20th GLOBE Annual Meeting

有益于环境的全球学习和观测（GLOBE）项目是一项国际科学和科学教育合作项目，由美国国家航空航天局（NASA）和美国国家科学基金会（NSF）共同支持，NOAA、国务院和美国国际开发署（USAID）也提供了额外的实物支持。GLOBE采用基于探究、基于地点和基于问题的教学法，直接支持国家在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科中吸引新一代多元化学生的努力，并鼓励他们考虑从事STEM领域的职业。GLOBE年度会议汇集了GLOBE国家协调员和美国伙伴关系协调员、支持GLOBE的科学界成员以及赞助机构的代表。年度会议提供了一个场所，既可以分享通过社区创造性努力开发的GLOBE实施的最佳实践，也可以提供关于使用GLOBE计划资源和技术的额外培训。这将是GLOBE的第20届年会，为社区提供了一个反思和庆祝他们取得的许多成就的机会，并将重点放在有效实施该计划的新机会上。该奖项为2016年GLOBE年会提供部分支持，该年会将于7月17日至22日在科罗拉多州埃斯蒂斯公园会议中心举行。预计全球社区的150多名成人成员和50多名学生成员将参加。大学大气研究联盟（UCAR）和GLOBE执行办公室（GIO）正在领导这次会议的规划工作，GLOBE社区的其他成员也作出了贡献。今年的年会集中讨论三个主要主题，反映了GLOBE计划中出现的优先事项：(1)学生研究和科学展览；(2) STEM公平与包容；(3)公民科学。年会还被用来为全球环境规划署有关教育、技术、科学和评价的四个工作组召开战略规划会议。参加年会的约50名大学预科学生还将参加由Estes研究所组织的为期两天的基于GLOBE协议的实践研究体验。

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.