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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It Came from the Lake: Hydrilla Mapping in Southeast US Reservoirs
Floating (red) and submerged (green) Hydrilla distribution in Lake Seminole, September 2014. Image Credit: Southeast Ecological Forecasting… Read More +
Monitoring the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data
JPL DEVELOP Fall 2010 Team Members Samantha Roth and Eric Burton. Photo Credit:… Read More +
An Earthzine interview with Zoran Stančič, Deputy Director General of the European Commission Directorate-General for Research
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Dr. Zoran Stančič, Deputy Director General of the European Commission Directorate-General for Research
Forecast Is What You Expect; Near Surface Temp. Is What You Get
Landsat thermal image showing the study area, Rowan University, in the inset. Image Credit: New… Read More +
Earth Observation, Global Perspective
By means of Earth observing systems and nearly-instantaneous global communication, we now witness with acute clarity the deleterious effects of our newly discovered and unabashed powers - not unlike when an invasive species of beetle in a forest discovers what appears to be an endless food supply. One species of… Read More +B’more Cool: Monitoring the Urban Heat Island at High Density for Health and Urban Design
The B’more Cool initiative is exploring patterns of heat exposure and impact across Baltimore, Maryland, and evaluating active and proposed mitigation and adaptation interventions.
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