Background
GLOBE is an acronym for Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment. The GLOBE Program seeks to teach young students experimental skills using real experiments and equipment. Students, teachers and scientists collaborate in a unique global learning network.
The program is housed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) at Boulder, Colorado, USA, and sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA, and the National Science Foundation through an inter-agency agreement first signed in 1998. The U.S. Department of State supports the work of the GLOBE Program internationally (see for example the agreement with Mexico) and many other organizations also support the GLOBE Program in the US and around the world.
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