The Upward Bound Program at the University of Toledo - University of Toledo - Partnership

Each summer since 2021, GLOBE Mission EARTH-UT staff have coordinated with the Upward Bound Program at the University of Toledo. Through this program, high school students live on campus during the weekdays in the summer and experience a range of instruction, including GLOBE data collection with the help of our staff. Prior to the beginning of each summer, our staff trains Upward Bound teachers in GLOBE and supports them during the summer with data collection with their students, classroom content, and the preparation of student research projects utilizing their data. 

Information from past Upward Bound/GLOBE experiences are shown below.
 

Upward Bound - UT - Summer 2021

During the Summer of 2021, Dr. Kevin Czajkowski, Janet Struble and Sara Mierzwiak are working with two teachers from the Upward Bound program at the University of Toledo to train them and their students in GLOBE sampling protocols. The teachers, Jerry Davis and Calvin Rogers, are engaging their students in collecting Hydrosphere and Atmosphere data for the summer on the University of Toledo campus and in the surrounding areas. Students will learn to collect Surface Temperature, Air Temperature and Clouds data as part of the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE) campaign. They will also learn how collect various water quality data using GLOBE protocols to analyze the health of the Ottawa River, which runs through the University of Toledo campus. Check out some photos below from the effort!