What: Students from 1,500 schools across the country will soon be assisting scientists in collecting data to better understand global environmental systems. Vice President Al Gore initiated this program that links scientists, educators and students. It's known as Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment, or GLOBE. Students in grades K-12 will be making daily scientific measurements and observations at their schools, sending their data via the Internet to a GLOBE processing computer and receiving in return state-of-the-art images for classroom study. This week, UC Davis is hosting one of 13 national workshops to train teachers to be on line by Earth Day, April 22. Thirty-five teachers from California, Hawaii and Nevada are learning how to take environmental measurements as well as how to use the Internet and the World Wide Web. "We hope to instill in students a sense of stewardship about the environment," says UC Davis host Thomas Suchanek, director of the Western Regional Center of the National Institute for Global Environmental Change. "As the program develops and matures, the data can be used by scientists for basic and applied research." Activities: Wednesday, March 15 1-3:30 p.m. Teachers will set up monitoring devices and measuring rainfall, soil saturation, cloud cover and more on the north side of Freeborn Hall. At 3:30 p.m., the teachers will learn how to send their data -- including information on the recent rains in California -- to the GLOBE computer. GLOBE team leaders for this session are Jim Lawless and Gary Lauten. Thursday, March 16 8:30-9:30 a.m. Teachers will take environmental measurements using the devices and methods learned on Wednesday afternoon. At 9:30 a.m. in MU II, they will send their first daily measurements through the Internet. At the GLOBE computer, the local measurements from around the country are combined with satellite images to construct a picture of global environmental systems both from the sky down and from the ground up. Reporters will have the opportunity to interview local teachers as well as workshop coordinator Cliff Hamilton. They may also ask GLOBE team technical trainers Dean Paschall for Internet assistance. Where: Freeborn Hall and MU II, UC Davis Parking and From Interstate 80 take Highway 113 headed toward Woodland. Directions: Take the Hutchison Drive exit and turn right toward the campus. Turn left at the light onto LaRue Road. Turn right at the next light onto Russell Boulevard. Turn right onto Howard Way and then left into a parking structure. Reporters may park in most places for free. If your vehicle is unmarked, place a business card on the dashboard.