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Welcome to the GO3 Foundation

The GO3 Foundation is a non profit corporation in the State of Coloado dedicated to promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in the United States and throughout the world. Currently, the main focus of the GO3 Foundation is fundraising for the GO3 Project described below, but we envision supporting a wide range of innovative projects for K-12 students in the future.

GO3 Project

In the Global Ozone Project ("GO3 Project"), high school students throughout the world measure ground-level ozone on a continuous basis and upload their results to the Google Earth® map. Measurements are made with high accuracy using sophisticated ozone monitors constructed by the students from kits and tested and calibrated on a frequent basis using a transfer standard.

Ozone is considered the most important air pollutant from a health standpoint and is one of the Priority Air Pollutants regulated by the US EPA and many other government agencies throughout the world. Ozone causes lung damage, strongly affecting people with asthma and other respiratory problems.  Ozone reduces crop yields throughout the world and damages natural ecosystems.  In addition, ozone, like carbon dioxide, is a greenhouse gas and contributes to global warming.  Ozone respects no political boundaries; the ozone in any location is highly affected by air pollutants released upwind.  This project will provide the means for students to continuously measure and track ground-level ozone over the land surface of the Earth. The data will be available to scientists for fundamental studies of ozone production, destruction and transport.

The goals of this project are both educational and scientific.  Some of the major goals include:

Provide an exciting research experience for high school students

Increase awareness of environmental concerns such as air pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion and global warming

Provide a high density network of ozone monitoring stations throughout the world for use by atmospheric scientists

Teach students important concepts such as chemical measurement methods; instrumentation; calibration; data acquisition using computers; data quality; statistics; data analysis and graphing; posting of data to the web; the chemistry of air pollution; stratospheric ozone depletion and global climate change

Encourage more students to attend college with majors in science and engineering

Increase the representation of minorities and women in the science and engineering professions

Sponsorships

We are seeking grant funds and personal, business and corporate sponsors for instrument packages for public schools.  To learn more about sponsoring one or more schools, go to the Sponsor page.

A copy of our IRS 501c3 determination letter (EIN: 27-0906955; DLN: 17053293310039) is posted here.