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Tip of the Week: Teachers! You can connect your students to an international network of students, teachers, and scientists to learn more about our shared environment. For a school to fully participate in The GLOBE Program, at least one teacher must be trained in GLOBE science measurement protocols and education activities by attending a GLOBE Teacher Workshop.  >>

Congratulations to all the countries that are participating in the Zika Project! By mid-February, there were 274 workshops, almost 100,000 mosquito entries, and over 130,000 total observations.  >>

The GLOBE Program would like to congratulate the top most active Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign participants taking at least 10 measurements for tree height, land cover, and greenings measurements in February!  >>

There will be an informational, pre-IOP, webinar on Tuesday, 03 March, at 10:00 EST (3:00 p.m. UTC). The webinar will include: an overview of the IOP by GLOBE Africa Regional Coordination Office Director Mark Brettenny; a discussion of the IOP protocols by Dr. Francis Wasswa Nsubugwa; a discussion of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and IOP alignment with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by Killian Christ; a discussion of IVSS research possibilities by Dr. Becky Boger; and a discussion regarding increasing participation and encouraging collaboration by Rogeline Brettenny.  >>

Bay Watershed Education and Training (BWET) and GLOBE Mission EARTH (GME) will host their third webinar, “How Does Our Water’s Health Relate to Our Watershed’s Health?” in support of the BWET/GME Water Quality Training. The webinar will be held on 03 March at 8:00 p.m. EST.  >>

U.S. Teachers: Join the GLOBE Professional Learning Community (PLC) and hear how other GLOBE teachers use GLOBE with their students during a Teacher Watercooler on 03 March (Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. EST).  >>

Congratulations to the twelve GLOBE countries celebrating anniversaries of successful GLOBE implementation during the month of March.  >>

GLOBE Community: Did you know that there are now curated, analysis-ready GLOBE datasets posted on the website? These are subsets of GLOBE data that have been post-processed by a scientist on the GLOBE team, which are are being made available for broader use by the community.  >>

Join the U.S. SRS webinar on 04 March (Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. EST). During this webinar, participants will learn how to use the GLOBE Visualization System in order to view and interact with data measured across the world. Participants will find out how to map, graph, filter, and export data. Graphs from the Visualization System can be exported and used on your GLOBE research poster.  >>

A recent blog by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, “Crowd-sourcing Diplomacy” (21 January 2020) highlights the work of The GLOBE Program and the GLOBE Zika and Education Prevention Project to empower children around the world to combat disease outbreaks.  >>