GLOBE Trainer Greg Lopatka

Back then, we gave every teacher a 10 pound Teachers Guide, like the one pictured above.  

GLOBE is and acronym for Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment.

While I was teaching at Randolph School in Chicago, I served as a GLOBE Teacher Trainer at the following places:

University of Illinois Urbana     August 1995

Drexel University in Philadelphia  August, 1996  

New York University October 1996

 Ohio Aerospace Institute November, 1996

University of Illinois Urbana March, 1997

New Hampshire  April, 1997  

University of Iowa  October, 1997

University of Colorado  January, 1998

 Ohio Aerospace Institute November, 1998

GLOBE New Mexico Workshop May, 1999

Charleston GLOBE South Carolina Workshop October, 1999

West Chester PA  October, 2000 

GLOBE is a global environmental program that uses the internet to share student’s observations and measurements with GLOBE scientist and students.  My Randolph School  students recorded over 8000 environmental measurements during my 6 years in the program in Chicago, Illinois.

I retired in 2001
In September of 2003, the Naperville School District 203 formed a partnership with the GLOBE Program and I was asked to be the Teacher Trainer.  We have performed Teacher Workshops in the following places:

Naperville IL  September, 2003

Highland Park, Illinois July, 2005 Workshop

Park Ridge, Illinois September, 2005

Morton Arboretum February 27, 2010

I go to the schools and add new protocols when teachers request

GLOBE Stars

The following pictures were taken at our latest workshop:

We had a one teacher workshop at the Morton Arboretum.  Naperville GLOBE Students and Teachers helped train Ms. Jezek from Brighton Park School in Chicago.	Ms. Jezek is entering the GLOBE data that we collected.
The Arboretum has a weather station, so Ms. Jezek received real time hands on training.	We used the computer at the Arboretum Library to enter the data, while we waited for our snow to melt.
The Students showed her how to measure snow fall.	They measured the frost in the Frost Tube
The GLOBE teacher from Steeple Run School, Mrs. Nolan, made sure her students were giving correct protocols.	On March 6, 2010, Ms. was presented with her official GLOBE Teacher Certificate.

Ms. Jezek will complete the Hydrology with the Steeple Run Students in the spring at Rotts Creek, where Mrs. Nolan's students have been collecting GLOBE data for years. 

Steeple Run Fall 2008 Hydrology at Rotts Creek Steeple Run Fall 2009 Hydrology at Rotts Creek

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