Community Activities

1. Sign in to the system using your username and password.
2. In the top-left corner of your browser, select the "Menu" icon.
3. Select "Manage."
4. In the drop-down menu, select "Users and Organizations."
5. In the secondary drop-down menu, select "Users and Organizations" and then click on the name of your school.
6. In the menu on the right side of the screen, select "Edit" to open another page with links to your school's information. You can update your school's information in the fields provided. 

If the school map shows your school in the wrong location, you can correct its latitude, longitude and elevation through the “GLOBE Info” menu.

Users are not listed on a school page until their account has been approved. If your request for an account is has not been approved for more than two weeks, email help@nasaglobe.org for assistance.

• In the United States:
  • Contact a U.S. GLOBE Partner
• Outside the United States: 
  • Contat the Country Coordinator for your country

Alternatively, any GLOBE Community Member around the world can email help@nasaglobe.org for help. Make sure to include the following information in the email:
 

• School name
• School Address
• City
• State
• Zip Code
• Any additional information you would like to include, like the school phone number, website or any other relevant information.

GLOBE materials can be used across the curriculum. Any classroom, including those for non-STEM subjects such as geography, social studies, language, art and culture, can participate in the GLOBE Program.

The program can help teachers understand and implement the inquiry process with their students. It also provides the opportunity for students to become researchers by working with their peers around the world.

Any GLOBE user or school can form or join a GLOBE team. A GLOBE Team is a group of students, teachers or citizen scientists working together to set up a competition, coordinate a community’s science efforts, support an educational or corporate initiative or simply encourage collaboration.

To see your team's page, in the top-left corner, select the "Menu" icon. Select "Go To" and then select "My Organizations." In the drop-down menu, select your team.

Teams can either be open or private. An open team allows any GLOBE Member to join while a  private team requires a referral code from the team manager in order to join.

Every team has a team page on the GLOBE website. To see your team’s page, go to GLOBE Teams and select “Join a Team.” You can search for your team’s name or scroll through the list. 

A team’s page includes a list of the team members, a summary of the measurements submitted by each member and links to the data collected. Your email address will not be shown on the team page, but it may be visible to the team manager.

Teams help people work together toward a common goal. They can collect data to support a student working on a science project, or facilitate the data collection by members of a community concerned about a particular issue like mosquito habitats or land cover change.
 
Informal Educators
Informal educators can use teams to track engagement or participation in their programs, or to manage a competition. Educators will be able to see how many people join the team, and how many use GLOBE Observer to make observations. Teams could be part of a corporate initiative or a volunteer program to foster environmental data collection focused on a community’s needs.
 
Schools
Schools can invite students and families to join a team by using a private referral code. Teachers can either create teams within the same school or create a team for more than one school to work together. They can also invite other GLOBE Members from outside their school to join their team.

Teachers can also use GLOBE Teams to group GLOBE Student accounts by classroom subject or class period. 

In the GLOBE Observer App:

1. Click on the gray bar or gear icon along the bottom of the app to open the settings page.
   • To join a private team:
     1. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​At the bottom of the page, under "GLOBE Team," select “Join a GLOBE Team.”
     2. Enter the team referral code and select “Join Team.” 
   • To join a public team:
     1. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​At the bottom of the page, under "GLOBE Team," select “Join a GLOBE Team.”
     2. A complete list of GLOBE teams will appear. Search for a name in the Team Name field, or narrow the team list to a particular country and type of team. To learn more about a team, click on the team name to see its page.
     3. Once you have found the team you want to join, click “join.” If the team is open, you will immediately join it. If it is private, you will be prompted to enter the referral code provided to you by the team manager before you are added to the team.

On the GLOBE website:

1. Sign in to the GLOBE website using your GLOBE Observer username and password.
2. Go to the GLOBE Teams page.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Join a GLOBE Team.” 
4. Search for a name by selecting “filter,” and then searching with the team name, or by country and type of team. 
5. Click on the team name to go to the team page. Click “Join Team” in the upper right corner of the screen.
6. If the team is open, you will immediately join the team. If it is private, you will be prompted to enter the referral code provided to you by the team manager before you are added to the team.

You may join as many teams as you like. All of the data you collect will be counted in the total for every team you are on. To see which teams you are on, click on “Go to” in the top white bar. You will see a list of My Organizations that includes the teams you have joined.

In the GLOBE Observer app:

1. Click on the gray bar or gear icon at the top of the app to open the settings page.
2. At the bottom of the page, under "GLOBE Team," select “Create a GLOBE Team.”
3. Enter a team name in English. If offensive terms are used, the team name will be rejected. 
4. Select your country and, if you choose, your city and ZIP code. This information will be public on the GLOBE Teams page.
5. You will receive an email confirming that you successfully created a team.  

On the GLOBE website:

1. Go to the GLOBE Teams page.
2. Click "Create a GLOBE Team."
3. Enter a team name in English. If offensive terms are used, the team name will be rejected. 
4. Select your country and, if you choose, your city and ZIP code. This information will be public on the GLOBE Teams page.
5. You will receive an email confirming that you successfully created a team. 

To invite people to join a private team, the team manager must provide the team’s referral code. To invite new team members:

1. Sign in to the GLOBE website.
2. At the top left of the site, select the "Menu" icon.
3. Select “Go to.”
4. Select "My Organizations."
5. In the secondary drop-down menu, select "My Organizations."
6. Select your team. The team’s referral code will be included below your team's name. You can send that code to anyone you wish to invite to your team.

To leave a GLOBE team:

1. Sign in to the GLOBE website.
2. At the top left of the site, select the "Menu" icon.
3. Select “Go to.”
4. Select "My Organizations."
5. In the secondary drop-down menu, select "My Organizations."
6. Select the team you want to leave, and then select “Leave Team” from the top right corner of the team page.

This tutorial video shows you how to help people sign up for your workshop: Workshop Help.

This tutorial video shows you how to set up a new workshop: How to Create Workshops.

This tutorial video will help you learn how to manage all aspects of a workshop: Workshop Management.

This tutorial video will show you how to find people you have trained: Workshop Search.

1. Log in to GLOBE.gov.
2. In the upper left-hand corner of the website, select "Manage."
3. Select "Workshop Administration."

Note: If you do not see a Workshop Administration tool pop-up, refer to the instructions for your internet broswer and operating system listed below.

Firefox
If you see a yellow bar across the top of your webpage with the message "Firefox prevented this site from opening a pop-up window," you will need to select the "Preferences" button in the upper-right of the yellow bar and then click "Allow pop-ups for www.globe.gov."

To open the tool,

1. Select the "Launch Admin Workshop"  
2. Select on the link for "New Workshop Administration Tool"

Chrome
Depending on your system one of the following options will apply:

There will be a message in the white URL area above your name that says "Pop-up blocked" that slides away until it's only an icon (it may be a white box with black borders and a red X in the right hand side of the box).

1. Select the box. 
2.  To launch the tool, next to the message "Always allow pop-ups from www.globe.gov," select "Workshop Administration"

If you see a blue button instead of a white box with black borders, select the "Workshop Administration" link on the left hand sidebar to get the New Workshop Administration Tool.

Safari (MAC)
If you see the Workshop Administration page:

1. Select the "Launch Admin Workshop" 
2. Then select the "New Workshop Administration Tool"

Internet Explorer (Windows)
If you see a message at the bottom of your page in a white box with black border and a yellow top that says "Internet Explorer blocked a pop-up from www.globe.gov":

1. Select the button that says "Options for this site"
2. Select "Always Allow"

If you clicked the X before following the instructions above, select the Launch Admin Workshop, select the "New Workshop Administration Tool."