of January. The focus of this IOP will be on land cover.  >>

The GLOBE Program is gearing up for the 2020 U.S. Regional Student Research Symposia (SRS). Students in 5th to 12th grade from across the United States have the opportunity to come together at one of six face-to-face regional SRS events in order to share the results of field investigations using GLOBE program protocols or data from the GLOBE database. SRS are held in the spring of each year.  >>

A recent article, “Making Science Come Alive with Clouds,” written by Marilé Colón Robles, Jeffrey Bouwman, and Caryn Smith-Long, offers tips on how to use the GLOBE Observer App in the classroom in order to obtain clouds observations. The article was published in the November/December issue of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Journal.  >>

Tip of the Week: Did you know that the Teacher’s Guide is searchable by protocol, learning activity, grade band, and standards? It is – and you can begin your search today, by clicking here!  >>

GLOBE needs you to help shape the 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting. Please complete this survey by 15 December to let us know: 1) your favorite GLOBE protocol; and 2) one GLOBE protocol that you would like to learn.  >>

Teachers (upper elementary through high school): Have your students engage in engineering practices through the new “Drone Science Mission Board Game,” developed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Center for Science Education, a GLOBE partner.  >>

A recent article, “Photonics Tracks Global Environmental Change,” written by Patricia Daukantas and published in Optics and Photonics (November 2019), highlights the efforts of “optical scientists” and “citizen scientists” to take globe-spanning measurements of ice, water, gases, and the biosphere to help track global environmental change.  >>