From info@hpcc1.hpcc.noaa.gov Wed Nov 23 08:42:28 1994 From: info@hpcc1.hpcc.noaa.gov (Globe Information) To: jwash@hwr.arizona.edu Subject: Re: how does this thing work?   November 18, 1994 Dear Educator: I would like to invite your school to participate in an exciting new environmental science and education initiative known as the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment Program (GLOBE). GLOBE was announced by Vice President Al Gore on Earth Day, April 22, 1994. GLOBE is a hands-on program that will link your students with other students and with scientists around the world. Students will make environmental observations at or near their schools, report their data to a GLOBE processing facility, and then receive dynamic global environmental images created from their data. Over ninety nations have expressed interest in being part of GLOBE. A team of distinguished educators and scientists is developing grade-specific materials, designed to help teachers enrich and supplement existing school curricula in science and mathematics. The GLOBE lead teacher for each U.S. school will receive training at regional workshops beginning early in 1995. Enclosed is the Federal Register notice announcing this unique opportunity for U.S. schools. Any school meeting the basic requirements to become a GLOBE school, as listed in the notice, need only complete the registration form to join GLOBE. Federal assistance will be available on a competitive basis to assist domestic schools to meet the requirements to become a GLOBE school. An application for assistance is also included. I encourage you to involve your school in this new international science and education program and to share information about the GLOBE program with your educational colleagues. The deadline for receipt of applications for Federal assistance is December 28, 1994. Sincerely, Thomas N. Pyke, Jr. Director  THE GLOBE PROGRAM 744 Jackson Place / Washington, DC 20503 USA For Electronic Inquiries: info@globe.gov November 18, 1994 Dear Educator: I would like to invite your school to participate in an exciting new environmental science and education initiative known as the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment Program (GLOBE). GLOBE was announced by Vice President Al Gore on Earth Day, April 22, 1994. GLOBE is a hands-on program that will link your students with other students and with scientists around the world. Students will make environmental observations at or near their schools, report their data to a GLOBE processing facility, and then receive dynamic global environmental images created from their data. Over ninety nations have expressed interest in being part of GLOBE. A team of distinguished educators and scientists is developing grade-specific materials, designed to help teachers enrich and supplement existing school curricula in science and mathematics. The GLOBE lead teacher for each U.S. school will receive training at regional workshops beginning early in 1995. Enclosed is the Federal Register notice announcing this unique opportunity for U.S. schools. Any school meeting the basic requirements to become a GLOBE school, as listed in the notice, need only complete the registration form to join GLOBE. Federal assistance will be available on a competitive basis to assist domestic schools to meet the requirements to become a GLOBE school. An application for assistance is also included. I encourage you to involve your school in this new international science and education program and to share information about the GLOBE program with your educational colleagues. The deadline for receipt of applications for Federal assistance is December 28, 1994. Sincerely, Thomas N. Pyke, Jr. Director ======================================================================= DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [Docket No. 941122-4322] RIN: 0648-ZA12 Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, COMMERCE (DOC). ACTION: Notice of Program and Availability of Federal Assistance. SUMMARY: This is an invitation for U.S. K-12 schools to participate in a new international environmental science and education program known as Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE). U.S. schools can participate in the GLOBE Program if they meet the "basic requirements" described below by simply completing the registration form included below. If a U.S. school does not have the resources necessary to meet these "basic requirements," it can apply for Federal assistance to enable it to participate in the GLOBE Program using the Application for Federal Assistance included below. GLOBE is managed by an interagency team that includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Departments of Education and State. GLOBE leadership also includes the White House Office on Environmental Policy and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. NOAA is the lead agency for GLOBE. As lead agency, NOAA invites U.S. K-12 schools to participate in the GLOBE Program as described below. The GLOBE Program is a hands-on program that joins students, educators, and scientists from around the world in studying the global environment. GLOBE will be a worldwide network of students who will work under the guidance of GLOBE-trained teachers to make environmental observations at or near their schools, report their data to a GLOBE processing facility, receive and use global images created from their data, and study environmental topics in their classrooms. DATES: Requests for Federal assistance must be received by December 28, 1994. ADDRESSES: Requests for the registration form or the Application for Federal Assistance form and completed forms should be sent by mail to Thomas N. Pyke, Jr., Director, The GLOBE Program, 744 Jackson Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503 or delivered by express or courier service to Director, The GLOBE Program, The White House, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., Room G-1, Washington, D.C. 20006. Facsimile copies are not acceptable. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested applicants should contact Thomas N. Pyke, Jr., Director, The GLOBE Program, at (202) 395-6500. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. INTRODUCTION 1. Program Description: GLOBE is a hands-on, school-based program that will: - Enhance environmental awareness of individuals throughout the world, - Enable students to make environmental observations that will contribute to improving the health of planet Earth, - Give students the opportunity to work with world class scientists, collaborating together through a worldwide network, - Involve students, teachers, and scientists in sharing information about the global environment, - Enrich and supplement existing school curricula in science and mathematics , and - Help all students reach higher standards in science and mathematics. The program consists of a worldwide network of students who will make environmental observations at or near their schools under the guidance of GLOBE-trained teachers. The students will report their data to a GLOBE processing center, receive and use global images created from their data, and study environmental topics in their classrooms. The data acquired by students will be used worldwide by environmental scientists in their research to improve our understanding of the global environment. The GLOBE concept was announced by Vice President Al Gore on Earth Day, April 22, 1994. Since then, over ninety nations have expressed interest in joining the U.S. in the GLOBE Program. GLOBE will begin operation on the 25th Earth Day, April 22, 1995, and schools in the U.S. and throughout the world are invited to join in this exciting new venture. "Basic Requirements" A school satisfies the "basic requirements" to become a GLOBE school if the school agrees to : - Have its students acquire environmental data using scientific instruments at their schools, - Have its students transmit these data to a GLOBE processing center as often as required for each measurement, - Have its students study the global environmental images that will be generated based on GLOBE data taken by students around the world, - Have its students participate in GLOBE guided by one or more teachers trained through the GLOBE Program, who will use GLOBE-provided educational materials, - Send at least one teacher to a GLOBE-provided 3-day training workshop at a location in the school's general part of the country, - Have the necessary GLOBE scientific measurement instruments, as identified below, for use by students, and - Have a suitable school computer configuration, as described below, to be used at least 20% of each school day to support participation in GLOBE, i.e., to be used for data entry and transmission to a GLOBE processing center and for viewing of global environmental images and related information generated from GLOBE data by a GLOBE processing center. Scientific Measurement Instruments GLOBE environmental measurements are in the following study areas: Atmosphere/Climate, Hydrology/Water Chemistry, and Biology/Geology. The GLOBE measurements to be made initially by students in grades K-5 are: Atmosphere/Climate: Maximum and minimum air temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover Hydrology/Water: Water temperature, pH of precipitation Biology/Geology: Biometrics, species identification, and land cover The scientific instruments needed to make these measurements are a max/min thermometer, a rain gauge, a tape measure, a clinometer, Litmus paper, and a "cloud kit" and simple species identification keys to be provided as part of the GLOBE educational materials. The functional and performance specifications for these GLOBE scientific instruments will be provided to each school that registers to participate in the GLOBE Program. The total cost of these scientific instruments, if they are not already available at the school, is estimated to be between $150 and $250. After the initial year of GLOBE operation, additional measurements will be added at the K-5 level, such as measurement of barometric pressure and soil moisture. The additional cost of the instruments necessary at that time to make these additional measurements is estimated to be about $100. The measurements to be made by students in grades 6-12, in addition to all of the above measurements made by K-5 students, are: Hydrology/Water: pH of precipitation taken with more advanced measurement devices, soil moisture Biology/Geology: phenology (seasonal change), location of the site at which physical measurements are taken The scientific instruments necessary to make these measurements include all of the above instruments for grades K-5, in addition to a digital readout pH pen for grades 6-8 and a research quality pH meter for grades 9-12, an oven, a balance, and a camera with film. The functional and performance specifications for these GLOBE scientific instruments will be provided to each school that registers to participate in the GLOBE Program. A Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, to be used to determine the location of the site at which physical measurements are taken, will be made available for use at the school measurement sites by the GLOBE Program, as needed. The total cost of these scientific instruments, if they are not already available at the school, is estimated to be between $300 and $400 for grades 6-8 and between $800 and $1000 for grades 9-12. After the initial year of GLOBE operation, additional measurements will be added at the 6-12 level, such as measurement of dew point, soil temperature, and of trace gases. The additional cost of the instruments necessary at that time to make these additional measurements is estimated to be between $300 and $400 for grades 6-8 and between $300 and $500 for grades 9-12. School Computer Configuration Either an IBM-compatible PC or an Apple Macintosh computer can be used: An IBM-compatible PC with at least a 386, 20 Mhz processor, 4 MB of RAM memory, and 60 MB of available hard disk. It must have either a direct Internet connection or a dial-up capability using a 14.4 kbps modem, preferably employing V.42 bis data compression, that is now being used to access the Internet on a dial-in basis or can be used to do so if the school is provided with a suitable 800 telephone number. An Apple Macintosh computer with at least a 68030, 20 Mhz processor, 4MB of RAM memory, and 60 MB of available hard disk. It must have either a direct Internet connection or a dial-up capability using a 14.4 kbps modem, preferably employing V.42 bis data compression, that is now being used to access the Internet on a dial-in basis or can be used to do so if the school is provided with a suitable 800 telephone number. Registering as a GLOBE School Schools that meet the "basic requirements" stated above are invited to complete the registration form included below. The form must be signed by the school's principal, its designated GLOBE lead teacher, and by an official authorized to make the necessary certification on behalf of the school. The form should be mailed to The GLOBE Program, 744 Jackson Place, Washington, D.C. 20503. For each registered school, the Federal Government will provide: - Daily access through the Internet to global environmental images based on the measurement data taken by GLOBE students around the world and a broad range of other information relevant to the study of the global environment, - An opportunity for students and teachers to work interactively through the Internet with world class scientists, collaborating in the study of the environment, - An opportunity for students, teachers, and scientists to share information about the global environment through the Internet with each other, - Training for one teacher (the GLOBE lead teacher for the school) at a 3-day workshop to be held at a location in the school's general part of the country (but not including the cost of travel or per diem for the teacher to attend the training or the cost of a substitute teacher if one is necessary), - A set of GLOBE educational materials for use by teachers and students in the school to enrich and supplement existing school curricula, - If the school is not already connected to the Internet, connectivity will be provided to the Internet through a dial-up telephone connection to an 800 number, - Access to GLOBE school computer software for use of the World Wide Web information access system through the Internet, if the school does not already have software that can be used for this purpose (This is the software necessary to transmit GLOBE data and access GLOBE global environmental visualizations and other information.), and - Dial-up telephone access to a GLOBE help desk to an 800 number. Teacher training will be available for some GLOBE lead teachers for 3-day sessions offered during the period February through May 1995. Training for additional GLOBE lead teachers will be available from June through August 1995. It is expected that only a relatively small percentage of initial GLOBE lead teachers will be able to be trained during the February-May period, and each school's indication for when its GLOBE lead teacher would prefer to participate in training is requested on the registration form. GLOBE will begin operation on April 22, 1995. Schools that initially register can expect to begin their involvement on a phased-in basis beginning as early as April, but, in some cases, not beginning until later in 1995. Schools for which registration forms are received by the GLOBE Program earliest can generally expect to receive training for their GLOBE lead teachers at an early date, and thus begin GLOBE participation earlier in the year, subject to the magnitude of response to this invitation and the overall process for scheduling teacher training workshops across the country. Federal Assistance Some Federal assistance will be available on a competitive basis to assist selected domestic schools in meeting some of these "basic requirements." GLOBE encourages schools which do not meet all of the "basic requirements" identified above to complete the Application for Federal Assistance form included below to compete to acquire from the Federal Government the necessary resources to enable the school to participate in the GLOBE Program. It is expected that available U.S. Government resources to help individual schools to participate in GLOBE will be limited compared to the total need. Schools desiring to participate in GLOBE are encouraged to seek alternative resources. However, no matching is required. The application form for applying for Federal assistance under this solicitation is contained within this announcement. Schools applying for Federal assistance may be required to complete additional Federal assistance forms as required by DOC. 2. Authority and Type of Funding Instrument: GLOBE may enter into Joint Project Agreements (JPA), contracts and/or cooperative agreements to carry out the objectives of this program. NOAA intends to use JPAs pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1525 with those educational institutions that do not require funds to acquire the resources necessary to meet the "basic requirements" identified above. The duration of the agreements will be for three year periods. For those educational institutions that require and are selected to receive Federal assistance, NOAA intends to use cooperative agreements pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1540 to assist educational institutions that are not profit making entities. Procurement contracts may be used to fund for-profit educational organizations that may need resources for the "basic requirements" to participate in the GLOBE Program. NOAA will determine the appropriate funding instrument to use for each applicant in accordance with the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act, 31 U.S.C. 6301-6308. 3. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: CFDA No. 11.449, Independent Education and Science Projects and Programs. 4. Funding Availability: Funds appropriated for use by the NOAA in support of the GLOBE Program, together with GLOBE funding transferred to NOAA from NASA and EPA, will be employed to make awards in response to this solicitation. II. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION AND FUNDING The selection of schools to receive Federal assistance to enable them to participate in the GLOBE Program will be guided by the program's goals: (1) to enhance environmental awareness of individuals throughout the world, (2) to increase scientific understanding of the Earth, and (3) to help all students reach higher standards in science and mathematics. The following general rating factors that will be considered in the selection of schools that will receive Federal assistance as a result of this solicitation: o Schools will be selected so as to achieve geographic and socio-economic diversity in the participation in the GLOBE Program, with an objective of being inclusive in the opportunity for the Nation's young people to participate. o Schools will be selected so as to provide coverage of the United States where the current availability of the kinds of environmental data to be acquired by schools participating in GLOBE is relatively sparse, and where a significant contribution to global environmental research would be made by having GLOBE schools located there. o Schools will be selected that intend to make GLOBE measurements and transmit the data for GLOBE processing as often as necessary for each measurement for at least the next 3 years. The following programmatic rating factors will be rated and given equal weight: o Schools will receive credit if they propose to involve a large percentage of their students in GLOBE. o Schools will receive credit if they propose to arrange to have students make GLOBE measurements on days in addition to regular school days. o Schools will receive credit if they are part of or plan to collaborate in GLOBE with other nearby participating schools, where this cluster of schools includes one or more proposed elementary schools that feed into a proposed intermediate school that feeds into a proposed high school. o Schools will receive credit if they propose to involve their local community in the school's GLOBE activities. o Schools will receive credit if they propose to build on the schools' participation in existing environmental science or related education programs that have some of the characteristics of GLOBE. o Schools will receive credit if they require partial rather than full Federal Government support of the resources necessary to participate in GLOBE, because they already have part of the required "infrastructure," e.g. a suitably configured PC or Macintosh computer, a connection to the Internet, and all or some of the required scientific instruments. o Schools will receive credit for "infrastructure" if a school does not yet have, but is willing to commit to obtain, needed resources from alternative sources as a form of "matching" the resources being requested. 3.0 Selection Procedures GLOBE will convene an interagency review team that includes NOAA, NASA, NSF, EPA, and the Department of Education. The review team will rate the applications, and consider other relevant information available to the Government about each school, in accordance with the GLOBE Program goals and factors identified above. After the applications have been evaluated, the review team will develop recommendations for selection. The recommendations will be submitted to the GLOBE Director, who will determine which applicants will be funded by NOAA or other Federal organizations, and that the applicants selected are those that best meet the goals of the GLOBE program. The exact amount of assistance or Government resources awarded to an applicant will be determined in pre-award negotiations between the applicant and GLOBE Program representatives. All applicants will be notified of their selection or non-selection. Unsuccessful applicants will be encouraged to seek alternative resources that will enable them to participate in GLOBE. Schools that are selected to receive Federal assistance to make possible their participation in GLOBE will also receive the same four kinds of Government support listed above for schools that do not need assistance and are simply registering to participate. At any given time, especially as the GLOBE Program begins during 1995, there may be a constraint on the rate at which GLOBE teacher training and educational materials can be made available, and in which new GLOBE schools can be supported by the GLOBE processing center(s) and required network connections. Every reasonable effort will be made to respond in a timely way to the expected heavy demand, but schools should expect to become "operational" GLOBE schools on a phased-in basis over several months, beginning in March 1995. III. OTHER REQUIREMENTS 1 Federal Policies and Procedures - Recipients and subrecipients are subject to all Federal laws and Federal and DOC policies, regulations, and procedures applicable to Federal financial assistance awards. 2 Past Performance - Unsatisfactory performance under prior Federal awards may result in an application not being considered for funding. 3. Pre-award Activities - If applicants incur any costs prior to an award being made, they do so solely at their own risk of not being reimbursed by the Government. Notwithstanding any verbal or written assurance that may have been received, there is no obligation on the part of DOC to cover pre-award costs. 4 No Obligation for Future Funding - If an application is selected for funding, DOC has no obligation to provide any additional future funding in connection with that award. Renewal of an award to increase funding or extend the period of performance is at the total discretion of DOC. 5. Delinquent Federal Debts - No award of Federal assistance shall be made to an applicant who has an outstanding delinquent Federal debt until either: i. The delinquent account is paid in full, ii. A negotiated repayment schedule is established and at least one payment is received, or iii. Other arrangements satisfactory to DOC are made. 6. Name Check Review - All non-profit and for-profit applicants are subject to a name check review process. Name checks are intended to reveal if any key individuals associated with the applicant have been convicted of or are presently facing criminal charges such as fraud, theft, perjury, or other matters which significantly reflect on the applicant's management honesty or financial integrity. 7. Primary Applicant Certifications - All primary applicants must submit a completed Form CD-511, "Certifications Regarding Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters; Drug-Free Workplace Requirements and Lobbying," and the following explanations are hereby provided: i. Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension. Prospective participants (as defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section 105) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26, "Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension" and the related section of the certification form prescribed above applies; ii. Drug-Free Workplace. Grantees (as defined at 15 CFR Part 28, Section 605) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26, Subpart F, "Government-wide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)" and the related section of the certification form prescribed above applies; iii. Anti-Lobbying. Persons (as defined at 15 CFR Part 28, Section 105) are subject to the lobbying provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1352, "Limitation on use of appropriated funds to influence certain Federal contracting and financial transactions," and the lobbying section of the certification form prescribed above applies to applications/bids for grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts for more than $100,000, and loans and loan guarantees for more than $150,000, or the single family maximum mortgage limit for affected programs, whichever is greater; and iv. Anti-Lobbying Disclosures. Any applicant that has paid or will pay for lobbying using any funds must submit an SF-LLL, "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities," as required under 15 CFR Part 28, Appendix B. 8. Lower Tier Certifications - Recipients shall require applicants/bidders for subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, or other lower tier covered transactions at any tier under the award to submit, if applicable, a completed form CD-512, "Certifications Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered Transactions and Lobbying" and disclosure form, SF-LLL, "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities." Form CD-512 is intended for the use of recipients and should not be transmitted to DOC. SF-LLL submitted by any tier recipient or subrecipient should be submitted to DOC in accordance with the instructions contained in the award document. 9. False Statements - A false statement on an application is grounds for denial or termination of funds and grounds for possible punishment by a fine or imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1001. 10. Intergovernmental Review - This action has been determined not to require intergovernmental review. 11. Buy American-Made Equipment or Products - Applicants are hereby notified that they are encouraged, to the extent feasible, to purchase American-made equipment and products with funding provided under this program in accordance with Congressional intent as set forth in the resolution contained in Public Law 103-317, Sections 607 (a) and (b). This provision applies only to Federal appropriations provided under P.L. 103-317. 12 Classification - This action has been determined to be not significant for purposes of E.O. 12866. This notice contains a collection-of-information requirement subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. The collection of this information has been approved by OMB, OMB Control Number 0648-0287, with collection approval through 11/30/97. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.5 hours per response for a Registration and 1 hour for an Application for Assistance, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this reporting burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Thomas N. Pyke, Jr. (see ADDRESSES), and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 (Attention: NOAA Desk Officer). The required forms for registration and application for Federal assistance are appended. Dated: 11/18/94 ______________________________________ Thomas N. Pyke, Jr. Director, The GLOBE Program [Copies of this form may be reproduced so that a completed form can be submitted for each school.] REGISTRATION FOR A SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GLOBE PROGRAM Name of School____________________________________________ Street Address ____________________________________________ City_______________________________ State_____________ZIP____________ Type of school: elementary _______ intermediate/middle/junior high ______ high school _______ Name of GLOBE Lead Teacher for the School______________________ Name of School Principal_______________________________ Phone numbers to reach the Teacher and Principal (with area code) Voice (____)________________ FAX (____)___________________ Internet address for Teacher, if available__________________________ Preferred teacher training period: February to May 1995 __________ June to August 1995 __________ CERTIFICATION I certify that this school meets the "basic requirements" to become a GLOBE school, as described in Part I of this Announcement, and that the school intends to participate in the GLOBE Program for a period of at least 3 years. Signature of GLOBE Lead Teacher_____________________________ Signature of Principal _______________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Identification of Local Educational Agency (e.g. school district) if this school is part of such an Agency _________________________________________________ ________ Name, title, and signature of official authorized to sign Date this certification on behalf of the registered school (e.g. authorized L.E.A. official) All communications, materials, or other resources under this agreement are administered as a joint project between the registered school and the Federal Government through the authority of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under 15 U.S.C. paragraph 1525. ========================================================================== Application Page 1 [Copies of this form may be reproduced so that a completed form can be submitted for each school.] APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO BECOME A GLOBE SCHOOL ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL Name of school _____________________________________________ Street address ______________________________________________ City________________________ State______________ ZIP __________ Type of school: elementary ________ intermediate/middle/junior high _______ high school ________ ABOUT INVOLVING STUDENTS IN GLOBE How many students are in your school?___________ How would you plan to involve many of your school's students in GLOBE? ____________________________________________ - Would you have the computer and measurement instruments used for GLOBE shared at different times during the school day by two or more classes? Yes_____________ No______________ - Would you create a GLOBE bulletin board in a place where many students could see it? Yes_____________ No____________ - Would you hold one or more school assemblies to share information about the school's participation in GLOBE? Yes__________ No__________ - Other_______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ What percentage of the students in your school would be directly involved in GLOBE, making daily measurements and studying the data and the global environmental images created with worldwide GLOBE student data? Percent of students________________ ========================================================================== Application page 2 ABOUT MAKING GLOBE MEASUREMENTS Recognizing the fundamental importance for the GLOBE Program of continuing, long-term, worldwide environmental observations, does your school intend to make GLOBE measurements and transmit the data for GLOBE processing for at least the next 3 years? Yes______ No_______ Would your school be able to arrange to have students make GLOBE measurements at times outside the regular school day? - On weekends? Yes________ No_______ - During school vacations during the school year? Yes_______No________ - Over the summer? Yes_______No________ - Would you involve school or community volunteers to help students make these measurements on other than regular school days? Yes________ No_______ - Other ways of providing coverage on other than regular school days ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Do you have funding available to acquire the scientific measurement instruments needed, as identified in this solicitation, which are estimated to cost approximately $150-200 for an elementary school, $300-400 for an intermediate school, and $800-1000 for a high school? Yes____________ No_____________ If No, are you applying for Federal assistance to provide a set of such instruments for use at your school? Yes____________ No__________ ============================================================================ Application Page 3 ABOUT WORKING WITH OTHER NEARBY SCHOOLS Are you planning to collaborate with other nearby schools as you participate in GLOBE? - With one or more schools that feed your school? Yes________ No_______ - With one more schools that your school feeds? Yes________ No_______ If Yes, provide the names of the collaborating schools: ____________________________________________________________ Principals of collaborating schools________________________________ Principals' phone number(s) (____)________________________________________________ Have these collaborating schools registered as GLOBE Schools or are they applying for Federal assistance to participate? Yes__________ No_________ ABOUT INVOLVING YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IN GLOBE How are you planning to involve the local community outside your school in your school's GLOBE activities? - Invite the public to visit for open houses to see what your students are doing in GLOBE? Yes___________ No___________ - Invite parents and others to visit after school hours or on weekends to participate hands-on themselves in GLOBE? Yes__________ No________ - Prepare articles on your school's GLOBE participation for your school newspaper? Yes___________ No_________ - Prepare articles on your school's GLOBE participation for local newspapers in your area? Yes_____________ No____________ -Other_____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ =========================================================================== Application page 4 ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL'S INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE OR RELATED EDUCATION PROGRAMS Are students in your school already involved in an environmental science or education program that has some of the characteristics of GLOBE? - Are you making weather or other environmental measurements regularly through the school year? Yes___________ No____________ - Are you sharing these measurement results with others outside your school? Yes_________ No________ - Does your school have an "automated" weather station that records temperature and othermeasurements all of the time? Yes___________ No____________ - If Yes, is your weather station part of a community-wide organized effort on the part of a local TV station or other organization? Yes____ No____ - If Yes, please identify the local organization____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Does your school participate in a regional, national, or international environmental education program involving hands-on science? Yes__________No__________ - If Yes, please identify the program________________________________ - Does your school participate in a distance education program involving partner schools communicating regularly through the Internet or other means? Yes___________ No____________ If Yes, please identify the program____________________________________ Other kinds of involvement? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ========================================================================== Application Page 5 ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT GLOBE PARTICIPATION Does your school have or are you able to obtain an IBM-compatible or Apple Macintosh computer that meets the minimum GLOBE requirements (see introductory information) and that you would be willing to make available at least 20% of every school day to support GLOBE data entry and related viewing of global visualizations and other related materials? Yes__________ No___________ If No, are you applying for Federal assistance to provide your school such a computer, including a suitable modem, with the understanding that the school will provide a telephone line for use with this computer that can be used to dial outside telephone numbers, including 800 numbers? Yes___________ No__________ If Yes, does this computer have a modem that can operate at 9600 bps or faster connected to a telephone line that can be used to dial outside telephone numbers, including 800 numbers? Yes__________ No__________ If No, are you applying for Federal assistance to provide your school with such a modem, with the understanding that the school will provide a telephone line for use with this computer that can be used to dial outside telephone numbers, including 800 numbers? Yes___________ No_____________ If Yes, is this computer being used by students to access information on the Internet? Yes____________ No____________ If Yes, are students able to use one of the information access tools that support access to the World Wide Web on the Internet (such as the one called Mosaic)? Yes___________ No____________ =========================================================================== Application Page 6 ABOUT GLOBE TEACHER TRAINING Are you willing to send a teacher to a workshop to be trained in GLOBE environmental measurements and in the use of associated educational resource materials, for a period of 3 days, at a location in your general part of the country? Yes__________ No___________ Do you have or can you obtain funding to pay for this teacher's travel expenses to attend such a workshop? Yes__________No___________ If No, are you applying for Federal assistance to pay for this teacher's travel expenses to attend such a workshop? Yes___________ No_________ Are you willing to provide a substitute for this teacher if he or she needs to miss up to 3 school days to receive this training? Yes_____________ No______________ Would you prefer that this teacher be trained in the period February through May 1995, so your school could begin participation in GLOBE this Spring, or would you prefer that this teacher receive training during June through August 1995, so your school could begin participation next Fall? February through May_____________ June through August_______________ MATCHING RESOURCES Does your school propose to commit to obtain some of the needed resources that it needs, but does not yet have, from alternative sources as a form of "matching" the resources requested in this application? Yes______ No______ If Yes, please explain_____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ============================================================================ Application Page 7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOUR SCHOOL WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION Would you like to provide any additional information that would assist in the evaluation of your school's application relative to the GLOBE goals and rating factors? Yes_______________ No______________ If Yes, please do so here:________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ If your school is not selected to receive Federal assistance to enable it to participate in GLOBE, would you like this application made public by the GLOBE Program to support your school's continuing effort to obtain the necessary resources to participate in the program? Yes___________ No____________ MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL AND SIGNATURES NECESSARY TO CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE Is your school currently identified as a Chapter 1 school? Yes____ No____ Name of GLOBE Lead Teacher for the School __________________________________ Signature of GLOBE Lead Teacher __________________________________ Name of School Principal __________________________________ Signature of Principal ___________________________________ Phone number to reach the Teacher or Principal (_____)_________________________ _________________________________________________________ Identification of Local Educational Agency (e.g. school district) if this school is part of such an Agency ____________________________________________ ____________ Name, title, and signature of official authorized to Date sign this application on behalf of this school (e.g. authorized L.E.A. official)