News - NASA Langley Research Center

The 2012 Virginia Association of Science Teacher's (VAST) conference hosted three sessions focused on GLOBE. NASA Langley Research Center presented these sessions in the hopes of inspiring teachers to join the GLOBE program. Jessica Taylor, a GLOBE Trainer since 2004, showcased GLOBE resources focused on Elementary GLOBE, the Student Climate Research Campaign, and Temperature Investigation. In total, approximately 80 teachers attended at least one GLOBE session during the annual VAST conference. To access materials from the sessions, visit: http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/GLOBE/training-2.php .  >>

The GLOBE Program Office (GPO) is seeking community participation, input and feedback as it builds a robust online GLOBE training (e-Training) platform. It is planned that this will be a model for more e-Training in the future.  >>

For almost two decades, Dana Votápková, of Prague, Czech Republic, significantly contributes to the implementation of GLOBE in the Czech Republic.  >>

Now that Facebook is a publicly traded company, it requires GLOBE (and all other non-profits, companies, etc.) to pay to promote status updates. While the "pay-to-play" model goes against the very fabric of what Facebook was founded on, the new reality means that people––like you––who have already "liked" our Facebook page, may no longer see our posts unless GLOBE pays Facebook to promote each post.  >>

The GLOBE Program Office (GPO) is hosting a series of webinars to help facilitate your participation in Phase Two of the Student Climate Research Campaign (SCRC). The next one is: Using Long-term Data to Study Climate Tuesday, 23 October - 17:00 UTC  >>

The data transfer processes for protocols as well as website performance tuning work continues to move forward as planned. It is important to note that during this process, the measurement metric (located on the front page of the website) and data entry metrics presented on site pages may vary in the upcoming months.  >>

Each October, NASA joins forces with the American Geological Institute and their partners for Earth Science Week (ESW). It's a chance to give people of all ages the opportunity to explore the natural world and learn about the geosciences. NASA Langley researchers and staff celebrated this year's ESW, from October 14 to 20, in the local community through a storybook event. They visited about 50 Kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms in Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson and York County this week to read stories about the Earth and talk to the children about how NASA studies our home planet. Volunteers gave a copy of the book to each teacher along with a folder of NASA Langley Science Directorate education resources and ESW packets. Read more about this event: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/ScienceStorybook.html View more photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/larc-science/sets/72157632022342653  >>

Following her presentation "GLOBE on a Budget" at the 41st Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) in Oakland, California, GLOBE Program Office Scientist Jessica Mackaro engages with students at nearby Oakland High School  >>

The month of October is an Intensive Observing Period (IOP) for the Climate and Land Cover (CLC) Project. The GLOBE Program Office has created a photo upload link in the data entry pages for community members who are participating. These links will store your photos, which will be available on the new GLOBE visualization system in the future.  >>

The phenology and climate project is a new research effort between GLOBE schools and climate scientists to improve our understanding of how climate affects the cycles of plants. It is the newest project in the Student Climate Research Campaign (SCRC) and it is a lot of fun for teachers to do with their students.  >>