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Tip of the Week: Have you missed a recent GLOBE News Brief or a Community Letter? Just visit the Archive, and you can – at your leisure – catch up with all the GLOBE news and events!  >>

Are you keeping up with the most recent GLOBE publications highlighting GLOBE data? For example, a recent article “Connected Climate Change Learning Through Citizen Science,” written by K.V. Spellman, E.B. Sparrow, M.J. Chase, A. Larson, and K. Kealy was published in Connected Science Learning. The article discusses how educators in rural Alaska assessed and implemented strategies for indigenous youth to use GLOBE protocols to study local changes in climate.  >>

Are you taking water quality measurements as part of the Phase III GLOBE ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) Student Research Campaign? Then join the new GLOBE Water Quality Collaboration Group (GWQCG)!  >>

GLOBE is gathering stories of students, teachers, and alumni who have been influenced by their GLOBE experiences to pursue STEM education.  >>

Have you been keeping up with what’s going on in the GLOBE community? A great place to start is the GLOBE Community Blog! As a vital part of the GLOBE community, you are cordially invited to blog on the GLOBE website. Respectfully voice your opinion, ask questions, share tips and tidbits – and make meaningful connections with members of the community today!  >>

The theme of this year’s World Environment Day, 05 June, is “Beat Plastic Pollution.” World Environment Day is the United Nation’s most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries.  >>

Tip of the Week: Are you hosting a GLOBE-related event that will be photographed and/or videotaped by GLOBE or NASA and its representatives? Here are the required Media Release Forms for Adults and for Parents and Minors.  >>

The next Phase III GLOBE ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) Student Research Campaign SODA (Short Observation and Data Analysis) webinar will be held on Thursday, 31 May, at 2:00 p.m. EDT (6:00 p.m. UTC): “LIVE from Mahopac High School, Pre- and Post-Pond Sites, Mahopac New York, USA.”  >>

Tip of the Week: Many GLOBE materials have been translated, and are available, in multiple languages. This includes translations of the Teacher’s Guide, Elementary GLOBE, and GLOBE resources.  >>

If a user is associated with a school they will now see an instruction button. By clicking on it, users can access detailed instructions on how how to use student accounts.  >>