| Global Forest's Worldwide Weather Program |
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| Global Forest, Vancouver, B.C.
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What is the Issue? |
| PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF CHILDREN'S ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION |
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As part of its environmental monitoring and children's education initiative, Global Forest has donated 14 state-of-the-art weather stations to Grade 6, 7 and 8 science classes around the world. Each of the teachers involved in the program have been selected for their outstanding contribution to children's scientific education. Data collected through this project may be used for future studies on global climate change.
These stations monitor UV in addition to a host of other weather parameters (including soil temperatures). Each week the students download the information from the weather station at their school and then transfer the information onto our ecological education website at www.gfawesome.org. All weather information is stored, and each school is provided with space on the site and an invitation to contribute their weekly observations and comments. The data is global and freely available to all math and science teachers with Internet access. Providing children with hands-on experience is a splendid approach to introducing them to Biological and Earth Sciences.
Stations are situated in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Slocan, British Columbia, Canada; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Arcata, California, USA; Seattle, Washington, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Dallas, Texas, USA; Athens, Georgia, USA; Melbourne and Perth, Australia; Oxford, England; and Tel Aviv, Israel.
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What is our goal? |
| TO ENCOURAGE THE ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AT BOTH THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS.
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Where we currently stand. |
| Weather stations have been dispatched to the 14 participating schools and are up and running. Students are able to access weather data from around the world, and contribute their own readings to the database located on Global Forest's website.
Participants in the Worldwide Weather Program can also share their observations and questions with each other through an online discussion board.
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