Category: Education
Four STEM Tools to Get Kids Learning and Exploring Outdoors
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 August 2016 01:39
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Getting out of the classroom can benefit everyone — both teachers and students. Fresh air and fresh perspectives combine to allow for new types of creativity, for play, and for a chance to connect learning to life. The best of these apps help harness what kids are learning outside so they can bring it back into the classroom for further study.
Serving Students with the MyCOE/SERVIR Global Fellowship Program
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- Published on Thursday, 17 July 2014 10:22
- Sarah Frazier
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The SERVIR group has partnered with the My Community, Our Earth program to provide resources, training, and funding to students in four regions of Africa and Asia for work on climate-centered geospatial projects.
On this planet, a new year every 8.5 hours
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- Published on Monday, 19 August 2013 16:46
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Originally published by EarthSky – In the time it takes you to complete a single workday, or get a full night’s sleep, a small fireball of a planet 700 light-years away has already completed an entire year.
What if Africa were to become the hub for global science?
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- Published on Saturday, 23 March 2013 00:01
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Energy-saving students go on the Ultimate Field Trip
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- Published on Saturday, 16 March 2013 00:02
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Originally Published by New Scientist – A hybrid car idea wins students a two-week internship with BP in its annual Ultimate Field Trip contest
iSeeChange Turns Citizens into Climate Reporters
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- Published on Thursday, 07 March 2013 13:03
- Elise Mulder Osenga
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iSeeChange is a radio and online series that turns traditional reporting on its head by letting the public drive the stories.
Nature Writing Competition 2013 – The Winners
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 March 2013 00:01
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Originally Published by The Ecologist – Associate Editor of Resurgence & Ecologist, Susan Clark, reflects on the joys of reading the entries for the 2013 Nature Competition, and the difficulties met by the judging panel in deciding on a winner. Topic: Education, People
NASA World Wind Europe Challenge: Inspiring Solutions for a More Sustainable World
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 23:42
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The Europe Challenge aims to inspire and challenge Europe’s best and brightest. Applications developed by teams taking on the challenge have to use the open-source NASA World Wind technology, a 3D visualization of the globe that links to various spatial data layers.
Fostering Environmental Awareness from a Young Age: A Case Study from the IGES Art Contest
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies’ annual art contest serves as a prime example of integrating art and science in the classroom. Students benefit from the practice of visually sharing what they know. Instructors are able to tailor their lessons based on the artistic renderings of students.
EarthCube: Helping Scientists Share What They Know
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- Published on Wednesday, 12 December 2012 14:30
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Want to solve a global crisis? Get scientists from various disciplines to pool their data. Here’s how EarthCube is paving the way. 
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Web Services for Forest Data, Analysis and Monitoring: Developments from EuroGEOSS
Lucy Bastina,b*, Daniel McInerneyb, Goncalo Revezc, Carlos Figueiredoc, Dário Simonetti, Jose Barredob, Frederic Achardb, Jesus San-Miguel-Ayanzb a Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom b Institute for Environment & Sustainability, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy c Edisoft SA, Lisbon, Portugal Introduction Forests play a crucial role in timber production, maintenance and development of biodiversity and in… Read More + -
Women of Tomorrow: European Space Agency Seeks to Set Girls on a Trajectory Toward Space
The European Space Agency and international press agency Sipa Press are creating a touring exhibition that showcases the stories and testimonies of women around the world who share a passion for space.
La Vie de Josiane Zerubia: A Very Modern Woman of Science
Introducing the IEEE Fellow series Earthzine opens an occasional series sponsored by the IEEE Foundation on IEEE Fellows with this Featured Person interview with Josiane Zerubia, who was elevated to Fellow in 2003. IEEE Fellows are "an elite global group with international recognition [who] are called upon for… Read More +It’s Not Easy Being Blue-Green: Developing a Remote Cyanobacteria Detection Tool
Project Team: Georgia Water Resources Team
Team Location: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Victor Sunday and Onyemachi Praise K. C.'s "Environmental Monitoring, Mapping and Protection of Erosion Site in Parts of South Eastern Nigeria: A Case Study of Umuahia in Abia State"
Victor Sunday and Onyemachi Praise K. C. University of Port Harcourt Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria Abstract It is not an over statement that the modern man attaches much importance to his immediate environment. This is obvious in… Read More +
University of Port Harcourt NASA University Research Centers to present Virtual Poster Session and Symposium
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