09/30/2011 12 MDT - Earth Science Week is coming right up. Since October 1998, the American Geological Institute (AGI) has organized Earth Science Week a national and international event to help the public gain a better understanding and appreciation for the Earth Sciences and to encourage stewardship of the Earth. This year's theme, Our Ever-Changing Earth, introduces a wide range of exciting activities, programs, and resources designed to engage young people and the public in learning about the natural processes that shape our planet. New this year, are resources for Earth Science education available in Spanish, as well as English. See the Spanish language pages for more than thirty Earth Science resources.

9/30/2011 18:00 MDT - It’s time for another Intensive Observing Period of land cover! Scientists need your help collecting land cover data during the month of October. Participation is simple – conduct the GLOBE Land Cover Sample Site Protocol including MUC code and photographs of the site and enter your data into the GLOBE database. That's it! Collect and enter data anytime during 1 - 31 October. For more information, including the Teacher’s Participation Guide, visit the Climate and Land Cover Project webpage. Please become an active part of this important educational and scientific research effort.

09/20/2011 11:00 MDT -  Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision is a fun science competition that encourages students of all grade levels to imagine what technology might be like in the future. Teachers, have your students choose a technology that is relevant today; have them examine how it works and how, when and why it was invented. Then have them imagine the technology 20 years from now. By developing a project, students can explore the current state of technology and then conceptualize and research how it might work in the future. They can win substantial prizes, too. Open to students of the United States, U.S. Territories and Canada.

09/16/2011 11:00 MDT - Over the next several days GLOBE students, teachers & scientist from around the world will be converging on the town of Arusha, Tanzania to prepare for the GLOBE Student Research Xpedition to the Summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The trek will begin on Thursday 22 September. The team at Base Camp will be communicating with the Xpedition team on the mountain and updating the Xpedition Journal each day by approximately 14:00 GMT. If you would like to receive the daily update sent directly to your e-mail inbox, send your email address to info@xpeditiononline.com