20th GLOBE Annual Meeting

全球学习和观测有益于环境（地球仪）计划是一项由美国宇航局和国家科学基金会共同支持的国际科学和科学教育合作计划，并得到了美国国家海洋和大气管理局，国务院和美国国际开发署的额外实物支持。 通过使用基于探究、基于地点和基于问题的方法，地球仪直接支持国家努力让新一代不同的学生参与科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科，并鼓励他们考虑从事STEM职业。 地球仪年会将地球仪国家协调员和美国伙伴关系协调员、支持地球仪的科学界成员以及赞助机构的代表聚集在一起。 年度会议提供了一个场所，既可以分享通过社区的创造性努力开发的地球仪实施的最佳实践，也可以提供使用地球仪计划资源和技术的额外培训。这将是地球仪的第20届年会，为社区提供了一个反思和庆祝他们的许多成就的机会，并专注于有效实施该计划的新兴机会。 该奖项为7月17日至22日在科罗拉多埃斯蒂斯公园会议中心举行的2016年地球仪年会提供部分支持。 预计全球社区的150多名成人成员和50名学生成员将出席。 大气研究大学联盟（UCAR）和地球仪执行办公室（GIO）正在领导这次会议的规划工作，来自地球仪社区的其他成员的贡献。 今年的年会聚焦于反映地球仪计划中新出现的优先事项的三个主题：（1）学生研究和科学博览会;（2）STEM公平和包容;以及（3）公民科学。 年度会议还被用来召开地球仪四个工作组的战略规划会议，涉及教育、技术、科学和评价。 参加年会的约50名大学预科学生还将参加由Estes Institute组织的基于地球仪协议的并行2天实践研究体验。

The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program is a cooperative international science and science education program jointly supported by NASA and NSF, with additional in-kind support from NOAA, Department of State, and USAID. Using inquiry-based, place-based, and problem-based pedagogies, GLOBE directly supports national efforts to engage a new generation of diverse students in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines and encourage them to consider careers in STEM. GLOBE annual meetings bring together GLOBE Country Coordinators and U.S. Partnership Coordinators, members of the scientific community that support GLOBE, and representatives of the sponsoring agencies. Annual meetings provide a venue for both sharing of best practices for GLOBE implementation that have been developed through the creative efforts of the community, as well as additional training in the use of GLOBE program resources and technology. This will be the 20th annual meeting for GLOBE, offering an opportunity for the community to both reflect on and celebrate their many accomplishments and focus on effective implementation of emerging opportunities for the program. This award provides partial support for the 2016 GLOBE Annual Meeting, which is being held July 17-22 at the Estes Park Conference Center, Colorado. Over 150 adult members and 50 student members of the worldwide GLOBE community are expected to attend. The University Consortium for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and the GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) are leading the planning effort for this meeting, with contributions from other members of the GLOBE community. This year's annual meeting is focusing on three main themes that reflect emerging priorities within the GLOBE program: (1) student research and science fairs; (2) STEM equity and inclusion; and, (3) citizen science. The annual meeting is also being used to convene strategic planning meetings for the four GLOBE Working Groups related to education, technology, science, and evaluation. The ~50 pre-college students attending the annual meeting will also participate in a concurrent 2-day hands-on research experience based on the GLOBE protocols that is being organized by the Estes Institute.