Youth Help NASA Scientists
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By Renée Perrault, Angèle Marchand and Jennifer
Wong, TG Magazine youth journalists
Youth around the world are making a contribution to the
environment by participating in a project that enables them to
connect to NASA scientists. To enhance environmental awareness
worldwide, Al Gore, U.S. Vice President, has implemented The GLOBE
Program in over 40 nations and 3000 schools.
The GLOBE Program encourages youth from both primary and secondary
levels to expand their scientific knowledge of the earth, giving
them hands-on experience with science and the environment. In this
program students make environmental measurements, such as soil,
atmosphere/climate, and water, within 15 km of their school. Their
data is then recorded and analyzed by NASA scientists.
The main objective of this project is to educate today's youth.
The efforts of this program contribute significantly to the
scientific understanding of the global environment. A great deal
of importance is placed on this venture because of the way it
educates and imlicates today's youth.
Originally, this entreprise was to be completed by the year 2000
but due to overwhelming success, no completion date has been
determined. Plans for expansion in 100 other nations are currently
being discussed. Students in the U.S.A, may ask their teachers to
register for a GLOBE teacher training workshop. Students are
outside the U.S.A., they may ask their teacher to contact their
GLOBE country coordinator.