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Cost Reductions in SOIL Moisture Equipment
GLOBE measurements of soil moisture have become much more affordable! Given that equipment cost can pose a major limit on student and...
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YLACES
- Jul 6, 2016
- 2 min
Nurture the Scientist in Us All
Much effort is placed on identifying the gifted among the young and trying to ensure that they get the special opportunities that will...
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YLACES
- Jul 4, 2016
- 1 min
Congratulations School for Nurses Vrapce
Using a Calitoo sun photometer provided by YLACES, the students at the School for Nurses in Zagreb, Croatia have produced an outstanding...
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YLACES
- Jun 4, 2016
- 1 min
Congratulations Dino and Sarah!
Students at the Prirodoslovna i grafička škola in Rijeka, Croatia have put equipment provided by YLACES to good use. Dino Bešic and Sarah...
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YLACES
- Mar 29, 2016
- 2 min
YLACES extends SciStarter grant to recruit, train, and equip citizen scientists to ground-truth NASA
Washington, DC – NASA scientists are on a mission to map global soil moisture, and through a YLACES grant to SciStarter and GLOBE Program...
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YLACES
- Feb 15, 2016
- 2 min
Science Coaches
YLACES focuses its support on activities that encourage and enable students to do science. To learn science, students must do science...
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YLACES
- Jan 11, 2016
- 2 min
The Right Rubric
With students doing research projects as part of science classes, there must be a way to assess their work. Fortunately, there is a...
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YLACES
- Oct 23, 2015
- 3 min
Everyone a Scientist
Have you ever listened to an eight year-old ponder the clouds? Her questions are dreamy, imaginative, big. Could I pull them apart? Why...
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YLACES
- Aug 25, 2015
- 2 min
SciStarter Grant to Recruit Youth Groups in all 50 States to Support SMAP Ground Truth
Washington, DC – SciStarter (SciStarter.com) has received grant commitment of up to $50,000 from Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental...
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YLACES
- Mar 23, 2015
- 2 min
First YES Medal Awarded
The first Youth Environmental Science Medal was presented to Dr. Barrett Rock at the Annual Meeting of the National Science Teachers...
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YLACES
- Nov 20, 2014
- 1 min
Barrett Rock Selected for 1st YES Medal
Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists (YLACES) announced that Dr. Barrett Rock has been selected as the first recipient of...
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