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GLOBE Programme workshop...

One of the most rewarding programmes I worked on in school in recent years was with the GLOBE* programme, organised here by an Taisce, with some funding from the EPA,


My involvement was with weather and pollution monitoring. We organised a team of TY students to take daily rainfall, temperature and pressure readings - which we analysed locally with graphs and charts and shared within the school - and also uploaded to the GLOBE database so that they could form a part of an international database of precise measurements collected according to scientific protocols.


Something similar happened with NO2 measurements. We had a number of detectors located at various points on the school campus which, when processed, allowed us to learn about our own environment and also to contribute through a citizen science initiative to a national programme.


The programme has expanded considerably in recent years. GLOBE are running a workshop on Nov 30th for any teachers who would like to become involved.


Booking through the QR code on the attached flyer.




You will notice if you click there that this is a US initiative, heavily reliant on NASA, along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The sort of of low-key investment in science that the world desperately needs right now.


I hope it continues into the future.

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