Earth observations are critical to inform agricultural practices, manage forests and prevent wildfires, forecast insect-borne diseases, and more. The Global Weather Station is a science and education program that focuses on advancing Earth systems science through data collection and analysis. The Weather Station has two primary goals are to advance Earth system science and applications as well as to build a skilled workforce. Students actively collect surface-based environmental observations from around the world using methodology developed by research scientists NASA, student document the change in the environment first-hand.