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By Olawale Oluwafemi (Femi), (Nigerian Space Agency) and DeStaerke Danielle (CNES) The primary objective of every research project is not only about what you discover but also how do you communicate your discoveries to the interested audience. Delivering either a poster or oral presentation at a scientific meeting is not an easy task, but my passionate friend Danielle and I will present tips that will assist GLOBE Students and Teachers to deliver good scientific presentations.  Plate 1: Femi delivering poster presentation during GLOBE Annual Meeting at Estes Park, ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   EDUCATION RESEARCH   Event Topics: GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   COMPETITIONS   GLOBE Science Topics: MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   GLOBE Working Groups: SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   News Topics: VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   MEETINGS   Primary Audience: TRAINERS   TEACHERS   STUDENTS   SCIENTISTS  
By Dixon Matlock Butler, posted Aug 31, 2017 9:11:40 PM

From the start, the measurement of daily maximum and minimum air temperature within one hour of local solar noon has been a key GLOBE protocol. The low cost approach was to use a U-tube thermometer housed in a wooden instrument shelter facing away from the equator. The U-shaped tube contained mercury with pins on either side of the mercury. As the air temperature warmed the pin on one side would move while the other pin stayed in place; when the air cooled, the pin on the other side would be pushed up. The pins were held in place by magnetized strips behind the thermometer tube so that ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   TECHNOLOGY   GLOBE Science Topics: EARTH AS A SYSTEM   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   CLIMATE CHANGE   CLIMATE   GLOBE Working Groups: SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   Primary Audience: TEACHERS   TRAINERS   STUDENTS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS  

This time was my first visit to Trinidad and Tobago and to the LAC region. The visit was first of its kinds, knowing vividly that Africans and the People of Trinidad and Tobago have so many things in common in terms of Geography and Historical antecedent.  The motivation for my visit to Trinidad and Tobago started during the 17 th GLOBE Annual meeting at Maryland. Initially, it was just a brief discussion with Henry Saunders (Country Coordinator, GLOBE Trinidad and Tobago). However, after a year, I met Mr. Michael at GLOBE Expedition in New Delhi, India where we had in-depth ...

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Posted in: GLOBE Science Topics: MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   GLOBE Working Groups: SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   Primary Audience: TEACHERS   STUDENTS   SCIENTISTS   ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS