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Waleska works with in-service teachers in the teacher training programs of the Galileo University and the University of San Carlos of Guatemala. She is the founder and coordinator of the STEAM program Question: Where are you from? Answer:  I was born in the city of the eternal Spring, Guatemala City, in Central America, several eclipses, comets, and moons ago. Question: What inspired you to work in this field? Answer:  Since I was little I had a fascination with natural phenomena, the reason why stars shine led me to be a Physicist, and fireflies and ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   GENERAL SCIENCE   GENERAL SCIENCE @ES   SCIENTIST SKILLS   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   Primary Audience: ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   STUDENTS   TEACHERS   TRAINERS  

  Brad Hegyi is a research scientist for the NASA Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project team at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, USA. Brad develops metrics and statistics for POWER from model estimates of future climate to help support planning for future energy use by heating and cooling systems in buildings. Brad also helps create interactive data products to better visualize changes occurring in the climate data. The energy that comes from the Sun is the basic source of energy for everything on Earth. Solar energy drives Earth’s weather and ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: TECHNOLOGY   STEM   GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   GENERAL SCIENCE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   SCIENTIST SKILLS   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   Primary Audience: ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   STUDENTS   TEACHERS   TRAINERS  

A new resource is now available created by GLOBE educator Mr. Roger Rose ( @rrose ) as part of his NASA internship in 2023 titled, GLOBE Atmosphere Clouds and NGSS . This document compares portions of the clouds protocol to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for elementary and middle school with tips and resources to use in the classroom.  The document is available on the resources section of the NASA GLOBE Clouds page.

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Posted in: Curriculum: SCIENCE AND MATH   STEM   GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   SCIENTIST SKILLS   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   Primary Audience: COUNTRY COORDINATORS   PARTNERS   TEACHERS   TRAINERS