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GLOBE Teachers: Hands-on Learning with Teaching Boxes – Science Content Made Easy!  >>

The rubric that will be used for project review at the 2017 U.S. Regional Student Research Symposia (SRS) is now available online. The rubric is based on the GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium scoring rubric, with modifications for the poster/presentation style of the SRS.  >>

Read the latest STEM Education Coalition Newsletter!  >>

The 5th Student Research Exhibition will take place during the poster session of the 21st GLOBE Annual Meeting in New Haven Connecticut, USA. The deadline for the submission of student abstracts for the exhibition has been extended to 01 June.  >>

GLOBE Teachers: Register now for the 24 May GLOBE MISSION EARTH webinar: “Observing the Solar Eclipse on August 21.” The webinar will be held at 8:00 p.m. EDT.  >>

Tip of the Week: Want to upload photos or videos to the GLOBE Website? Watch this demonstration video and learn how to upload today!  >>

Mr. Jeff Bouwman and his Shumate Middle School students in Gibralter, Michigan, USA, are NASA GLOBE ENSO Student Research Campaign superstars. Read the latest GLOBE ENSO Student Research Campaign blog written by Brian Campbell, NASA Senior Earth Science Education Specialist – and check out their two inspiring videos showing what these amazing students have been doing with their data!  >>

Tip of the Week: GLOBE eTraining provides the opportunity for new and existing GLOBE users to complete science protocol training at anytime, anywhere. GLOBE eTraining consists of multiple downloadable training modules – and there are now 46 modules available – interactive digital field and lab experiences, online assessments for each module, and access to support through online discussion forums.  >>

GLOBE teachers – there’s no doubt that you’re already well aware of the coming eclipse (21 August), but did you know that there are GLOBE science investigations that you can use with your students to enhance this amazing experience? Check them out here!  >>

Congratulations to the GLOBE Observer Team! Their hard work to develop and successfully launch the GLOBE Observer App has been noticed by NASA! The team is being recognized for a GROUP NASA Honor Award – for “sustained excellence in delivering critical SMD mission educational content to students and expanding it to citizen scientists.” The award will be presented to the team at the NASA Honor Ceremony at the Langley Research Center in Virginia, USA, this fall.  >>