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The semi-annual systems shutdown for GLOBE Data Center maintenance is scheduled for Saturday, 20 April 2013. This will involve temporarily shutting down the GLOBE website as well as the training site.  >>

The GLOBE Surface Temperature Train-the-Trainer workshop will be held on Friday, April 12, 2013 at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA. Trainers, Partners, and Teachers certified in Surf Temp are invited to attend a FREE Surface Temperature training by Master Trainer & Lead Scientist for this protocol, Dr. Kevin Czajkowski. Training will run from 9am - 2pm. Please be prepared to submit information for a visitor security badge, and plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early to pick up badge. Participants should bring a laptop. Participants should bring cash for lunch, or pack a lunch. Dr. Czajkowski leads a Surface Temperature field campaign every December to investigate issues related to how surface temperature changes with cloud cover, how land cover affects surface temperature, and how surface temperature observations can help interpret satellite imagery. Surface temperature is an important measurement related to Earth's radiation budget. Learn more at: http://satellitesk12.org/ Register at: http://www.globe.gov/news-events/globe-events/workshops  >>

On April 12 and 13 educators from across Virginia and North Carolina participated in GLOBE Surface Temperature workshops. Twenty-four educators participated in workshops with GLOBE Master Trainer Dr. Kevin Czajkowski, from the University of Toledo. The workshops were organized by the GLOBE Partnership at NASA Langley Research Center and sponsored by CALIPSO. Teachers and Trainers received hands-on training in using Infrared Thermometers to identify surface temperature. Participants collected and compared surface temperature readings from various surfaces, such as asphalt, grass, gravel, and water. The workshops challenged participants to identify a scientific question that their students could investigate using the GLOBE Surface Temperature protocol.  >>

The GLOBE Program Office (GPO) has extended the deadline for submissions for the GLOBE Virtual Student Conference to coincide with Earth Day and GLOBE's birthday. Submit your entry today and you might win a GLOBE prize … it's that easy.  >>

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Scientist Skills: Presenting Your Results -- For GLOBE community members who are new to conducting scientific research, this webinar will focus on presenting your results and will address types of scientific presentations and tips on how to create and give a scientific presentation, from a scientist's perspective.  >>

The GLOBE Program Office (GPO) announces the appointment of long-time partner, scientist and teacher, Jennifer Bourgeault, as GLOBE Country Coordinator for the United States of America.  >>

This month the Community Spotlight is on John McLaughlin, Education Program Manager at the NOAA Office of Education in Washington D.C. McLaughlin is a long-time friend of GLOBE Program Office (GPO) staff and GLOBE partners around the world.  >>

On Monday, March 11 a teacher from Williamsburg Montessori School visited with scientists at NASA Langley Research Center to learn how her class can research ozone. The teacher received training in GLOBE's Surface Ozone, Clouds, Relative Humidity, and Air Temperature Protocols. The school is borrowing instrumentation through the GLOBE Equipment Check-out Program, established by the CALIPSO mission. GLOBE Master Trainers, Margaret Pippin and Jessica Taylor provided hands-on training to the teacher. Her class will begin collecting ozone measurements in mid-April.  >>

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