28 September 2022 - Snippets and Activities - U.S. Coordination Office - Jennifer Bourgeault

​​​​The North American Regional Meeting (NARM) scheduled for 2-4 November 2022, is top on the U.S. Coordination Office minds, and all the planning that goes into this kind of virtual event! This year, we are also trying something new and there will be 4 professional learning sessions (open to Partners and teachers) on 7-8 November, scattered across the country. See last week's blog for the flier link but also, stay tuned to this space and find out when registration is open!

• Speaking of NARM, GLOBE Exchange is an opportunity to create a 2-minute video to introduce your GLOBE Partnership and you don’t have to attend NARM to participate! Each GLOBE Partnership is invited to contribute a two-minute pre-recorded video using the PowerPoint template. Your video will serve to broaden our understanding of your Partnership, demonstrate what you’ve accomplished this past year, explain how you’d like to collaborate moving forward, and provide a place for you to share resources with the community. Individual videos will be collected and assembled into a montage that will be posted to the GLOBE YouTube channel, shared with the U.S. GLOBE community, and will be the focus of a virtual NARM session. ​​​​​​​
• BREAKING NEWS - the Pacific Regional Student Research Symposium will be hosted by the Elkhorn Slough GLOBE Partnership in California! [About SRS]
• Educators: Sign up for 2022-2023 Mentoring with a member of the United States GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN) here. There are over 40 of them willing to meet, mentor, and/or present to your learners this year!
• United States Partners Forum (USPF) Meeting Summary: ​​At the USPF Meeting on 26 September, members discussed the new format for meetings and started eliciting topics that will be discussed in the future. Summaries from Working Group meetings were shared, which can be seen in past blog posts.
• Ah - just found this one before I hit publish! There is a new Tech Update, read it here.
• I posted a new Natural Inquirer-GLOBE Crosswalk by guest blogger Margaret Gregory on studying photosynthesis with middle schoolers! 
• Here are 5 GLOBE-related awesome resources I found in my reading this week.​​​​​​​
  • Manual for developing intercultural competencies: story circles by Darla K. Deardorff from the UNESCO Digital Library.
  • USGS Remote Sensing Classroom​​​​​​ "We’ve created fun and engaging educational lessons that allow students to look at satellite imagery and perform the same analysis as our remote sensing scientists at EROS. Students of all ages can learn how remote sensing scientists use Landsat satellite data to track changes to the Earth’s surface over the years. We’ve also added a few games and puzzles so you can test your skills too.”​​​​​​
  • Five First Steps to Data Visualization​​​​​​ "In this post, we offer five first steps for making choices that ensure we tell a useful, accessible, and meaningful story with the data we have collected. These are five first steps to data visualization—before formatting a graph.”
  • Data Storytelling: How to Effectively Tell a Story with Data​​​​​​ "Here’s a primer on the key components of data storytelling, why storytelling is an impactful communication tool, and how to craft a compelling narrative of your own.”
  • 17 Data Visualization Techniques All Professionals Should Know​​​​​​ "Here are 17 essential data visualization techniques all professionals should know, as well as tips to help you effectively present your data."