GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program.
GLOBE's vision promotes and supports students, teachers and scientists to collaborate on inquiry-based investigations of the environment and the Earth system working in close partnership with
NASA and
NSF Earth System Science Projects (
ESSPs) in study and research about the dynamics of Earth's environment.
Announced in 1994,
GLOBE began operations on Earth Day 1995. Today, the international
GLOBE network has grown to include representatives from
110 participating
countries and
129 U.S. Partners coordinating
GLOBE activities that are integrated into their local and regional
communities. Due to their efforts, there are more than
50000 GLOBE-trained teachers representing over
20000 schools around the world.
GLOBE students have contributed more than
20 million measurements to the
GLOBE database for use in their inquiry-based science projects. Waynesboro High School currently ranks as one of the top schools in the world in uploading data for research with over 102,000 pieces of data.
GLOBE brings together students, teachers and scientists through the GLOBE Schools Network in support of student learning and research. Parents and other community members often work with teachers to help students obtain data on days when schools are not open.
Waynesboro students are actively involved in research projects in the areas of atmospheric temperature and climatology in conjunction with the National Weather Service. Additional research is being done in the areas of haze/aerosols - NASA's Solar Sun Photometer, NOAA's ground level and stratospheric ozone study, Drexel University's Sun Photometer/aerosol/water vapor programs, ground level UV, cloud types and amounts in cooperation with NASA's S'COOL/Aqua cloud program, and precipitation measurements. Students are actively involved in Hydrologic projects such as water temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, alkalinity, nitrate content, dissolved oxygen and Franklin County drought watch. Soil studies in participation with the University of Arizona in the areas of soil temperature - HOBO data logger, moisture, bulk density, soil types and horizons. Land cover types and uses, Towson University GPS/GIS studies in satellite image interpretation and remote sensing, Chesapeake Bay Impervious Surface Study and a new area of study - Ozone Plant Injury in conjunction with NASA and the National Park Service.
Waynesboro High School's digital, remote access weather station is the mainstay of our meteorology curriculum. Waynesboro weather data is used daily by WHTM-TV Channel 27, channel 11 using local cable, in the morning, noontime, 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and at 11:00 p.m. Current Waynesboro weather is available world wide over the Internet through the Automated Weather Source (AWS) homepage, Weatherbug program, the Toyota Weather Net of schools and our own weather server. Our weather server has been designated as part of the Home Land Security Weather System. A live weathercam shows current weather conditions in and around the High School complex. Students also access infrared, visible, and water vapor satellite images along with live radar images through our WeatherTap subscription. As a community service, students provide daily and monthly weather information to more than 40 local business and industrial concerns. Students also collect and upload local climatological data to the NOAA/NASA Forecast System Lab in Boulder, Colorado as part of an 15 year project. Waynesboro High School, one of the twenty- five original GLOBE schools, continues in the project entitled: GLOBE: Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment.
