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The GLOBE Program seeks to teach young students experimental skills using real experiments and equipment. Students, teachers and scientists collaborate in a unique global learning network.

The program is housed by the [[University Corporation for Atmospheric Research]] (UCAR) in [[Boulder, Colorado]], and sponsored by the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]],<ref>[http://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/extras/globe.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927112814/http://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/extras/globe.html |date=September 27, 2010 }}</ref> [[NASA]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/globe.asp |title=Global Learning & Observations to Benefit the Environment |publisher=Education.ssc.nasa.gov |date=2012-01-30 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref> and the [[National Science Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5466 |title=Funding - Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment - US National Science Foundation (NSF) |publisher=nsf.gov |date= |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref> through an inter-agency agreement signed in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2010/03/31/NOAA-NSF-NASA-IA-GLOBE_Program_Support-980407.pdf |title=Interagency Agreement |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref> The [[U.S. Department of State]] supports the work of the GLOBE Program internationally (see for example the agreement with Mexico<ref>https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/68324.pdf</ref>); many other organizations support the GLOBE Program in the US and around the world.

==Mission==