Northwest - United States of America
2023 GLOBE Northwest Regional Student Research Symposium
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK
April 24-25, 2023
Read the event highlights here!
Satellites and citizen science: Predicting Alaska’s spring breakup, by Grace Veenstra, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, June 4, 2023
Students and educator in front of their SRS poster. Photo by Katie Spellman.
Projects Presented at the 2023 Northwest Student Research Symposium:
Project Title | School |
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The Battle of the Strongest Ice | Anne Hopkins Wien Elementary |
Water Quality and Riparian Zone Survey of Alaska's Salcha River | Ben Eielson/BEST High School |
Bethel Beaver (paluqtaq) Lodge Study (recognized for Community Impact and Engagement) | Bethel Regional High School |
Effects of Global Climate Change on Winter Travel in the Bethel Region (recognized for Indigenous/Community Knowledge) | Bethel Regional High School |
Sensational SILT: Sediment in Different Parts of the Tanana River | Cyberlynx |
Yukon River Ice Thickness Correlation to Thermal vs. Dynamic Breakup | Eagle Community School |
Eyes on Ice: Monitoring ice and snow on the Chena River | Effie Kokrine Charter School |
Cloud Development on Unimak Island (recognized with Reviewers Choice) | False Pass School |
Winter Lake Stratification and Effects on Water Quality and Protist Presence | Galena City School District |
Ice Thickness and Spring Flood Probability (recognized for Community Impact and Engagement) | Jack Egnaty Sr School |
T'saih ghyaa & tuu. (Icy crystal snow & Ice) Comparing Lake and River Breakup | John Fredson School |
Why doesn't the bog freeze at Science Camp Slough? (recognized for 21st Century Skills) | McGrath School |
Water Quality and Salmon Return: Water Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen (recognized for Use of GLOBE Protocols/Data) | Metlakatla Homeschool |
Inhaling Art: PM2.5 Levels in the Art Room (recognized for Research Process) | Palmer High School |
Get My Drift? Snow Drift Chemistry (recognized for Research Process) | Palmer High School |
How Low Can You Go: Lat. & Long. Humidity | Ronan Middle School |
How's the Air 'R🌎und There? | Ronan Middle School |
Seedy Seeds | Salcha Elementary |
Water Depth, Snow Depth, & Ice Thickness on the Yukon River & Alexander Lake | Sidney Huntington Elementary School |
Effect of Forest Type on Snow Depth | Sidney Huntington Elementary School |
Comparing Current Data to stories of the past | Tok School UAF |
Snow Queens | Upstream Learning |
Conclusion on Willow Creek Ice Formation, 2023 | Upstream Learning |
The pH of Snow on Cripple Creek Spring 2023 | West Valley High School |
The Effect of Tree Size on Bird Diversity in Randle WA | White Pass |
The Effects of Forest Fires on Cloud Formation and Accumulation | White Pass |
Symposium Leadership:
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Christi Buffington, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Elena Sparrow, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Katie Spellman, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Nicole James, Association of Interior Native Educators