Gretchen Cook-Anderson/Etta Pagani<br />Headquarters, Washington June 24, 2003<br />(Phone: 202/358-0836/1034)<br /><br /><br />Herma Percy-McDaniel<br />GLOBE Program, Washington<br />(Phone: 202/501-5069)<br /><br /><br />RELEASE: 03-211<br /><br /><br />GLOBE EXPEDITION SETS SAIL TO INSPIRE NEXT GENERATION OF <br />EXPLORERS<br /><br /><br /> Students from around the world will present their <br />research findings at the GLOBE Learning Expedition in <br />Sibenik, Croatia, from June 29 through July 4, 2003. The <br />Expedition is partially funded by NASA. <br /><br /><br />The international conference is a forum for student teams to <br />present the results of Earth science research projects about <br />atmosphere, climate, hydrology, soil, land cover/biology, <br />and phenology. The Expedition also gives students an <br />opportunity to experience and take measurements in a new <br />environment, meet other international participants, learn <br />from each other and GLOBE scientists.<br /><br /><br />Features of the conference include plenary and parallel <br />sessions of student research presentations that showcase <br />their use of Earth Science data. In addition, students will <br />have a day of fieldwork with scientists at Krka National <br />Park and on the island of Obonjan. An exhibit hall will <br />showcase displays from countries and schools worldwide.<br /><br /><br />Participants include approximately 400 students and teachers <br />from 23 countries. The United States held a Student <br />Investigation Reports Competition and selected 14 student <br />reports to represent America at the Expedition. Student <br />papers cover a range of scientific measurements and <br />represent the diverse regions and communities of the United <br />States.<br /><br /><br />The Expedition is co-sponsored by the Croatian Ministry of <br />Education and Sports and the GLOBE Program. The GLOBE <br />Program, an international Earth science research and hands-<br />on education program, has reached more than one million <br />primary and secondary school students, in more than 13,000 <br />schools, in more than 100 countries.<br /><br /><br />NASA's Earth Science Enterprise is dedicated to <br />understanding the Earth as an integrated system and applying <br />Earth System Science to improve prediction of climate, <br />weather, and natural hazards using the unique vantage point <br />of space.<br /><br /><br />For more information about NASA on the Internet, visit:<br /><br /><br />
http://www.nasa.gov<br /><br /><br />For information about NASA's Earth Science Enterprise on the <br />Internet, visit:<br /> <br />
www.earth.nasa.gov<br /><br /><br />For information about NASA's education programs on the <br />Internet, visit:<br /><br /><br />
www.education.nasa.gov<br /><br /><br />For information about the 2003 GLOBE Learning Expedition on <br />the Internet, visit:<br /><br /><br />
http://www.studiohrg.hr/globe/<br /><br /><br />For more information about the GLOBE Program on the <br />Internet, visit:<br /><br /><br />
www.globe.gov
