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help schools in carrying out the ESS curriculum and
doing ESS research, by serving as mentors and scientists
for the student researchers, as well as developing ESS
protocols for student research. There are 22 projects at
16 universities, funded every year since 2008, and the
students’ ESS collaboration research has been selected
by the GLOBE Thailand IPST and its university partners
for presentation in the Annual Student ESS Research
Presentation Conference hosted by IPST.
1. GLOBE Learning Expedition (GLE)
The GLOBE Learning Expedition (GLE) is an ideal way
for schools to conduct student-teacher-scientist collab-
oration research focused on ESS. The students have
gained an understanding of the Earth system by doing
real science in a natural setting, learning the key activi-
ties needed to practice the scientific method, generating
research questions from their own observations, seeking
answers through experiment and inquiry, and exploring
with their own natural curiosity to understand how the
world works and how to protect the world sustainably.
The ESS-Student Research Camp has been held
every year since 2004. After the camp, the schools have
been encouraged to write ESS research proposals to
get research funding from the GLOBE Thailand IPST.
There are 25 research studies from 25 schools being
funded this year (from a total of 105 research studies
at 86 schools).
IPST and the university partner collaboration model
The university partners take a significant part in building the
capacity of both teachers and students to pursue effective GLOBE
activities and conduct Earth System Science research. They have
collaborated on projects funded by the GLOBE Thailand IPST to
1. GLOBE Learning Expedition (GLE)
Projects supporting GLOBE initiatives
and accomplishments in Thailand
3. Earth System Science in
School Curriculum
10. GLOBE Animations
and Cartoon books
4. Earth System Science in
Pre-service
2. GLOBE Learning and Community
(GLC): Young Soil Scientist
5. GLOBE Phenology Protocols
6. GIS Natural Resource Database
7. Weather Station Project
8. CloudSat Project
9. FLEXE Project
Source: GLOBE Thailand
Mosquito observation activity
Image: GLOBE Thailand
Projects supporting GLOBE initiatives and accomplishments in Thailand