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This description of the GLOBE program was received on a mailing list. Are any Ann Arbor schools participating?
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The GLOBE Program
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
o The GLOBE Program brings school children, educators and
scientists together to monitor the worldwide environment.
o The objectives of the GLOBE Program are:
to enhance the collective awareness of individuals
throughout the world concerning the environment,
to increase scientific understanding of the Earth, and
to help ALL students reach higher standards in science
and mathematics education.
o The GLOBE Program consists of a worldwide network of K-12
students:
making environmental observations at or near their
school (e.g., measurement of air temperature, wind
speed and direction, precipitation, land cover, water
chemistry, and soil moisture content),
providing data useful to environmental scientists, and
sharing the resulting global environmental images and
knowledge with each other.
o The GLOBE Program will employ an international transmission
network, initially using the Internet, direct satellite
transmission and television. The network will support:
the acquisition of environmental data by students,
transmission of the data to processing sites in the
U.S. and other countries,
distribution of vivid, graphical environmental
pictures of the world to students at their schools,
and
distribution of student[-acquired] data to
environmental scientists throughout the world.
o Scientists are involved in the design and implementation of
the GLOBE program and will determine what types of measurements
students are most capable of making and where students can make
the greatest contribution.
o The data acquired by the students are expected to be useful
in the understanding of earth systems by students and
environmental researchers in a wide range of fields. The student
data will be quality-controlled during GLOBE processing prior to
their use in producing environmental images and publicly
available data.
o Over 200 schools, at least 50 of which will be in the U.S.,
will participate in the initial GLOBE implementation, which will
begin operation on April 22, 1995, the 25th Earth Day. Over the
following few years, at least 1000 U.S. schools will be actively
involved. Over 40 countries have already expressed interest in
becoming involved.
o Over 90% of the long term GLOBE expenditures are expected
to be funded by foreign governments and non-government sources
in the U.S. and abroad. Foreign governments will pay for their
own country's participation to the extent they are able. A non-
profit organization will be the focal point for U.S. private
sector contributions for GLOBE.
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Contact information
Mail address:
The GLOBE Program
744 Jackson Place
Washington, DC 20503
telephone 1-202-395-7600
fax: 1-202-395-7611
Inquiries by Internet: info@globe.gov [a *human* will respond]
Express/courier address:
The GLOBE Program
The White House
New Executive Office Building
725 17th Street G-1
Washington, DC 20006
The GLOBE Program Director is Tom Pyke; the Program Deputy
Director is Rick Chappell.
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