A Monthly Publication of the U.S. Missions to Poland and Hungary
Issue 17
April 2006
ZOOM In On America
EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY
Get GLOBALLY Involved! - Encourage your science teacher to join GLOBE!
GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide hands-on, primary and
secondary school-based education and science program. It is a cooperative effort of schools, led in the United
States by a federal interagency program, in partnership with colleges and universities and non-governmental
organizations. Internationally, GLOBE is a partnership between the United States and more then a hundred
other countries. Over a million primary and secondary students in more than 17,000 schools have taken part in
the program! GLOBE increases student awareness of their environment and improves their understanding of
science because it involves them in performing real science.
Earth Team Volunteers perform biological sampling as
part of water quality testing techniques. Learn more
about Earth Team Volunteers at
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/volunteers/
(Photo by Jeff Vanuga, USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service)
Students at your school can:
conduct serious research by taking
scientifically valid measurements in
the fields of atmosphere, hydrology,
and soils;
report their data through the Internet;
create maps and graphs on the free
interactive web site to analyze data
sets; and
collaborate with scientists and other
GLOBE students around the world.
To learn more about GLOBE, visit:
http://www.globe.gov
GLOBE in Hungary
Does this sound interesting? Encourage
your science teacher to join! Almost 30
Hungarian schools are already partici-
pating in GLOBE! Visit the web site of
the Hungarian GLOBE network at
http://globe.superweb.hu, and
learn how to join;
read instructions in Hungarian about
the