Congratulations to 2022 IVSS Projects Selected During 2022 Earth Day Drawing

This year, 74 projects from 19 countries qualified for the Earth Day stipend drawing (each project earned a four-star student research badge – the highest ranking possible – and at least two other optional badges). Congratulations!

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2022 IVSS: A Scientific and Engineering Success

The GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) received 220 student project submissions for the 2022 International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS) from 97 schools in 25 countries. Projects were submitted in five languages: Arabic, Croatian, English, Portuguese, and Spanish. In all,160 judges from 36 countries, including GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN) members, helped score the projects and provide feedback. Thanks to everyone for another IVSS success story!

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GLOBE Countries Help Celebrate World Water Day (WWD)

GIO encouraged community members to share their WWD (22 March) activities. The “call” was answered by community members in the Asia and Pacific Region, the Europe and Eurasia Region, and the Latin America and Caribbean Region.

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2022 NSF “STEM for All Video Showcase” Takes Place 10-17 May – View, Discuss, Vote! 

GIO, and many GLOBE partners, submit videos to the annual National Science Foundation (NSF) video showcase. This year, GIO’s entry consists of an introduction to the GLOBE Student Vloggers. (The link will be available once the event opens on 10 May.) Vote for your favorite presentations for the “Public Choice” award.

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Registration Opens Soon!

The 2022 Annual Meeting will take place (virtually) from 25-28 July. The theme is “Communicating GLOBE in Changing Times.” During the four-day event, the community will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of sessions. Stay tuned for updates!

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Spring 2022 IOP Continues through 22 May 

The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign, GLOBE European Phenology Campaign, UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre (coordinator of GLOBE Poland), and the Urban Heat Island Effect - Surface Temperature Campaign invite you to participate in the Spring 2022 GLOBE Tree Height and Land Cover Intensive Observation Period (IOP), which began 22 April and continues through 22 May. Everyone, from students to educators to citizen scientists, can participate in the IOP.

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Join 10 May Webinar

The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign will be hosting the webinar: “Highlighting Biometry Measurements Through Student Research Projects and Online Tools within the GLOBE Europe and Eurasia and GLOBE Near East and North Africa Regions. Region Focus: Near East and North Africa, and a Return to GLOBE Europe and Eurasia,” on Tuesday, 10 May, 11:00 a.m. EDT (03:00 p.m. UTC/05:00 p.m. CEST/06:00 p.m. Arabian Standard Time). 

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Join the Spare Tire Blitz

The GLOBE Mission Mosquito “Spare Tire Blitz,” which began in March, will continue through June. Participants can document mosquito tire habitat by submitting a photo using The GLOBE Program’s app, GLOBE Observer (GO), Mosquito Habitat Mapper (MHM) tool.

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Join 19 May GLOBE Mission Mosquito Webinar

Join the GMM team on Thursday, 19 May, at 02:00 p.m. EDT (06:00 p.m. UTC) as Dr. Rusty Low (Institute for Global Environmental Studies) and Dr. Rodrigo Arantes Reis (University of Parna, Brazil) discuss the work they are doing with the “Zika Bus.” Participants will learn how to use NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission data in mosquito projects.

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“Thank You” to 2021/2022 GSVs; “Welcome” to 2022/2023 GSVs 

As part of the 2022 Earth Day celebrations, GLOBE said “Thank You” to the 2021/2022 cohort of GLOBE Student Vloggers (GSVs). During the year, these GLOBE students shared about themselves, their local environments, their culture, and their love for GLOBE. They were asked to reflect on their experiences, and a video was created from these reflections. On 22 April, GLOBE also welcomed the 2022/2023 GSVs in a debut video. GLOBE would like to extend our congratulations to the selected students.

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GLOBE Community Stories

What’s Your GLOBE Story? Learn the Difference Between GLOBE Star, STEM, and Community Profile Stories – and Share Your Story Today!

There are a variety of ways for you to share your GLOBE story, including GLOBE Star Stories, STEM Stories, and Community Profile Stories. Share your story today!

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Keeping Up with GLOBE Star Stories?

Read GLOBE’s most recent Star Stories: “GLOBE Taiwan Partnership Workshop Focuses on Microsplastics Monitoring to Gain Deeper Understanding and Raise Awareness” and “Training in GLOBE Nepal Enhances ‘Chain of Learning.’” To read more GLOBE Star Stories, click here.

GLOBE Website Tech Update

Website and GLOBE Observer

Enhancements Moving Forward

GLOBE continues to work to ensure that your “use” of the website, and associated apps, is as user-friendly as possible. This month, GLOBE is making progress on several enhancements to the website and to the program’s app, GLOBE Observer. 

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NASA STEM Educator Webinars

The NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative (EPDC) is presenting a series of webinars open to all educators. All pre-service, K-12, and informal educators, as well as university faculty, are invited to join NASA education specialists to learn about NASA missions, activities, lesson plans, educator guides, and online resources that integrate NASA and STEM into the classroom.

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NASA Seeks STEM Teachers to Help Develop/Test Science Curriculum (Grades 05-12)

NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (HEAT) is seeking highly motivated, creative STEM teachers to help develop and test science curriculum designed to use NASA resources for teaching systems science. (Systems Science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the complexity of systems in nature.) Receive $2,500 stipend, plus NASA resources for the classroom, for participating in 52 hours of virtual workshop time and pilot-testing co-developed lessons in the classroom!

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YLACES Offers Awards, Scholarships, Grants – and Support – for Science Education

YLACES, based in the United States, offers awards, scholarships, grants, and support – all to assist and reward the implementation of inquiry-based, experiential science education where students do science and contribute to understanding of our environment through recognition and financial reward programs.

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U.S. Summer STEM Research Opportunities

U.S. Community: Now is the time that summer research programs are announcing their 2021 deadlines. Click here and browse by institution, disciplinary categories, or by geography.

U.S. GLOBE Students: NASA Spotlite Video Challenge: Cloud Detectives – Videos Due 31 July

NASA wants students to produce a video for the NASA eClips™ website. Videos must be submitted by 31 July. Teams will produce a short video confronting one of two misconceptions related to clouds by investigating and collecting evidence, including GLOBE Clouds and NASA data. Learners in formal and non-formal education settings can become content creators and inspire others to engage in science. All steps of creating a Spotlite video can be accomplished using cell phones, tablets, and laptops.

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Congratulations to the eight GLOBE countries celebrating anniversaries of successful GLOBE implementation during the month of May:



Australia – 27 years (21 April 1995)

Austria – 27 years (20 April 1995)

Benin – 27 years (28 April 1995)

Bolivia – 27 years (22 April 1995)

Canada – 25 years (07 April 1997)

Chile – 24 years (16 April 1998)

Costa Rica – 26 years (22 April 1996)

Croatia – 27 years (12 April 1995)

Czech Republic – 27 years (20 April 1995)

Ecuador – 26 years (22 April 1996)

South Korea – 27 years (21 April 1995)

Kuwait – 22 years (12 April 1999)

Norway – 27 years (05 April 1995)

Poland – 25 years (22 April 1997)

Romania – 26 years (11 April 1995)

Switzerland – 24 years (22 April 1998)

Tanzania – 25 years (01 April 1997)

Uruguay – 27 years (21 April 1995)

GLOBE Program Items Available at Lands’ End Online Store

You can have the GLOBE logo a variety of items including clothing and accessories at Lands End Business.



To get started, click here. (Then click on the product, choose the size, and select The GLOBE Program logo.)