Monivea National School is currently taking part in the GLOBE project.
Over 600 schools around Ireland have participated in this project to date. The campaign is coordinated by GLOBE Ireland, as part of The Environmental Education Unit (EEU) of An Taisce and is sponsored by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The GLOBE programme is an international science and education program, sponsored by NASA.
What is the GLOBE Ireland Air Quality Campaign?
The GLOBE Ireland Air Quality Campaign is a school-based citizen science project to assess traffic-related (nitrogen dioxide) air pollution outdoors at schools in Ireland. This is an educational project designed to raise awareness about air pollution; showcase the potential of citizen science to gather unique datasets and insights into our environment; and promote behaviour change. The Air Quality campaign started on September 26th, 2023 and runs for a month.
Our Green Team have placed two tubes up outside the school, to collect air samples. They are analyzing and recording weather conditions, traffic conditions, cloud type and cloudncover twice a week as part of this project - you may see them in their green High-vis, counting cars in the car park and observing the weather just before home time.
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