Thanks to Al Gore (yes, the Al Gore) if you’d like to collaborate with other primary or secondary schools around the world to help to build a database of environmental information from the comfort of your own classroom; you can.
The GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Programme is an international science education project for primary and secondary schools, where students measure aspects of their local environment (in phenology, soils, atmosphere etc. (in phenology, soils, atmosphere etc.) and then share their results around the world using an Internet database. With over 100 countries and thousands of schools involved, the GLOBE Programme supports practical activities in science, geography, maths and ICT. It gives ideal opportunities for cross-curricular links, and also provides a unique forum to share ideas, experiments and experience around the world.
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