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By FRANCIS WASSWA N NSUBUGA, posted Aug 31, 2021 3:55:20 PM

At the start of the month, i was invited by SAASTA, a body in South Africa that promotes science in schools to train teachers in 4 districts in 4 days in Mpumalanga. It took me 5hrs of drive from Pretoria to my first venue of training where 40 teachers from different schools welcomed us. Later on we proceeded to two other districts where at least 40 teachers at each venue were introduced to GLOBE, trained in two Atmospheric protocols, how to navigate the website, enter data and shown how to use the GLOBE observer App. The six hour day training empahasised the importance of intergrating ...

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Posted in: GLOBE Working Groups: EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   Primary Audience: TRAINERS  
By Jennifer Bourgeault, posted Jun 19, 2018 6:45:40 PM

I've been working with a fantastic group from New Hampshire to provide professional development for educators for years. This year, we've spent a considerable amount of time on the pedosphere, from wetland soils to forest and grassland soils. We've talked about why trees go where they do and all the critters, both macro and micro, that spend time in soil. I've listed some of my favorite resources below but please add your own and let's grow the list: NRCS posters, guides, lesson plans and games Training materials from NRCS Traveling Soil Tent: ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: WORKSHOPS   GLOBE Science Topics: SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   Investigation Areas: PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   News Topics: TRAINING   Primary Audience: TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   PARTNERS   COUNTRY COORDINATORS  

Para el Programa GLOBE, la ciencia es algo que todos pueden hacer. ¡Y hacer ciencia te convierte en un científico! Entonces, ¿qué hacen los científicos? Observan el mundo que les rodea, hacen preguntas y usan evidencia (o datos) para responder las preguntas que se plantean. La generación de evidencia es una actividad clave para la labor que realizan los científicos. La generación de evidencia para responder las preguntas que se plantea un científico puede hacerse de diversas maneras, tomando medidas con procedimientos estandarizados o identificando los datos disponibles que otras ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION   EDUCATION RESEARCH   LANGUAGE CULTURE AND ARTS   SCIENCE AND MATH   TECHNOLOGY   GLOBE Science Topics: GLOBE PROTOCOLS   GENERAL SCIENCE   DATA INCLUDED   Primary Audience: TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS  

At the Annual Meeting in Connecticut this summer, I asked the United States GLOBE partners and teachers to write down one GLOBE-related accomplishment on an index card. It could be either professional or personal, something that was time-consuming or one that took minutes. Whatever it was, it had to have made them proud or excited about their year in GLOBE. The responses are below:   One of the 21CCLC (after school) student groups that I worked with attended and received a Science Research Award at the SRS in New Jersey. Wrote an article on Education Outreach - various ...

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Posted in: Event Topics: MEETINGS   News Topics: MEETINGS   REGIONS   Primary Audience: TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS  

Currently, Science education has transitioned away from textbooks to more hands on learning. This is an amazing opportunity for teachers to move away from the normal lecturing and explaining in class to reshaping the process of learning. I think that the GLOBE Program is a fantastic organization and empowered program that promises to give an essential change in education.  One example is teaching and learning from directs activities in the field. An excellent activity is to share data from school to school through collaboration.  Students can share what  they are ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   Event Topics: OTHER   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   GLOBE Working Groups: EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROSPHERE   PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   BIOSPHERE   News Topics: VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   Primary Audience: TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   PARTNERS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS