Past Symposia: Media & Highlights

2022 U.S. GLOBE Student Research Symposia

After a discussion with the sponsors regarding the state of COVID-19 and receiving feedback from teachers who normally attend the events, a difficult decision was made to cancel the 2022 in-person Regional SRS. However, with support from NASA and YLACES, the U.S. GLOBE Office was able to support seven in-person local Student Research Symposia (SRS) where students shared the results of field investigations using GLOBE Program protocols or GLOBE data. 

Click on a location below to learn more about the 2022 Local Student Research Symposia.

Held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, AK on April 22, 2022.

Read the 2022 Alaska SRS highlights!

Hosts

  • Elena Sparrow, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Christi Buffington, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Katie Spellman, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Held at St. Peter's High School in Mansfield, OH on April 25, 2022

Read the 2022 St. Peter's SRS highlights!

Projects

  • How are clouds and aerosols related?,  St. Peter's High School, OH
  •  Are there more or less aerosols near water or in a landlocked area?*,  St. Peter's High School, OH
  •  Do urban and rural areas have snow with different pH levels?*, St. Peter's High School, OH

*Three posters were presented with this title, with different students researching similar topics

Host

  • Janene Smith, St. Peter's High School

Held at Mescalero Apache School in Mescalero, NM on April 30, 2022

Read the 2022 Mescalero SRS highlights!

Projects

  • Monitoring Air Quality Warning System, Mescalero Apache School, NM
  •  Indoor Air Quality,  Mescalero Apache School, NM
  •  Surface and Air Temperature*,  Zia Middle School, NM
  •  Air Temp vs. The Sky Color*, Zia Middle School, NM
  •  Clouds: Does it Affect Air Temperature?*,  Zia Middle School, NM
  •  How the Amount of Cloud Coverage Affects the Surface Temperature*,  Zia Middle School, NM
  •  Clouds Affecting the Color of the Sky*,  Zia Middle School, NM
  •  GLOBE Project*,  Zia Middle School, NM

* These students were unable to attend in person however, their printed posters were brought to the SRS for peer review by participating students and STEM reviewers.

Hosts

Held at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, CA on May 5, 2022

Read the 2022 Chabot Space and Science Center SRS highlights!

Projects

  • What is the Soil Quality Around East Bay Lakes?
  • Effects of Cyanobacteria on Water Quality in East Bay Lakes       
  • Effects of Varying Levels of pH on Plant Growth    
  • How does Litter Change Water Quality in Pinole Creek? 
  • What is the Stormwater Quality in Antioch Communities?             
  • What are the Benefits of Mushrooms to Plant Growth?

Host

  • Tracy Ostrom, WestEd/UC Berkeley GLOBE Partnership

Held at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Watsonville, CA on May 07, 2022.

Read the 2022 Elkhorn Slough Reserve SRS highlights!

Projects

  • Watershed Guardians on the Carmel River, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Watershed Guardians Program, CA
  • What Affects Aquatic-Invertebrates?,  Watsonville Wetlands Watch, CA
  • San Lorenzo River: Stream Flow Rates & Water Quality,  Coast Redwood Middle School, CA
  • Are the Trees Behaving? Carbon Sequestration at the Elkhorn Slough,  Watsonville High School, CA
  • Does Soil Temperature and Proximity to Water Effect Coverboard Biodiversity?, Watsonville Wetlands Watch, CA

Hosts

  • Peggy Foletta, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
  • Virginia Guhin, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

Held at Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy in Kenner, LA on May 11, 2022.

Read the 2022 Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy SRS highlights!

Projects

  • Does the number of organisms in water affect the water quality before and after purification?, Lake Forest Elementary Charter School, LA
  • Does the location of a body of water affect its quality?, Lake Forest Elementary Charter School, LA
  • Squeaky Clean Water, Lake Forest Elementary Charter School, LA
  • Which Filtration Material Leads to the Best Drinking Water?, Lake Forest Elementary Charter School, LA
  • Don't Be Shady! The Effect of Different Clouds on Surface Temp and Humidity, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, LA
  • What is the Effect of Trees on Surface and Air Temperature in Kenner Park, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, LA
  • Aeration System Effect on Ponds, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, LA
  • Cloud Cover, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, LA
  • Tree needs a checkup, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, LA
  • Cloud Formations impact on temperature and humidity, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, LA
  • Cloud Formations impact on temperature and humidity, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, LA
  • What environment do mosquitoes prefer?,  International School of Louisiana, LA

Hosts

  • Kristin Robertson Oliveri, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy
  • Marla Watts, Lake Forest Charter School
  • Karen Marshall, International School of Louisiana
  • Dinah Maygarden, University of New Orleans Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences

Held at the Toledo Zoo in Toledo, OH on May 23, 2022.

Read the 2022 Toledo Zoo and Aquarium SRS highlights!

Projects

  • How does the temperature in the middle of our school prairie compare to the middle of our school playground?, Dorr Elementary School, OH
  • How does soil moisture compare between the school prairie and the school playground?, Dorr Elementary School, OH
  • Soil Temperature, Dorr Elementary School, OH
  • Plant Diversity, Dorr Elementary School, OH
  • How does animal diversity in the prairie compare to the playground?, Dorr Elementary School, OH
  • How does the surface temperature in our school prairie compare to our school parking lot?, Dorr Elementary School, OH
  • How does the air temperature affect where the animals live in the school prairie and school lawn?, Hull Prairie Intermediate School, OH
  • What is the surface temperature of the school prairie compared to the blacktop?, Hull Prairie Intermediate School, OH
  • How does surface temperature compare between the school prairie and the farmlands?, Hull Prairie Intermediate School, OH
  • How does surface temperature compare between the school prairie and the school gaga ball pit?, Hull Prairie Intermediate School, OH
  • How does surface temperature compare between the school prairie and the farmfield?, Hull Prairie Intermediate School, OH
  • How does plant diversity compare between the prairie and the grassy part of the school playground?, Hull Prairie Intermediate School, OH
  • How does soil moisture compare between the school prairie and the hill near the farmland?, Hull Prairie Intermediate School, OH
  • Soil Temperature, Hull Prairie Intermediate School, OH
  • Animal Diversity, frequency and atmospheric conditions , Hull Prairie Intermediate School, OH

Host

  • Jodi Haney, Xcite Learning, Bowling Green State Univsersity
  • Mitch Magadich, Toledo Zoo

Acknowledgement: The 2022 SRS was based upon work supported by NASA Grant no. 80NSSC18K0135 and Youth Learning As Citizen Environmental Scientists (YLACES). Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NASA or YLACES.