At Belgium's flagship GLOBE school, Koninklijk Atheneum, teacher Jules Robijns, and his
biology students (pictured here) definitely have something to smile
about! Belgium joined GLOBE on March 24, 1995, and less than one
month later, on April 19, 1995 they reported their first data!
In January 1996, the school was visited by the United States Ambassador to Belgium, Alan
J. Blinken. Ambassador Blinken went to Koninklijk Atheneum and was impressed with the students
exceptional efforts and motivation. The students have constructed their
own weather station at the school, and from there they diligently monitor
atmospheric temperatures, take preciptation measurements, and make cloud
observations. Additionally, the students have
not just one, but three hydrology sites at which they regularly measure temperature and
pH at varying depths.
It is because of the strong committment of these students that the GLOBE
Program is so successful. Mr. Robjins and the GLOBE students of Koninklijk
Atheneum are truly pioneers in the GLOBE Program and can be proud of the
example they are setting for other schools in their Flemish Community, in
Belgium and throughout the world.