Alaska GLOBE

Alaska GLOBE

Empower your students to observe and act on climate change issues important to your community. Speakers: Elena Sparrow, Ph.D. & Katie Spellman, Ph.D. This video is part of the NNA Community Office Flashtalk series. 


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About the Presenter

Elena Sparrow, Ph.D - Dr. Elena Bautista Sparrow serves as co-lead of the NNA-CO’s education and outreach field office at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is a Research Professor and Education Outreach Director at UAF’s International Arctic Research Center, bringing more than 20 years experience working with educators and community members in engaging youth in environmental and earth  science in Alaska and beyond. She established the Alaska GLOBE program a year after the  GLOBE program, currently a 122- country citizen science network, launched worldwide in 1995.

Katie Spellman, Ph.D - Katie Spellman is an expert in Alaska's wild berries, invasive plants, community and public engagement in science, and climate change education.

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