GLOBE Hura No.009FL
Image by U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
Paul Rohrlich, the Science Attache at the Embassy and several Embassy staff members visited two schools, at the invitation of Mr. Farid Hamdan, National Coordinator for GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program in Israel. The schools, Al-Biader elementary School, in Hure Village, and Ramon Elementary School, in Mitzpe Ramon were chosen due to their continued excellence in providing consistent meteorological, ecological data to the GLOBE program. The official guests received a warm welcome by the mayors of both towns, the principals, teachers and students. They were then shown how the GLOBE program impacts the schools and the communities as a whole.
The GLOBE program is a worldwide hands-on school science and education program sponsored by the U.S. Government in partnership with NASA and the National Science Foundation. It supports student, teacher, and scientist collaborative "Earth System Science Projects" that study and record geophysical indicators in their country. The students’ results are uploaded into a NASA-operated database available to the global science research community.
In support of the program, the Embassy recently provided a small grant for schools to acquire data-collecting equipment. Upon visiting, both schools had the forward vision of making environmental stewardship a multi-disciplinary, affective objective. The visit left Embassy staff optimistic that future generations will make the necessary lifestyle changes to keep our planet healthy.
Paul Rohrlich, the Science Attache at the Embassy and several Embassy staff members visited two schools, at the invitation of Mr. Farid Hamdan, National Coordinator for GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program in Israel. The schools, Al-Biader elementary School, in Hure Village, and Ramon Elementary School, in Mitzpe Ramon were chosen due to their continued excellence in providing consistent meteorological, ecological data to the GLOBE program. The official guests received a warm welcome by the mayors of both towns, the principals, teachers and students. They were then shown how the GLOBE program impacts the schools and the communities as a whole.
The GLOBE program is a worldwide hands-on school science and education program sponsored by the U.S. Government in partnership with NASA and the National Science Foundation. It supports student, teacher, and scientist collaborative "Earth System Science Projects" that study and record geophysical indicators in their country. The students’ results are uploaded into a NASA-operated database available to the global science research community.
In support of the program, the Embassy recently provided a small grant for schools to acquire data-collecting equipment. Upon visiting, both schools had the forward vision of making environmental stewardship a multi-disciplinary, affective objective. The visit left Embassy staff optimistic that future generations will make the necessary lifestyle changes to keep our planet healthy.
Paul Rohrlich, the Science Attache at the Embassy and several Embassy staff members visited two schools, at the invitation of Mr. Farid Hamdan, National Coordinator for GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program in Israel. The schools, Al-Biader elementary School, in Hure Village, and Ramon Elementary School, in Mitzpe Ramon were chosen due to their continued excellence in providing consistent meteorological, ecological data to the GLOBE program. The official guests received a warm welcome by the mayors of both towns, the principals, teachers and students. They were then shown how the GLOBE program impacts the schools and the communities as a whole.
The GLOBE program is a worldwide hands-on school science and education program sponsored by the U.S. Government in partnership with NASA and the National Science Foundation. It supports student, teacher, and scientist collaborative "Earth System Science Projects" that study and record geophysical indicators in their country. The students’ results are uploaded into a NASA-operated database available to the global science research community.
In support of the program, the Embassy recently provided a small grant for schools to acquire data-collecting equipment. Upon visiting, both schools had the forward vision of making environmental stewardship a multi-disciplinary, affective objective. The visit left Embassy staff optimistic that future generations will make the necessary lifestyle changes to keep our planet healthy.