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Since 1990, NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program has enabled more than 600 teachers to gain first-hand experience of science and life at sea by taking part in research expeditions on ships. Teachers, read more about this opportunity.  >>

A new Training Video is now available for the GLOBE Community. This video will instruct you on how to set up all the features in your website account to enhance collaboration with others users and have your work correctly update the GLOBE metrics to help NASA and the GPO better support The GLOBE Program.  >>

Students of the Bueng Khong Long Wittaya School, in northeast Thailand, were concerned about the water quality of the local Bueng Khong Long wetland because of the extensive use of chemical fertilizers on rice farms and rubber plantations in the area. They decided to do a research project to examine the issue.  >>

See all the news in one place. Read the MId-October 2013 GLOBE News Brief!  >>

GLOBE is part of Sound to Sea, the only residential environmental education program on the NC Outer Banks, offering school groups a habitat-based program which includes multi-disciplinary hands-on activities, a Challenge Course and special evening programs. Last year, 110 school groups (over 6000 students-grades 2-12, teachers and chaperons) explored this NC barrier island and its five habitats in Sound to Sea programs at Trinity Center on Bogue Banks. The Sound of the Sea (SOS) staff was introduced to GLOBE using the Earth As a System Activity and trained in GLOBE hydrology protocols. Protocols include water transparency, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, ph, macro invertebrates, and salinity for their work with middle grade students and as a GLOBE site. SOS staff participated in GLOBE learning activities including the water walk, model a catchment basin, the Carbon Cycle Adventure Story and the Carbon Travels Game. SOS staff also navigated the GLOBE website and learned how to use the GLOBE visualization tools to view 10 years of SOS data collected.  >>

Preparations are underway in eight GLOBE countries in Europe to launch a three-year EU-funded project designed to disseminate information about best practices in teaching science and engaging young people in science studies.  >>

See all the news in one place. Read the October 2013 GLOBE News Brief!  >>

GLOBE teacher Tatjana Holjević is rightfully proud of her three students from the Medical High School in Rijeka, Croatia, who took third place in the 2013 GLOBE Student Research Exhibition. The students presented their project "Water Quality and Revitalization Potential of the Mrtvi Kanal Channel" at the GLOBE Annual Meeting.  >>

GLOBE students across the Europe and Eurasia Region have been focused on atmosphere since the Aerosols Campaign started in mid-September. The aim of the campaign is to raise the awareness about aerosols, their occurrence, origin and impacts.  >>

Since 1990, NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program has enabled over 600 teachers to gain first-hand experience of science and life at sea by working on research ships. Teachers have enriched their classroom curricula with a depth of understanding made possible by living and working side-by-side, day and night, with those who contribute to the world's body of scientific knowledge.  >>