Events - North America

Teachers, students, U.S. partners, scientists, and alumni from the Northwest region (AK, ID, MT, NE, ND, OR, SD, WA, WY) are invited to gather and discuss GLOBE student research projects at the fifth annual Northwest Student Research Symposium (SRS). This event will include presentations of student research, professional development for teachers, and networking and collaboration opportunities for all participants.  >>

NARM  >>

GLOBE Mission EARTH Announces its 2019-2020 Webinar Series for the GLOBE Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE) - Surface Temperature Field Campaign! GLOBE Mission EARTH will host four webinars FREE and OPEN to the public! Join us on Tuesday evenings on the dates listed below, from 8pm-9pm ET. Webinar 1: Tuesday September 24th, 2019 from 8pm-9pm ET Webinar 2: Tuesday November 12, 2019 from 8pm-9pm ET Webinar 3: Tuesday February 21, 2020 from 8pm-9pm ET Webinar 4: Tuesday April 21, 2020 from 8pm-9pm ET Register at https://tinyurl.com/2019GMEWebinar  >>

This is an intensive five-day GLOBE Partnership Train-the-Trainer with a focus on implementing GLOBE within highly diverse communities or within schools and informal learning programs that serve traditionally under-served and underrepresented populations in the STEM disciplines, including women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. The workshop is funded by an NSF grant with travel, accommodation and meals covered for 15 participants. If you need help identifying child care resources, please contact the hotel directly. New GLOBE partners (those who have joined in the last 3 years and have not received a full five-day training) can register two participants. Other GLOBE partners can register one participant. This Bootcamp is for United States Partners. There will be time during the workshop for networking and discussing possible collaborations. Once the selection committee has selected the participants, participants will be sent the travel information worksheet to complete and return. Application Deadline September 15th, 2017 Selection by October 2nd, 2017. Workshop begins November 6th and ends on November 10th at noon.    >>

Registration is now open for the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) and the North American Regional Meeting (NARM). The events will take place 28-30 March at the Hyatt Place Nashville Downtown in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Please register by 15 February!  >>

The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Science Fair will be held on 10-11 March at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.Teachers, students, US Partnerships, scientists, and alumni from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic geographic area (DE, DC, CT, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, VA, WV) are invited to gather and discuss GLOBE student research projects at the first annual US regional conference.  >>

GLOBE is hosting a new data entry challenge from 11-17 October 2015! Data collection is at the heart of The GLOBE Program – and it takes a world to contribute the scientific and environmental measurements that help GLOBE fulfill its vision of a worldwide community of students, teachers, scientists, and citizens working together to better understand, sustain, and improve Earth's environment at local, regional, and global scales. GIO is calling on you to dig in even deeper and continue to make your data count! With your help, it all adds up!  >>

To support the SMAP satellite mission, NASA has initiated a 7-month-long Soil Moisture Measurement Campaign and invites GLOBE schools to participate. The SMAP Campaign begins 1 October 2015 and will be ongoing through 30 April 2016.  >>

Since 2008, an international team of GLOBE scientists, teachers and students have been trekking to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to evaluate the evolving ecosystem of the largest freestanding mountain in the world. The 2015 Mt. Kilimanjaro Xpedition begins on 24 September.  >>

The 19th GLOBE Annual Partner Meeting will be held in Los Angeles, California, USA. Partners, scientists, sponsors and student researchers, reserve the dates: 20-24 July 2015.  >>