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Fresno Regional GLOBE Training Center

Author:   Dave Williams  
Posted: 9/8/2000; 4:24:05 PM
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GLOBE Student Scientists recording atmospheric measurements

 globeWthr.jpg: Student scientists recording atmospheric measurments."
What would it be like to have a classroom full of student scientists? The international GLOBE Program is K-12
student scientists taking environmental measurements, reporting them via the Internet to a database in Boulder,
Colorado, and sharing them with other students scientists and the scientific research community around the world.

The GLOBE Program
 http://www.globe.gov

 The Fresno Regional Training Center
 http://129.8.32.12/globeconf2.html

Click here for the GLOBE Teacher Training schedule

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Contact:

    Dave Williams, Coordinator
    1910 E. University Avenue
    Fresno CA, 93703-2988
    Tel: 559-498-1515
    Fax: 559-498-4228
    Email: dwilliams@globe.gov

Grade Level(s): K-12 and Pre-service teachers, Non-formal educators

Program Description:

    GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)
    is sponsored by NASA, NOAA, and the EPA, and administered through
    the National Science Foundation. GLOBE is in nearly 10,000 schools
    in 96 countries, on all seven continents (there is an Argentine school
    on Antarctica). There are 70 schools in Fresno County and 104 in the six
    counties of CREEC Region VII

    The Fresno Regional GLOBE Training Center (FRGTC) conducts several
    teacher training workshops each year. The only cost is a small registration
    fee to cover meals and consumable supplies. Teachers receive the
    curriculum binder and materials kit, program videos, cloud chart,
    posters, a satellite image centered on their school, and a number of
    supplemental resources, all worth about $500. There is a one-time
    expense to the school site for scientific instruments, that can range
    from $300 to about $750, depending upon the level of involvement.

    GLOBE science consists of:

  • Atmosphere/Climate

  • Hydrology/Water Chemistry

  • Soils/Soil Moisture

  • Biology/LandCover

    • globeWater.jpg: Water quality monitoring at the hydrology study site.
    Water quality monitoring at the hydrology study site

     The student scientists take measurements according to standardized
    protocols, perform learning activities, and analyze the results of their
    studies, sharing them with other students around the world:

    globeSoils.jpg: Investigating soil particle distribution in the lab.
    Investigating soil particle distribution in the laboratory

     Student scientists set up study sites using GPS (global positioning system)
    units to establish their latitude and longitude. NASA provides each GLOBE
    school with Landsat TM satellite images centered on their school and any
    remote study sites.

    globeGPS.jpg: Determining the lat/lon coordinates for a study site.
    Determining the lat/lon coordinates for a study site

     Other technology components of the program include creating charts,
    graphs, and visualizations (including 3-D) of the data they, and other schools
    have collected. Students use image processing software to analyze the satellite
    images and to perform classification of land cover and land use change in their areas.

    A new opportunity has recently been made available to allow the student
    scientists to work with GIS (geograhic information systems) creating
    multiple layers of images, maps, graphics and data. For more information on GIS
    visit the ESRI website education pages: http://www.esri.com/k-12

    All of the GLOBE curriculum, protocols, activities, student data and visualizations
    are readily available on the WWW. Be sure and check out the site.

    At the CCSTA Fall Conference at the Central HIgh School East Campus in Fresno on Nov. 17,
    attend one of the information sessions and stop by the exhibit booth to learn more about this
    exciting program to see how student scientists are contributing to our knowledge
    of planet Earth and preparing to become scientifically literate leaders of the 21st century.

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