June 2020 U.S. Summary - Jennifer Bourgeault

The U.S. GLOBE Office took some time to think, gather ideas, listen and learn. Moving forward, we will be looking at some actions that we can take to better support our communities, and GLOBE colleagues, teachers and students.

Partner News

• The University of Toledo Partnership is conducting a joint PD with the SUNY Fredonia Partnership, Northern Michigan University Partnership and Defiance College in July. It is a mix of virtual and in-person training days.

 US Regional GLOBE Student Research Symposia (SRS)

• 18 students who participated in the virtual SRS were invited to participate in the GLOBE Annual Meeting.
• Elkhorn Slough Reserve featured the WATCH students’ SRS projects on their website: https://www.facebook.com/pg/elkhornsloughreserve/videos/?ref=page_internal.

Communication

via MailChimp (to U.S. Partners and Teachers)

• 17 June 2020 - U.S. GLOBE Friday Watercooler: My NASA Data

Via Weekly Watercooler (driven by COVID-19, for all U.S. Partners and Teachers)

• 5 June 2020 – GLOBE Annual Meeting Q&A with Katie Chapman from GIO​​​​​​​
• 19 June 2020 - My NASA Data: Elizabeth Joyner, NASA Langley, describes how to find, access, and visualize data with My NASA Data's Earth System Data Explorer.
• 26 June 2020 – U.S. Partner Pre-Meeting for the Annual Meeting Collaboration Session with Country Coordinators and Partners

via News Items

• 8 June 2020 Teacher Feature: A Q&A with GLOBE Teacher Elodie Bourbon
• 12 June 2020 Earth Team Interns as GLOBE Field Scientists
• 13 June 2020 Alder Creek Community Forest embeds GLOBE in “Story of Your Place” curriculum
• 14 June 2020 Using Grants to Fund GLOBE Teaching and Training in West Virginia
• 16 June 2020 Enabling Our Pacific Islander Teachers on the Island of Hawaii to Advance Sustainability Through Earth Science
• 19 June 2020 Teacher Feature: A Q&A with GLOBE Teacher Hannah VanScotter

Other

• I highly recommend watching the inspirational Dr. Raj Pandya’s keynote from the NASA Citizen Science Community Workshop Series hosted by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, a GLOBE Partner!Raj Pandya directs AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange.
• Created a GLOBE Playlist with all the videos that mention GLOBE in the STEM for ALL Multiplex.  https://multiplex.videohall.com/p/1841/2297

Ongoing and Links

• United States GLOBE Social Media and Reference:
  • US_GLOBE Tweets. (MailChimp Listserve is automatically posted here.)
  • U.S. GLOBE Program Educators https://www.facebook.com/groups/US.GLOBE.Educators
• YouTube:
  • YouTube SRS Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfpnkASII_NYizulT6T1oyEguQq3002S1.
  • GLOBE Mission EARTH YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxjON_EoZ9H-aWaN5b3qOA.
  • U.S. Teacher Watercooler Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfpnkASII_NbopB8w1iGPrtWkh_K3UDpK
• MailChimp Archives:
  • GLOBE New Hampshire listserve: http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=59b086dd93b33c82132b5c645&id=64d6be5193
  • GLOBE SRS Teacher Archive https://us15.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=5ebf221a509d67f480a54035f&id=8dd5636f4c
  • U.S. Partner & Teacher Joint Archive https://us15.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=5ebf221a509d67f480a54035f&id=ab45496ccd
• SRS Reference Pages