If you can’t be an astronaut, the Global Microscope might just be the next best thing! This five-foot-diameter globe, sitting at the heart of the Jennifer A. Chalsty Center for Science Learning and Teaching, displays a spectacular view of our planet in motion.

About the Global Microscope
Supplied with vast amounts of data from NASA’s Earth Observatory, the Global Microscope helps students and scientists analyze scores of phenomena across the Earth’s surface, from global warming indicators to atmospheric changes to hurricane formation. Students and teachers can choose what they want to explore on the globe and zoom in for a closer look. Hands-on programs and activities will help students interpret what they see and place it in a larger context, using imagination, creativity and the scientific method to answer their own questions or those posed by science educators. David Herring, the program manager for education and public outreach at the Earth-Sun Exploration Division of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, calls the Global Microscope project “exciting in its promise to help educate the public about global climate phenomena.”

The Global Microscope is funded by CIT and the National Science Foundation.