A Virtual Introductory GLOBE Program Course focusing on the Urban Heat Island Effect

The GLOBE Program website offers an easy pathway and many resources to introduce new educators to the GLOBE community. GLOBE Mission Earth (GME), working with others, has created an online course to ease the way further, connect educators to GLOBE partnerships, and “spark” motivation to dive in. This course is a virtual synchronous/ asynchronous experience. We will meet by Zoom June 16 - July 23 , 2025 on Monday & Wednesdays from 3:30 - 4:30 PM EDT. Participants will work through the online modules between meetings. Contact hours (30) and a $500 stipend available to participants completing course requirements, including evaluation surveys (December 2025).



• Course Theme: The Urban Heat Island Effect (GLOBE Protocols: air, surface, water, soil temps, clouds, wind). Visit our UHIE website to learn more!

Learning Design

• Teachers introduced to key strategies aligned to the GLOBE Research Process, as seen to the right
• Basic information plus "going deeper" sections
• Teacher and student personas to help ground the work in the teachers’ and students’ experiences; many visuals
• Journal for reflection
• GLOBE/NASA lessons and resources
• Certificate of Completion [30 contact hours], a $500 stipend, and science data collection instruments available requiring: 1) setting up a GLOBE account, 2) attending virtual summer sessions, 3) completing and submitting assignments including a research project using GLOBE data and developing an implementation plan, 4) attending academic year GME Exchange virtual meetings (eight – one hour meetings), and 5) submitting evaluation surveys.

Course Dates & Times

Week 1: June 16 & 18; 3:30 - 4:30 pm EDT

Week 2: June 23 & 25; 3:30 - 4:30 pm EDT

Week 3: June 30 & July 2; 3:30 - 4:30 pm EDT

Week 4: July 7 & July 9; 3:30 - 4:30 pm EDT

Week 5: July 21 & July 23; 3:30 - 4:30 pm EDT

Register for this course TODAY. Space is limited to 20 educators!

For more information, please contact:

Jodi Haney - jhaney@xcitelearning.com

Sara Mierzwiak, Research - sara.mierzwiak@utoledo.edu

GLOBE SPARKS team – GLOBE.SPARKS@wested.org

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www.globe.gov

The material in this document is based upon work supported by NASA under grant award No. NNX16AC54A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.