# Presentation: 687658

## From Nigeria to Costa Rica: Partnerships for ProgressGLOBEN. American MeetingMarch 26, 2008Tina J. Cartwright, Marshall UniversityTodd Ensign, NASA IV&V Educator Resource CenterDeb Hemler, Fairmont State University

## Five Years, 500+ Certified Teachers, 5 Countries

**Formed WV-GLOBE partnership at The EdVenture Group (501c3)**
**First GLOBE Train the Trainer in WV**
**1****st**** Summer Teacher Institute,  Preston County (ITQ grant)**
**2****nd**** Summer Institute, Buckhannon (ITQ grant)**
**GLOBE Partnership moves to the NASA IV&V Educator Resource Center**
**3****rd**** Summer Teacher Institute, WLSC SMART Center**
**Integrated Design for Geoscience Education-Upward Bound funded (NSF GeoEd grant)**
**Presentations at GLOBE Conference, Puket, Thailand**
**WV-GLOBE Trainers invited to Ondo State Nigeria**
**Communities Educating Tomorrows Scientists funded (NSF  AYS grant)**
**WV-GLOBE Trainers invited to Osun State, Nigeria**
**4****th**** Summer Teacher Institute, Greenbank National Radio Astronomy Observatory**
**WV-GLOBE Trainers invited to Ondo State, Nigeria **
**SATELLITES Teacher Institute, West Virginia University (NASA grant)**
**GLOBE Learning Expedition, Cape Town, South Africa**
**April Teacher Workshop in Costa Rica (IDGE)**
**August Student Field trip to Costa Rica (IDGE)**
**Developing Partnership with WV Department of Education**

**2002**
**2003**
**2004**
**2005**
**2006**
**2007**
**2008**
**The Future. . .**

## Capitalizing on International Partnerships

## Technology Transfer

## Equipping Nigerian Schools

## Thirty Schools GLOBE Ready

## Utilizing Local Resources

## Cultural Transfer

## West Virginia Connections

**Leveraging NSF funds to partner with WV Upward Bound students**
**Informal Learning Enrichment**
**Expanding student interest in science**
**Environmental Inquiry**

- Integrated Design for Geoscience Education  **http://wvscience.org**

## Partnership between GLOBE and Upward Bound

**Encourage underprivileged students to ****investigate science**** and scientific careers**
**Utilize an ****integrated method**** crossing the traditional boundaries of science, technology, and mathematics **

## Students Prepared for Success

**In High School and college ****laboratory science**** courses **
**Through ****relevant experience**** in the process of student-driven scientific inquiry **

## Student Inquiry Projects

**Student Inquiry Projects**

- Integrated Design for Geoscience Education  **http://wvscience.org**

## International Educational Expedition to Costa Rica

**Foster collaborative partnerships with Costa Rican students and educators**
**Teacher Workshop in April 2008**
**Student Expedition in August 2008**
**Facilitate improved appreciation for geoscience**

- Integrated Design for Geoscience Education  **http://wvscience.org**

## West Virginia Elementary Science Learning

**West Virginia Elementary Science Learning**

- COMmunities Educating Tomorrow’s Scientists (COMETS)  **http://wvscience.org**

**Leveraging NSF funds to partner with local community centers**
**After-school science learning**
**Informal Learning Enrichment**

## COMETS’ Project Goals

**Expand student interest in science**
**Excite, inspire, support academic achievements**
**Extend regular school time learning experiences**
**Incorporate after-school and summer programs **

## Pre-Service Educators

**Pre-Service Educators**

**Serve as true facilitators for COMETS**
**Receive training to lead/assist informal educators with COMETS**
**Receive academic credit/clinical hours in baccalaureate programs**
**Practice teaching science inquiry through GLOBE**

- COMmunities Educating Tomorrow’s Scientists (COMETS)  **http://wvscience.org**

## Teaching Strategy

***Learning science AS inquiry***
**Based on methods used by AMNH-NASA Afterschool Program**
**the GLOBE Program**
**Co-Inquiry method**
**Science Talks**
**Students developing scientific habits of mind **

## the Bottom Line..

**More attention should be paid **
**toward developing ****student interest**** in science and **
**building a better ****connection ****of scientific careers to their life.**

## Contact Information

_**[tina.cartwright@marshall.edu](mailto:tina.cartwright@marshall.edu)**_
_**[todd.ensign@ivv.nasa.gov](mailto:todd.ensign@ivv.nasa.gov)**_
_**[dhemler@fairmonstate.edu](mailto:dhemler@fairmonstate.edu)**_** **
_**[rick.landenberger@mail.wvu.edu](mailto:rick.landenberger@mail.wvu.edu)**_** **
_**[http://wvscience.org](http://wvscience.org/)**_
**Thank you to the National Science Foundation**

## SATELLITES TEACHER INSTITUTE

**July 28-Aug. 1, Morgantown, WV**

**Students And Teachers Exploring Local Landscapes to Interpret The Earth from Space**