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High school students in GLOBE teacher Mercy Molina's 11th grade class are working in five small research groups to investigate various aspects of mosquitoes in their region. Even though there will not be active mosquitoes during the time frame they will be doing their investigation (November through January), there are still many aspects of mosquitoes that they decided to learn more about.  The International School at Largo is a unique high school as it focuses on working with students for whom English is a second language, and who have come to the United States within the ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   Field Campaigns: WATERSHEDS   EL NIÑO   SMAP   GPM   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   GENERAL SCIENCE @ES   GENERAL SCIENCE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   SCIENTIST SKILLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   GLOBE Working Groups: EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: BIOSPHERE   ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROSPHERE   PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   HYDROLOGY   SOIL   News Topics: VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   SCRC RESEARCH   COMPETITIONS   MEETINGS   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   ALUMNI   SCIENTISTS   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   Student Research Reports: U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT   MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT   Teacher's Guide: GRADE LEVELS   DOCUMENT TYPES   INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  

Did you know that the mosquito is the world's most dangerous animal? What could be a better topic for students to research than this common insect that can cause so much damage?  We are looking for teachers and students who are interested in using the GLOBE Mosquito Habitat Mapper as a part of their IVSS science project investigation. You do not need to have active mosquitoes to do this research. There are so many ways that this can be done!  Students can collect data using the Mosquito Habitat Mapper and find out:  - Where in their community they find ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   COMPETITIONS   Field Campaigns: WATERSHEDS   SEASONS AND BIOMES   EL NIÑO   SMAP   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   GENERAL SCIENCE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   BACKYARD SCIENCE   MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   GLOBE Working Groups: EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROSPHERE   BIOSPHERE   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   HYDROLOGY   News Topics: VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   REGIONS   SCRC RESEARCH   COMPETITIONS   MEETINGS   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   Student Research Reports: U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT   MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT  
By Dorian Wood Janney, posted Oct 21, 2019 1:28:21 PM

  Water- the world's most precious resource. All around the world, NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission is collected data on how much precipitation is falling to Earth.  NASA has just released its newest and most comprehensive estimate of rain and snow covering nearly 20 years. Version 6 of NASA's IMERG -- the Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) -- combines information from a constellation of satellites are operating in Earth orbit, at a given time, to estimate precipitation over the majority of the Earth's ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION   EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   TECHNOLOGY   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   Field Campaigns: WATERSHEDS   SEASONS AND BIOMES   EL NIÑO   SURFACE TEMPERATURE   GPM   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   GLOBE Working Groups: EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP   SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROSPHERE   PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   BIOSPHERE   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   HYDROLOGY   SOIL   News Topics: VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   SCRC RESEARCH   COMPETITIONS   Student Research Reports: U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   MISSION EARTH REPORT   INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT   STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT  
By Dorian Wood Janney, posted Oct 4, 2019 4:33:50 PM

Water is essential to life as we know it. Too much or too little water can mean the difference between life and death. While we live on a "water planet" and almost three-quarters of our planet is covered with water, less than 2.5% of that water is actually freshwater. You can read more about Earth's freshwater resources in this article, " Precious Freshness ", and watch the video " Show Me the Water ". See the " Freshwater Availability Toolkit " here for even more great resources.  NASA's "Global Precipitation Measurement" (GPM) mission is measuring how much precipitation is ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   TECHNOLOGY   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS   COMPETITIONS   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   Field Campaigns: EL NIÑO   GPM   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   GENERAL SCIENCE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   HYDROLOGY   SOIL   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   Student Research Reports: U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   Teacher's Guide: GRADE LEVELS   DOCUMENT TYPES   INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  
By Dorian Wood Janney, posted Sep 24, 2019 7:11:36 PM

  Have you ever wondered if you could compare the precipitation data you are collecting to NASA satellite data?  The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is celebrating the fact that we have just released the latest version of our IMERG data which includes nearly global precipitation estimates for the past two decades!  You can follow the directions here to find out how to compare and contrast your precipitation data with that of the GPM mission for your location.  If you haven't been collecting precipitation data, you can do this alternative ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   SCIENCE AND MATH   TECHNOLOGY   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   Field Campaigns: WATERSHEDS   EL NIÑO   GPM   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   GLOBE Working Groups: EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROSPHERE   PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   BIOSPHERE   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   HYDROLOGY   SOIL   News Topics: CALENDAR   COMPETITIONS   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   Teacher's Guide: DOCUMENT TYPES   INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  

GLOBE teacher Vicky Gorman and her middle school students have been working hard to help reduce the threat of mosquito-transmitted disease in their region. Before they began to use the Mosquito Habitat Mapper, they did some research to find out which mosquito-transmitted diseases are found in their location. They live in Burlington County, New Jersey, outlined in red below.  Based on a brochure produced by the NJ government about mosquitoes in their state, the students found out that the two most prevalent diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are West Nile virus and Eastern ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: WORKSHOPS   CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   Field Campaigns: WATERSHEDS   SEASONS AND BIOMES   EL NIÑO   SURFACE TEMPERATURE   GLOBE Science Topics: CLIMATE CHANGE   MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   GLOBE Working Groups: EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROSPHERE   PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   BIOSPHERE   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   HYDROLOGY   SOIL   News Topics: VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   SCRC RESEARCH   COMPETITIONS   MEETINGS   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   Student Research Reports: U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   MISSION EARTH REPORT   INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT   MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT   Teacher's Guide: DOCUMENT TYPES   INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  

  Patchara Pongmanawut , a GLOBE teacher at the Princess Chulabhorn Science High School in the Trang Province in Thailand, has been doing fantastic work with her students.  These students have been at the top of the Mosquito Habitat Mapper Honor Roll for the past month, and show no sign of slowing down!     "In Thailand, there are many mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile fever, St. Louis encephalitis, filariasis and Zika", Pongmanawut says. This has really inspired her and her students to go ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   OTHER   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   COMPETITIONS   Field Campaigns: WATERSHEDS   SEASONS AND BIOMES   EL NIÑO   SMAP   SURFACE TEMPERATURE   GLOBE Science Topics: CLIMATE CHANGE   BACKYARD SCIENCE   MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   GLOBE Working Groups: EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP   SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROSPHERE   PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   BIOSPHERE   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   HYDROLOGY   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   SOIL   News Topics: VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   SCRC RESEARCH   COMPETITIONS   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   Student Research Reports: INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT   Teacher's Guide: INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  

It is the middle of winter here in Maryland, and it is cold!  We had a lot of snow last week, and are expecting more precipitation later this week.  Even though I know we have no active mosquitoes outside, I am still using the GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper.  If you are also living somewhere where mosquitoes aren't currently active, we hope you will consider collecting data as well, so you will be prepared when active mosquito season arrives.   Wondering what kind of data you can collect when there are no active mosquitoes?  Great ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   Field Campaigns: WATERSHEDS   SEASONS AND BIOMES   EL NIÑO   SMAP   SURFACE TEMPERATURE   GPM   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   GENERAL SCIENCE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   HYDROSPHERE   PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   BIOSPHERE   Learning Activities: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   HYDROLOGY   SOIL   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   Student Research Reports: U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT   Teacher's Guide: INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS