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06/08/2020
Teacher Feature: A Q&A with GLOBE Teacher Elodie Bourbon
A Q&A with GLOBE teacher Elodie Bourbon: Elodie teaches two sections of Earth science for ESL students. "What is different about GLOBE is the fact that students go outside, actually collect real data."
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02/27/2020
Bowling Green State University Engages Undergrads and Citizen Scientists in GLOBE
The GLOBE Midwest Region Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Partnership engaged in both undergraduate GLOBE student research and collaborative Federal grant development activities to further promote GLOBE in the region and beyond.
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02/20/2020
GLOBE Partner California Academy of Sciences Supports Educators in Out-of-School Programs
The California Academy of Sciences has designed a nationwide out-of-school-time program that inspires middle school youth to explore and connect with nature while achieving essential science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning goals. The name of this program? It’s called the Science Action Club (SAC). This hands-on citizen science program ignites curiosity, fosters workforce development skills, and builds STEM identity. From Anchorage Alaska to Albany New York, Science Action Club is implemented in 400-800 programs annually.
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02/14/2020
GLOBE Partners Support SRS and IVSS Students through Local Symposia and Travel Support
GLOBE Partners play an integral role in the U.S. Regional Student Research Symposia (SRS) and the International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS) by mentoring students and teachers throughout the research process. GLOBE reached out to four GLOBE partnerships that provided support through holding local GLOBE symposia and/or by funding the travel and lodging of SRS teams.
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01/16/2020
For Students from Maine, SRS Delivers a Life and Learning Experience
In spring 2019 , U.S. GLOBE sponsored its fourth annual series of Student Research Symposia (SRS) in six regions across the United States. For the first time, we followed a team of four students and two teachers from Old Town High School in Maine who attended the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic SRS in Boston on 31 May and 01 June.
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01/07/2020
Vernal Windows of Opportunity
With help from GLOBE, Liz Burakowski unravels the environmental mysteries between winter and spring.
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11/20/2019
NASA Langley Lead a GLOBE Camp Pilot Summer 2019
NASA Langley lead a GLOBE Camp Pilot during the summer of 2019, interacting with camps across the United States. Each of the camps incorporated GLOBE protocols, Elementary GLOBE story books, and GLOBE learning investigations.
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10/17/2019
Urban Heat Island Effect Campaign in Full Force
The GLOBE Urban Heat Island Effect Campaign for October is in full force. Students around the world have been taking surface temperature observations.
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10/17/2019
A Day in the Life of Great Lakes Tributaries
The Institute for Research in Science Teaching partnered with the New York State Department of Conservation's Reinstein Woods to conduct "A Day in the Life of the Great Lakes Tributaries."
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10/17/2019
Fall North American Regional Meeting (NARM) 2019
The WestEd/UC Berkeley Partnership recently hosted the Fall 2019 North American Regional Meeting (NARM) at the University of California - Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science. A total of 42 participants from over 30 U.S. GLOBE Partnerships and the GLOBE Country Coordinators of Canada and the U.S. attended this 3-day event. The first day, October 15th, started with a Professional Development workshop followed by the 2-day meeting.
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