Awards

The best poster (paper or web-based) will be displayed at UA's El Dia del Agua Student Research Symposium, sponsored by the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, on March ?, 1999. If feasible, the winning team will be invited as my guests for lunch and to attend other events that day.

Submit to (by Dec. 20)

Examples of Electronic Posters

General Guidelines

• Be creative and original!
• Make it readable and understandable to both peers and parents,
• Set it up like a slide show or have one summary page with postage stamp images.
• Limit the size of images and graphics - recommended total byte maximums are given below in parenthesis,
• Reports must be directly related to GLOBE - but they can highlight an extension or application of GLOBE skills and resources,
• Focus your topics; Ask basic questions - for many students, the benefit in this activity is the process and not the outcome,
• Do what you can - we welcome contributions from all grade levels,
• Treat this like a science project - the projects must be student based (teachers and parents are encouraged to offer support, at the direction of the student, to make this material web accessible).
• You might ask a question you can't answer - that's OK, state what you have done and what will be required by the next person to make progress,
• Send me your URL's and I will distribute them (jwash@hwr.arizona.edu).

Suggestions for posters and possible content

School Poster - Summary of your school's GLOBE program (500 kb)

• Who's involved? - group photo
• Your GLOBE sites - photos and maps
• What have you learned? - observations and predictions
• What do students say or think about science and their environment? - quotes
• How does GLOBE work with your curriculum?
• Background information - local history and school statistics
  • Examples:
    Simple Ft. Lowell Elementary School Tucson, AZ
    Fancy Ft. Lowell Elementary School Tucson, AZ
    Power Point Lakeview Elementary School Phoenix, AZ
    Field Site Wilson K-8 School Tucson, AZ
    "Where in the world is" Marana High School Tucson, AZ

Protocol Poster - Results of controlled sensitivity experiments (200 kb)

• Abstract - A succinct synopsis or your effort and results
• Hypothesis or question under investigation
• Background or theory
• Procedure
• Results
• Analysis
• Conclusions
  • Examples: Importance of rinsing electrodes after pH measurements

Data Poster - Analysis or comparison of GLOBE data (500 kb)

• Abstract - a succinct synopsis or your effort and results
• Hypothesis or question under investigation
• Background or predictions
• Procedure
• Results - Graphs tables and plots
• Analysis
• Conclusions
• References and/or links to other pertinent URls
  • Examples: Analysis of initial GLOBE soil temperature measurements