News - NASA Langley Research Center

The 2015 Summary of the U.S. Partner and Country Coordinators Annual Survey is now online. The GLOBE Implementation Office would like to thank everyone who provided feedback.  >>

September 2016 GLOBE News Brief  >>

On Friday, September 30, 2016 over 100 home schooled students and their families attended Homeschool Day at Virginia Living Museum in Newport News, VA. Tina Rogerson and teacher intern Gay Reilly, from the Langley Science Directorate, attended and shared science resources with the homeschool families. In the TEMPO ozone garden, students had the opportunity to pick two type of bioindicator snap beans, one sensitive and one tolerant. Students measured the length, the mass and recorded their data. The students had a chance to develop their science observation and measuring skills. Also outside, students and parents practiced cloud observations and learned how to join other citizen scientists in collecting cloud data for NASA through the new GLOBE Observer App. Interested parents received information on how to become GLOBE Certified through GLOBE eTraining. Parents of elementary age students received copies of the Elementary GLOBE book, What’s Up in the Atmosphere? Exploring Colors in the Sky. Staff helped families practice making observations of sky color and they learned about how the presence of aerosols can impact sky color.  >>

Letter to the Community  >>

Phase II - 2016-2017 of the GLOBE El Niño Field Campaign has begun – with a new name: GLOBE ENSO Student Research Campaign.  >>

The Lake Victoria Learning Expedition brought together students, teachers and scientists in vital research on the largest lake in Africa.  >>

Tip of the Week: The GLOBE Data Entry App is available to the GLOBE community – and it’s all about making data entry easy! If you have an existing GLOBE account, the Data Entry App allows you to enter protocol data directly from your iOS or Android device.  >>

The High School Aerospace Scholars application is now open. High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) is a NASA unique opportunity for juniors who are interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) at no cost to participants.  >>

The NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative (EPDC) is presenting a series of webinars open to all educators. All pre-service, K-12, and informal educators, as well as university faculty, are invited to join NASA education specialists to learn about NASA missions, activities, lesson plans, educator guides, and online resources that integrate NASA and STEM into the classroom. In October, EPDC will be presenting two GLOBE-focused webinars.  >>

The comment period for the scoring rubrics for the 2017 GLOBE International Virtual Science Sympoium is now closed. The rubrics will be posted this month.  >>