Alarm: 3:30 am. I, along with all the other researchers, drillers, painters, janitors, and other support staff, need to be to the US Antarctic Program building at 5 am this morning to get ready to…
Last post before I head south of the equator for the first time. As I finish packing up and get ready for the airport shuttle to arrive, I feel like things are going pretty smoothly. We'll see…
One of the things I am most looking forward to on my trip to Antarctica is communicating with students, my own and other classrooms across the country. To encourage this, I have been soliciting…
Video journal, interviews of IceCube personnel. Filmed in August 09 at the Physical Sciences Lab of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I think the video speaks for itself!
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Coming into the IceCube project as a biologist was apprehensive to say the least. I certainly felt like the outsider among the physics heavy staff and teaching regiment. Biology is my passion…
Katey writes:
"I hear music!” It was the cry of victory for Upward Bound students in River Falls, WI. Thirty-five students, nearly all of them in possession of their own cell phone or iPod (or…
Scott Murphy writes:
The iceCube/PolarTrec team descended upon River Falls, Wisconsin on July 6th for two weeks full of science, Midwestern hospitality, and good old-fashioned fun. We were lucky…
I am a big fan of stop-motion animation, and wanted to try out a piece of software so I could have students use it for projects. SAM Animation is free (available on the web), simple to use, and uses…
One of the most fascinating things for me as a science teacher is the process of investigating the physical world - whether it is watching awesome birds and crazy bugs in Costa Rica, or the optics of…
It's been a busy month! In preparation for the upcoming IceCube trip, our team (me, Katey, Kristen, Liz, Scott and Jim) spent nearly two weeks at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls working…
In preparation for my upcoming South Pole expedition, I figured it would behoove me to get in some cold weather training. Then I changed my mind and went to Costa Rica instead.
Each summer for the…
Since my expedition is still a few months off, I haven't made a whole lot of progress in preparing for my trip... though I did find a nice "mascot" for my classroom. Any suggestions for a name?
My…
