U.S. Embassy intern Matt Plummer visited two rural elementary
schools during August and September to promote GLOBE (Global
Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment). Plummer
joined students, teachers and school officials to gather
and record information in the field and plug the data into
computer programs read worldwide.
Plummer also hosted a lunch for a teacher and several students
and brought them to the Embassy for computer instruction.
The intern, working with Cecilia Ramos-Mane of the political/economics
section of the Embassy, and Marcelo Segalerba of DINAMA
(the Uruguayan National Environment Office), also arranged
to have 12 computers donated to needy schools.
GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based
science program, supported jointly by NASA (National Aeronautic
and Space Administration), NSF (National Science Foundation),
the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and the U.S. Department
of State, in partnership with colleges and universities,
state and local school systems, and non-government organizations.
Internationally, GLOBE is a partnership between the United
States and more than 100 countries and 12,000 schools, reaching
more than a million primary and secondary students and 20,000
teachers.
For Students, GLOBE provides the opportunity to learn by
taking environmental measurements in air temperature, clouds,
precipitation and soil, for example, and reporting the data
through the Internet. The information is used to create
maps and graphs for a free interactive Web site to analyze
data sets, and collaborate with scientists and other GLOBE
students around the world.
GLOBE was introduced in Uruguay in 1995, a joint effort
between the Embassy and the Uruguayan National Environment
Office. Thirteen Uruguayan public schools and one private
school (the Uruguayan American School) participate in the
program.
For more information on the GLOBE program
click here.
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| Students from Public School No. 89 work
on computers at the U.S. Embassy with intern Matt Plummer.
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Students from Public School No. 89 record
temperature data. |
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| Plummer, with students and principal
of Public School No. 88, read international GLOBE data.
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Students at Public School No. 88 with
Plummer (center). |
