News - United States of America

The Community Support Team (CST) will close for service Thursday, 25 December as well as Thursday, 1st of January in recognition of the holidays.  >>

Dr. Kevin Czajkowski summarizes findings from the first week of the GLOBE Surface Temperature Field Campaign, which runs until the end of December.  >>

Dr. Dixon Butler, former GLOBE Director, will be receiving The Cleveland Abbe Award for Distinguished Service to Atmospheric Sciences at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Phoenix, Arizona.  >>

Sample tasks demonstrate ways middle and high school teachers can combine content from Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Common Core State Standards.  >>

Dr. Barrett Rock has been selected as the first recipient of the Youth Environmental Science Medal by the Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists (YLACES) Foundation.  >>

The GLOBE Program will host the annual surface temperature field campaign from December 1 to December 31, 2014.  >>

UCAR is requesting proposals for the operation of the GLOBE Region Coordination Office (RCO) for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) Region.  >>

Through recognition and financial reward programs, Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists assists and rewards the implementation of inquiry-based, experiential science education where students do science and contribute to understanding of our environment. Grants range from support for taking simple measurements to teacher professional development and working for pervasive inclusion of student research projects in science teaching.  >>

NOAA's Office of Education has announced awards to five institutions as part of the Environmental Literacy Grants competition for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators. These five awards support two collaborative projects: Advancing Climate Literacy through Investment in In-service and Pre-service Science Educators (ACLIPSE) and Carbon Networks: Using Local and Regional Datasets, Visualizations and Narratives to Build Educator Capacity about Ocean Acidification and Global Change.  >>

GLOBE invites applications for the new Distinguished Educator Fellowship. Use your expertise to develop new educational resources that can benefit the whole community.  >>