Alaska EPSCoR supports the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program, an international hands-on environmental science and education program that connects K-12 students, teachers and scientists around the world for research collaboration and cross-cultural enrichment. Under the program, teachers receive special training and educational materials for implementing the GLOBE program and teach students how to measure locally and learn globally to increase their understanding of the Earth and its interconnected systems of atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and biosphere.