News - North America

Although schools around the world have paused in-person learning, that hasn’t stopped GLOBE Mission EARTH (GME) teachers Jessica Kunz and Zulema Gonzales from providing GLOBE-infused STEM learning for their students. During a recent round-table virtual presentation hosted by GME, these teachers shared examples of their lesson plans and strategies to engage students' STEM (distance) learning.  >>

A Q&A with GLOBE teacher Hannah VanScotter. Hannah teaches a variety of science classes at Jefferson Montessori Academy, a K-12 school in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA. Her students "all came away [from the SRS] talking about how they have more confidence in science, being able to do things like a big project they haven’t been encouraged to do before."  >>

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."  >>

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.  >>

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.  >>

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.  >>

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.  >>

With help from GLOBE, Liz Burakowski unravels the environmental mysteries between winter and spring.  >>

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.  >>

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.  >>