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## GLOBE: A Hands-On, Inquiry-Based Environmental Science and Education Program

## GLOBE Initiative

- The GLOBE initiative was announced on Earth Day 1994
- The first GLOBE training workshops were conducted in 1995
- Over 15,000 schools worldwide are involved
- All US schools were invited to participate
- Over 10,000 US schools have registered
- All nations were invited to participate
- Over 100 countries have become GLOBE partners
- The United Nations issued a resolution in 1994 which
- Endorsed GLOBE and encouraged nations to participate
- UN agencies were requested to support GLOBE implementation

## GLOBE is a hands-on environmental science and education program involving students in primary  and secondary schools throughout the world.

## GLOBE Program Goals

**Improve** students’ **achievement** in science, use computer and network technology, and help teachers **meet local education standards**
**Expand **the** pipeline** of potential future scientists and researchers for industry, academia and government
**Increase** student **awareness** of the global environment from a scientific viewpoint, without advocacy relative to issues
**Improve** student **understanding** of science by involving them in performing real science – taking measurements, analyzing data, and participating in collaborative research with scientists.

## GLOBE is a world-wide partnership involving:
Science and education
Scientists and teachers/students
Teachers and students
Schools and communities
Schools and schools
International partners and US Partners

- GLOBE is a world-wide partnership involving:
- Science and education
- Scientists and teachers/students
- Teachers and students
- Schools and communities
- Schools and schools
- International partners and US Partners

## GLOBE Students Learn Science                         While Helping Scientists

- GLOBE students learn authentic science by collecting accurate data and using the data in their investigations.
- GLOBE student collected data, in the areas of atmosphere, hydrology, soil and land cover, are used to help scientists generate new knowledge about the Earth.

## GLOBE Protocols

- GLOBE protocols were chosen using the following criteria:
- The data have research significance
- The procedures can be done by primary and secondary school students
- The equipment needed is inexpensive enough for schools to purchase

## GLOBE Scientific Instruments

- Approximate cost for basic instrument kits:
- $450 for **Primary** schools
- $600 for **Secondary** schools

**GLOBE Scientific Instruments**

## Basic Protocols

- Cloud
- Temperature
- Precipitation

- Transparency
- Temperature
- pH
- Conductivity
- Salinity

- Field Characterization
- Bulk Density
- pH
- Temperature
- Gravimetric Moisture

- MUC
- Qualitative Land Cover Sampling
- Quantitative Land Cover Sampling
- Manual Mapping

## Area Specific Basic Protocols

- Salinity
- Conductivity

- Quantitative Land Cover
-   Sampling  (Forest, Woodland,
-   Grassland)

## Advanced Protocols

- Dissolved Oxygen
- Alkalinity
- Nitrate

- Soil Fertility
- Particle Size Distribution

- Unsupervised Clustering
- Accuracy Assessment

- Aerosols
- Barometric Pressure
- Relative Humidity
- Surface Ozone

## Optional Protocols

- Salinity

- Soil Moisture Sensors
- Infiltration

## Special Protocols

- Budburst
- Snow Pack Water Equivalent

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## Inquiry and Science Processes

- Inquiry Process and Science Process

- Ask Question Hypothesis Methodology Data Collection Data Reporting Analysis Conclusions Report Results and Peer Review

- K-12 Teachers and Students

- Research Scientists

**Learning Science**

**Generation  of Knowledge**

## GLOBE Data Process and Flow in Schools

- Data Collection

- Data Recording

- Data      Entry

- Data         Use

-   Protocols              Data Book              Computer &		Student 					        Web                     Inquiry

## GLOBE provides:
Training in inquiry for teacher trainers
Educational materials that support inquiry
Measurement protocols for students to use
Access to data that students are ready to use and understand
Visualizations of student data as maps and graphs
Access to reference images of data from other sources
Web-based tools for communication, collaboration, & publishing
Support for computer-based analysis tools (spreadsheets, GIS)
Satellite images of the area around each school
Access to scientists for answers and encouragement

- GLOBE provides:
**Training** in inquiry for teacher trainers
**Educational materials** that support inquiry
**Measurement protocols** for students to use
- Access to **data that students are ready to use** and understand
- Visualizations of student data as **maps and graphs**
- Access to **reference images** of data from other sources
- Web-based **tools for communication, collaboration, & publishing**
- Support for computer-based **analysis tools** (spreadsheets, GIS)
**Satellite images** of the area around each school
**Access to scientists** for answers and encouragement

## GLOBE Teacher Perception of the Impact of GLOBE on Student Learning

**GLOBE Teacher Perception of the Impact of GLOBE on Student Learning**

- The biggest perceived impact of GLOBE on student learning is in the following areas:
- Observational skills (69%)
- Measurement skills (68%)
- Technology skills (60%)
- Understand data (50%)
- Work in small groups (50%)
- Critical thinking (36%)
- Map skills (30%)

- From GLOBE Year 2 Evaluation

## Comparison of GLOBE Students and 

**Non-GLOBE Students**

- From: GLOBE Year 2 Evaluation available on-line at: www.globe.gov

| Topic | GLOBE Students | Non-GLOBE Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Knowledge of measurement procedures | 53% | 36% |
| Sampling and measurement principles | 56% | 51% |
| Interpreting data and applying concepts | 48% | 42% |
| Interest in pursuing a career in science | 34% | 25% |

## Variation Over Large Scale Geographic Areas

**Notes:**
Two types of GLOBE visualizations : Maps and Graphs 
All visualizations are created in real time directly from the database
All data is also available for download for local analysis

Map visualizations - a spatial view - how values change as a function of location.

Students make observations - identify patterns 

Students can see there own data and how it contributes to the overall picture

This example is mean temp
	why are temps different in different places?
	what might contribute?

## Variation Over Regions/Watersheds

**Notes:**
In this example, we can see a number of GLOBE schools making pH measurements located along the Rhine River in Switzerland.  

Are the values they are getting the same or different?

What might cause these differences?

## Change Over Time, Comparison

- Guillen Middle School, El Paso, Texas, USA
- 31.7546 N, 106.4734 W, 0 m

- Escuela Rural de Niebla, Valdivia, Chile
- 33.9500 S, 71.6000 W, 16 m

**Notes:**
Graphs - temporal view, how do values change as a function of time and in relation to other variables

Plot up to 6 variables for one school, or one variable for 6 schools

## Relationships Between Variables

**Notes:**
This data clearly shows the inverse relationship between water temperature and dissolved oxygen

## Special Visualizations: Soil Characteristics

**Notes:**
Special visualizations of other data, like this visual presentation of a soil characterization site

## Advanced Analysis Options

**Notes:**
All GLOBE data is available for download for students to use in their own research

This example shows May daily  maximum temperature data for a GLOBE school in southern California from 1995-1999.  Excel was used to determine various statistics and create a graph

You can use any graphing, analysis, or statistics package you want

Opportunity to partner math and science classes.  Use GLOBE data to teach statistics.  Data collected by students is more meaningful to them than canned exercises from a book.  

## Remote Sensing: Landsat Image Analysis

**Notes:**
In support of the GLOBE lnadcover investigations, we provide landsat thematic mapper images to each schol of their surrounding area and the Multispec remote sensing image analysis software.

Learn how remote sensing imgaes are created and how they are used

Learn how different landcover types in their local area reflect energy differently in each of the landsat channels

Provide valuable ground truth data for researchers

## GLOBE and GIS

**Notes:**
GLOBE data can also be downloaded in to GIS packages for analysis and integration with other data sets/layers

GLOBE has partnerships with ESRI and Intergraph to provide software free of charge to all GLOBE schools, including examples of how to download and use GLOBE data in GIS

## GLOBE Around the World

**GLOBE Around the World**

## GLOBE US Partners

- Last update: January, 2006

## US Partner Roles

- Recruiting teachers
- Training teachers
- Providing follow-up and support to schools

## Services Provided by GLOBE

**Services Provided by GLOBE**

- Assistance with press releases, press contacts, etc.
- Materials
- Teacher’s Kits for each participant
- LandSat image for each school
- GLOBE Offline (newsletter)
- Brochures
- Bookmarks
- Posters
- Cloud charts
- Stickers
- Videos (continuous loop, briefing, remote sensing, protocols)
- Briefing folders (limit of 10)
- Mailing labels for GLOBE schools in specific areas
- Endorsement letters for grant proposals

## If you are interested in becoming a GLOBE Partner as part of a state-wide collaboration, contact:

- 	Dr. Teresa Kennedy
-            The GLOBE Program
- 	P.O. Box 3000
- 	Boulder, CO 80307
- 	Phone:  1-800-858-9947
- 	E-mail: help@globe.gov

## How to Become a GLOBE Teacher

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**How to Become a GLOBE Teacher**

- Attend a **free** GLOBE teacher training workshop
- Find a workshop by going to the GLOBE Web site at  _[www.globe.gov](http://www.globe.gov/)__ and click on Teacher Workshops_
- Follow the prompts to register for a GLOBE workshop
- All trained teachers are GLOBE certified