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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.

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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, 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.
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:
     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.
     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.
     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:
     Schools will receive credit if they propose to involve a 
large percentage of their students in GLOBE.
     Schools will receive credit if they propose to arrange to 
have students make GLOBE measurements on days in addition to regular 
school days.
     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.
     Schools will receive credit if they propose to involve 
their local community in the school's GLOBE activities.
     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.
     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.
     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 Public Law 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 .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: November 18, 1994.
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-------------------------------------------------

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Identification of Local Educational Agency (e.g. school district) if 
this school is part of such an Agency

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Name, title, and signature of official authorized to sign this 
certification on behalf of the registered school (e.g. authorized 
L.E.A. official)

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Date

    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. Sec. 1525.

[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----------------------------------------------------------------

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    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----------------------------------------------------

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

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    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 ______

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:

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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

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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 other measurements 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
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--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?

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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______

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-------------------------------------------------

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Any 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:---------------------------------------------

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    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------------------------------

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Signature of GLOBE Lead Teacher----------------------------------------

Name of School Principal-----------------------------------------------

Signature of Principal-------------------------------------------------

Phone number to reach the Teacher or Principal (    )

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Identification of Local Educational Agency (e.g. school district) if 
this school is part of such an Agency

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Name, title, and signature of official authorized to Date sign this 
application on behalf of this school (e.g. authorized L.E.A. 
official)

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Date

[FR Doc. 94-28947 Filed 22-18-94; 8:45 am]
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