Activities

Activities

2023

The members of our US GLOBE Partner, Global STEM Education Center, Inc "Youth For Climate Change NOW" (YCAN) and Zonta International (Women's' Rights) had great activities to celebrate the Earth Day in 2023!



Our team from the Global STEM Education Center, Inc a proud NASA GLOBE US Partner in Massachusetts since 2014 (for almost 10 tears!) had the honor of representing GLOBE at NASA STEM Day at the Red Sox event in Boston on April 5

 

​​​​​​​​​​​​In 2023 we have continued working with nonprofit organizations recruited in the previous years. We have expanded our V-School and trained new V-School teachers. And we continue recruiting new GLOBE members!

We have continued working with Dorian W. Janney Senior NASA Earth Science Education and Communications Specialist, GLOBE Education Working Group, GLOBE Observer Lead for Lifelong Learners, on the LLL (Life Long Learning) program. Our Partnership will be working with local Senior Centers in Massachusetts (see below) - we are getting ready for a number of presentaions during the year at:

Shrewsbury Senior Center, Massachusetts

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Hopkinton Senior Center, Massachusetts

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Our newly trained teachers from our V-School will be helping the students from the "Youth Climate Action Now" Nonprofit Association for Youth

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We are collaborating with Dr. Mike Jabot and his GLOBE partnership from SUNY Fredonia on developing and implementing a number of professional development online workshops for teachers.

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We continue contributing to judging the IVSS 2023 (see below):​​
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We continue participating in the GISN monthly meetings

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We continue participating in the GLOBE Water coolers every week!​​​​​​​​​​​

We look forward to another exciting year devoted to the GLOBE!

2022

In 2022 year we have continued recruiting new schools & nonprofit organizations to join the GLOBE Program.

The BPA in Massachusetts (Business Professionals Students Association)


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"Youth Climate Action Now" Nonprofit Association for Youth


 

We have started to work with Dorian W. Janney Senior NASA Earth Science Education and Communications Specialist, GLOBE Education Working Group, GLOBE Observer Lead for Lifelong Learners, on the LLL (Life Long Learning) program. Our Partnership will be working with local Senior Centers in Massachusetts (see below):

Shrewsbury Senior Center, Massachusetts

Hopkinton Senior Center, Massachusetts


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We have also continued providing online support for teachers during COVID (urgent technical support with online teaching and learning). We were working on developing new PD for teachers on UNEP GEO-6, on science diplomacy for environmental education, on virtual “exchanges” (short terms and long terms collaboration). We will share all these professional development resources with the GLOBE team as soon as we can.

Professional development resources:

Intercultural Communication & Global Competency



Global Teamwork based on How NASA Build Teams 4D Systems


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How to organize a virtual exchange/virtual collaboration (based on our 14 years of experience @Global STEM Classroom program© )


 

Environmental Science Diplomacy for Education (based on the UN, UNEP, UNESCO, UNICEF)

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Global Environmental Outlook for Youth


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We have participated (and have presented a few times as well) in all US GLOBE "Water-coolers" (weekly virtual meetings).


 

We have participated and presented at the GLOBE Annual NARM (North America Region Meeting).


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​​​​​​​2021​​​​

The 2021 year was challenging for all students, families, and teachers due to COVID but we have supported each other and kept going strong. The Center devoted its efforts to providing support and maintaining relationships with our partnership schools. We continued recruiting new schools despite this difficult time, making new connections, and presenting virtually to school committees, superintendents, and school principals

Massachusetts Association of Schools Superintendent (GS21 Committee)


 

Massachusetts Association for Vocational Schools Administrators (“Connecting for Success”)


 

BPA Massachusetts Student Association


 

Larisa Schelkin from the US GLOBE Partner Global STEM Education Center, Inc nonprofit have coordinated and facilitated the presentation by NASA Langley Research Center Education Coordinator, Elizabeth Joyner,  who presented to 25 Superintendents from the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents’ Global Studies 21st Century Skills Committee (GS-21). It showcased the NASA Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program and related NASA resources. For more information, please visit: https://science.nasa.gov/learners/nuggets/massachusetts-school-superintendents


 

Dennis Yarmouth Regional High School, South Yarmouth Massachusetts


 

Instituto Neil Armstrong, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico, lead teacher Raziel Cázares


 

Finham Park Two, Coventry, United Kingdom, headteacher Russell Plester



 

We continued developing an online teacher professional development resource on team-work skills based on 4D Systems and “How NASA Build Teams,” intercultural communication, environmental science diplomacy, and online teaching and learning.


 

We hope to finalize this resource in 2023-2024 and share our experience with the GLOBE team. As part of our continued commitment to equitable high-quality education, diversity, and inclusion, we reached out to the vocational high schools and senior centers in Massachusetts, which are underrepresented in some national STEM initiatives. We increased our participation in the GLOBE virtual Water-coolers and participated in all GLOBE virtual meetings for the U.S. GLOBE Partners.

2020

The year of 2020 was a challenging year for all students, families, and teachers. Our US GLOBE Partnership has devoted its efforts to providing as much support as we can and to maintaining great relationships with all our schools. We have also continued recruiting new schools to the GLOBE despite difficult time, making new connections, and presenting virtually to the School Committees, Superintendents, and School Principals.​​​

Dennis Yarmouth Regional High School, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

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Nipmuc High School (www.mursd.org) a lead teacher Mr. James Gorman

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Blackstone Valley Vocational Career Technical High School, a lead teacher, Ms. Christine Cote


 

Instituto Neil Armstrong, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico, a lead teacher Mrs. Raziel Cázares


 

​​​​​​​Groevenbeek Christian Secondary School, Ermelo, The Netherlands, Ms. Katherine E. B. Carter

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, Superintendent, Mr. Aaron Polansky​​​​​​​


 

Angstemua K-12 School, Kharkiv, Ukraine, a lead teacher, Ms. Uliana


 

​​​​​​​Finham Park Two, Coventry, UK, Headteacher Mr. Russell Plester


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2019

In 2019 we welcomed new schools from Massachusetts joining NASA GLOBE and our US GLOBE Partnership. Welcome to:

One of the major events in 2019 was our US GLOBE Partner schools participation in GLOBE Student Research Symposium at Northeast-Mid Atlantic Region that was held at Boston University. The event was hosted by the Boston University Mission Earth Team: Peter Garik, Kathleen Johnson, Caleb Farny, Donald DeRosa, Evangeline Harris Stefanakis, and Bruce Anderson at Boston University, Boston Massachusetts. Seventy-nine students and 20 GLOBE teachers from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Virginia attended, with the students presenting a total of 38 GLOBE research projects in a poster presentation session. Student projects were reviewed both by their peers and by local scientists.

Our US GLOBE Partnership schools from Massachusetts were represented by (19 students, 5 teachers, 8 research projects)

 

Maynard High School, MA and their research project "How does the uptake of carbon by schoolyard vegetation compare to the emissions of carbon by the school?" Maynard High School, MA and their research project "How does the uptake of carbon by schoolyard vegetation compare to the emissions of carbon by the school?"

 

Nipmuc Regional High School, MA and their research project "Drinking Water in California & Mitigating Its Environmental Impacts"

 

Northbridge High School, MA and their research projects (1) "The Past and Present Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Water Quality in Europe and in the Blackstone Valley" (2) What are the Effects of Drought on Water Quality in Sub-Sahara Africa versus Massachusetts?"

 

Northbridge Middle School, MA and their research projects (1) "How Does Cloud Cover Affect the Data Collecting of Turbidity on the Mumford River" (recognized for a Research Process) (2) "Does the pH Level of Water Affect Plant Growth"

2019 Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Student Research Symposium Highlights

Another major event in 2019 was participation in North America GLOBE Partners Meeting and training at NASA Langley in Virginia.

 

Quoting Andrea Lloyd from NASA Langley Research Center publication (Last Updated: March 20, 2019 Editor: Joe Atkinson) - "From March 5 to 7, NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, hosted a North American Region Meeting about the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment, or GLOBE, program. GLOBE encourages participants from 121 countries to participate in citizen science on a variety of Earth system topics including the atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere.

As a part of the program, Langley subject matter experts in clouds and aerosols trained partners in strategies and observations to teach their own local students and communities about exciting ways to participate in scientific cloud and aerosol observations. While clouds can be easily observed, aerosols are minute particles suspended in the atmosphere that can only be seen with special instruments such as a sun photometer.

“Even though they are two different protocols, they go together because aerosols affect clouds and clouds affect aerosols,” said Marilé Colón Robles, project scientist for the GLOBE Clouds program, which is based at Langley. “So we are going to spend one whole day on how to make the observations work together to help teach students and other teachers.”

The atmosphere workshop on Tuesday focused on how to make observations easier, tips on bringing GLOBE into classrooms and helping the community become excited about cloud and aerosol research. Stations during the workshop included “What are Aerosols?,” “How to Use a Sun Photometer,” “How to Use Data to Do Student Research” and “How Researchers Use Your Observations.”

“The North American Regional Meeting helps introduce exciting changes to the GLOBE program like using the GLOBE Observer app and provides networking and meeting opportunities that help me learn from other participants,” said Janet Vail, a research scientist from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.

Here at Langley, the cloud and aerosol ground-based observation data collected by GLOBE participants match to earth-observing satellites such as GOES-16 and CALIPSO. “By coupling NASA satellite data with ground-based observations, you have the opportunity to see fine details of what is going on across the whole globe,” says Jessica Taylor, lead for the science education team in Langley's Science Directorate.

The North American Regional Meeting discussed a number of program elements including creating student projects with GLOBE data and helping other participants with data collecting techniques".

In 2018 we welcomed new schools from Massachusetts joining NASA GLOBE and our US GLOBE Partnership!  Welcome to:

 

 

All teachers and students put a lot of efforts and were very excited to join the GLOBE! The students worked really hard on learning the GLOBE Protocols, making measurements, collecting and analyzing data and to working on their research projects. The biggest highlight of the 2018 year was for all new GLOBE schools from Massachusetts participating in NASA GLOBE Student Research Symposium (Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Region). Just to remind you, The Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Region includes 25 active Partnerships in Delaware, DC, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Our small 501 (c) (3) nonprofit Global STEM Education Center, Inc is a US GLOBE partner and proudly representing Massachusetts (together with another great GLOBE Partner in our State - Boston University). 

 

Our regional US GLOBE Partner Forum member, Dr. Michael Jabot, State University of New York at Fredonia from Fredonia, New York. As Dr. Jabot wrote in the GLOBE Regional Partner News Update: "on May 4-5, 2018, the third annual GLOBE Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Research Symposium was held in Buffalo, NY and hosted by the State University of New York at Fredonia.  The event would not have been a success without the dedicated support of the US Forest Service, our NASA Partner for Langley and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The SRS included 25 projects completed by 60 students and supported by 17  teachers and GLOBE Partners". Thank you to all our students and teachers and our GLOBE Partners team for making NASA GLOBE Student Research Symposium as a great success!

 

One of the highlights of 2017 for our US GLOBE Partnership was participation in the GLOBE Annual Meeting  in Connecticut. Read more about this at: "GLOBE Community Successfully Connects in Connecticut at the 21st Annual Meeting Aug 14, 2017"

"Approximately 250 participants, including GLOBE students, teachers, scientists, U.S. Partners, and International Country Coordinators from 40 countries connected in Connecticut last week for the 21st GLOBE Annual Meeting and 5th Student Research Exhibition. 

The meeting officially began with an evening networking event on Sunday, 30 July. However, many participants, including Regional Office Coordinators and members of the Working Groups, had arrived early to get to work – holding preliminary meetings to discuss their progress and unique concerns during the days preceding the annual meeting. 

The very full “all-participants” agenda began on Monday, 31 July, with opening remarks by meeting organizer Connecticut Partner Dr. Scott Graves; NASA Program Manager Lin Chambers; NOAA representative John McLaughlin; U. S. Department of State representative and marine scientist Alice Alpert; Mayor of New Haven Toni Harp; Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) President Joe Bertolino; SCSU Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences Bruce Kalk; SCSU Provost Robert Prezant; EGMS Department Chair Patrick Heidkamp; as well as GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) Director Dr. Tony Murphy.

The meeting was now in full swing and for the next five days the Omni Hotel New Haven and SCSU were beehives of activity with formal and informal meetings, the Student Research Exhibition and numerous student-centered events, guest speakers, and non-stop networking opportunities.

Alexander J. Felson, Associate Professor of the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and Director of the Urban Ecology and Design Lab in the Yale Architecture School of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) gave the keynote address, “Urban Design and Landscape Architecture for Coastal Resilience,” which closely paralleled the theme of this conference, “Coastal Resilience in Urban Environments.”.."