Mission Earth: Fusing GLOBE with NASA Assets to Build Systemic Innovation
in STEM Education Monthly Status (December)
Updates/Changes
EVALUATION:
- Reviewing the feedback received at the yearly meeting from Mary
Sladek
- Collaboration with all teams about the classroom observation
protocol that will be used (given the additional options that have
been provided after the evaluation plan was submitted)
- Decision and planning for the evaluators to be trained in the
HORIZON protocol in order to use it for the classroom observations
for all teams
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO:
- Engaging the community in the bi-weekly webinars. Webinars 5, 6 &
7 can be found at http:tinyurl.com/globemissionearth
- Doing school visits; assisting their teachers in student trainings and
collecting data for GLOBE
- Presented a poster on GME at AGU Conference in San Francisco
WestEd/UC BERKELEY:
- Doing school visits; assisting their teachers in student trainings and
collecting data for GLOBE
- Connected with teachers on December 15 via internet using Blue
Jeans
- Recruiting schools in New Mexico for GLOBE training
BOSTON UNIVERSITY:
- Doing school visits; assisting their teachers in student trainings and
collecting data for GLOBE
- Problem solving issues with the Davis Weather Stations
Updates/Changes (con’t)
NASA Langley Research Center
- Provided GLOBE training for after school programs
- Presented to our team their work with vertical integration of NASA
Data
- Provided updates on the new GLOBE Cloud Protocol
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/SUPPORT WORKING GROUP:
- Provided input to UT on GLOBE Mission EARTH spring webinar series
- Working on vertical integration of GLOBE and NASA into the
curriculum with STEM as the framework
- Identifying where GLOBE and NASA fit in the Career Tech Ed
Standards
EVALUATION WORKING GROUP:
- Discussing classroom observation protocols
ENGINEERING WORKING GROUP
- Provided a summary of the Implementation the engineering projects
at Boston University and the University of Toledo
- Working on engineering practices for K-12
PRE-SERVICE WORKING GROUP
- Provided a summary of what was done this semester and shared
plans for the next semester on implementing GLOBE into pre-service
and graduate education
Co- PI Meetings
Weekly on Thursdays via Zoom
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY:
- Planning the professional development for area high school teachers
to take place next year
- Celebrated GIS day via LIVE on Facebook
Langley
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Mission Earth: Fusing GLOBE with NASA Assets to Build Systemic Innovation
in STEM Education Monthly Status (December)
Areas to Watch
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Establishing web presence on GLOBE website
Increasing the number of webinars on YouTube channel
Disseminating GLOBE and NASA information on our Facebook
page: https://www.facebook.com/globemissionearth/
UT Professional Development (July 10-14)– recruiting teams
of teachers (grades K – 8) from the same school or feeder
pattern to do Elementary GLOBE and to explore and develop
the vertical integration piece
Updated Cloud Protocol with NASA Satellite Match to start in
January
Cross-Collaboration Status
2017 Solar Eclipse – preparing equipment boxes with IRT and
air temperature thermometers (with instructions) to be sent
out to libraries and schools to collect GLOBE data during the
solar eclipse
Look Ahead
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GLOBE Mission EARTH Webinars starting up again on January
25 at 8:00 pm EST
GLOBE Professional Development for Nashville teachers
GLOBE Mission EARTH Partners attending TTT and/or NARM
in Fayetteville, AR in January, 2017
GLOBE Mission EARTH yearly meeting with Advisory
Committee on January 13 and 14, 2017
UT presenting at UT’s Saturday Science Series in Spring 2017
Langley