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In Case You Missed It: Congratulations to IVSS Projects Selected During 2022 Earth Day Drawing
The 2022 International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS) was a huge success! The GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) received 220 student project submissions from 97 schools in 25 countries in all six GLOBE regions. Projects were submitted in five languages: Arabic, Croatian, English, Spanish, and Portuguese. In all,160 judges from 36 countries, including GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN) members, helped score the projects and provide feedback.
Stipend Drawing
Congratulations to the 2022 IVSS stipend drawing winners! A drawing was held on Earth Day, 22 April. This year, 74 projects from 19 countries qualified for the drawing (each project earned a four-star student research badge – the highest ranking possible – and at least two other optional badges). The following projects were randomly selected from qualifying projects:
- Africa Region: Green Balconies and Terraces: A Solution for Climate Change (Shree Swaminnarayan Academy/Upper Primary; Teacher: Beatrice Oyange; Students: Soraya Firth, Prayosha Budhdeo, and Jiyana Kerai; Mombasa, Kenya)
- Asia and Pacific Region: A Study of Microplastic Contamination in Water and White Shrimp (Litopenaeus Vannamei) in Shrimp Ponds in Songkhla Province, Thailand (Princess Chulabhorn Science High School Trang; Teacher: Patchara Pongmanawut; Students: Pacharapun Odthon, Kantapong Wongpanich, and Patcharanuch Kaiman; Trang, Thailand)
- Europe and Eurasia Region: Clouds Over my City (OS Sime Budinica/Middle School; Teacher: Zrinka Klarin; Students: Petra Marušić, Bartol Cuković, and David Pejdo; Zadar, Croatia)
- Latin America and Caribbean Region: Cobertura Terrestre y Comunidades de Aves, en Bosques de Manglar, Cartagena, Colombia (Período 2013-2021) (Colegio Montessori de Cartagena/Secondary School; Teacher: Juan Felipe Restrepo Mesa; Students: Jimena Sánchez Ojeda, Diego Andrés Luna Vélez, Lito Porto Sanabria, and Gabriela Olmos Tejeda; Cartagena de Indias, Colombia)
- North America Region: Assessing the Effects of Surface Temperature and Tree Coverage in Select Suburban Parks (Crestwood High School; Teacher: Diana Rae Johns; Students: Yasmina Abbas, Marwa Aidibi, and Zainab Zaidan; Dearborn Heights, Michigan, USA)
- North America Region: How Does the Soil Temperature in the School Prairie Compare to the Soil Temperature in the Turf Grass and the Playground? (Dorr Elementary School; Teacher: Kristy DiSalle; Students: Katelyn Duke, Ryan Bryant, Evan Millsaps, and Rue Warner; Holland, Ohio, USA)
- Near East and North Africa Region: Soil Characteristics and their Impact on Omani Garlic Plant Growth (Asma Bint Aomis/Middle School; Teacher: Hedaya AlfarsyIbry; Students: Abrar Saif and Khalifa Alfarsi; Ibry, Oman)
In May, feedback from the judges will be sent to teachers to share with their students; badges will be posted on the participating schools’ “About” pages. Judges who scored three or more projects by the deadline will receive certificates, and will also be awarded badges on their GLOBE “MyPages.”
GIO would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2022 IVSS!
To learn more about the IVSS, click here.
News origin: GLOBE Implementation Office