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==Background==
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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Amanda |title=The GLOBE Program: Making the Case for K–12 Citizen Scientists |url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/budding-scientist/the-globe-program-making-the-case-for-k-12-citizen-scientists/ |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=Scientific American Blog Network |date=19 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
The program is housed by the [[University Corporation for Atmospheric Research]] (UCAR) in [[Boulder, Colorado]], and sponsored by [[NASA]] (National Aeronautics and Space Administration<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 |access-date=2013-03-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302131701/http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/globe.asp |archive-date=2013-03-02 }}</ref>), [[NOAA]] (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> ), and the [[National Science Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://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 |access-date=2013-03-20}}</ref> through an inter-agency agreement signed in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2010/03/31/NOAA-NSF-NASA-IA-GLOBE_Program_Support-980407.pdf |title=Interagency Agreement |format=PDF |access-date=2013-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204622/http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2010/03/31/NOAA-NSF-NASA-IA-GLOBE_Program_Support-980407.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[U.S. Department of State]] supports the work of the GLOBE Program internationally (see for example the agreement with Mexico<ref>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/68324.pdf United States Department of State]</ref>); many other organizations support the GLOBE Program in the US and around the world.
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