Global Ozone Project for Middle and High School Students

Dear Teachers,

The GO3 Foundation is  identifying schools and teachers who would like to participate in  an  exciting new project for middle and high school students, the Global Ozone Project or "GO3 Project".  In the GO3 Project students around the world measure ozone and meteorological parameters outside their school and upload their data to an overlay in Google Earth to share with other students, teachers and scientists around the world.

We have 20 schools participating at the present time, including 4 international sister schools in Madrid, Moscow, Melbourne and Cairo.  GO3 students are learning about environmental science while helping  to  create the world's first ground-level ozone database.  We expect to have funding for 50 more schools  within the next few weeks. Funding is provided through the GO3 Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non profit foundation.  To learn more about the project, please see our website. We have developed a free curriculum that teachers can download as Power Point presentations, and we are  developing free online interactive ("moodle") courses on topics such as ground-level ozone, the ozone hole, acid rain and climate change.

Teachers are encouraged to signup their schools to participate in the GO3 Project.  Having a few schools signed up in every state will help us with fund raising for those schools.  We are seeking donations from small businesses, corporations, private foundations and government agencies.  Each participating school receives a free instrument package valued at $6,000.

Dr. John Birks

Director, Global Ozone (GO3) Project

Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado

Phone:  +1(303)273-0559

GO3 Project:  www.go3project.com

GO3 Schools:  www.go3project.com/network/go3_schools.php GO3 Curriculum:  www.go3project.com/network/go3_curriculum.php GO3 Social Network:  www.go3project.com/network

GO3 Foundation:  www.go3foundation.org