Overview

This lesson/project/lab has students predict via multiple drawings and time lapse photography predictive Flubber flow before the placement of barriers and other obstacles in front of the Flubber. Contour lines in two directions are drawn on both the paper prediction and the Flubber for comparison purposes. Following predictive drawing completion glacier flow (Flubber flow), with obstacles in place

Lesson
Arctic
About a week
Middle School and Up
Download, Share, and Remix

Overview

Ground penetrating radar is an important tool for studying glacier dynamics. Glacier scientists use GPR images to analyze attributes of glaciers. The following research activity will familiarize students with the basics of the different types of glaciers and their dynamics along with ground penetrating radar and its use in glacier studies.

Goals/Objectives

Students will know the different

Lesson
Arctic
About a week
Middle School and Up
Download, Share, and Remix

Skidompha Public Library's Chats with Champions speaker program hosted well-known Nobleboro Central School teacher Ken Williams and his former student Seth Campbell at the library's Porter Meeting Hall at 2 PM on Saturday, January 11, 2014. The two explained the unofficial title of their presentation: "Student finally hands in 1989 homework assignment to Nobleboro teacher at 14,000 feet in Denali

Presentation
Arctic
Download and Share

PolarTREC teacher Ken Williams' local newspaper article on presentations at school before his expedition to Denali National Park, Alaska.

Article
Arctic
All Aged
Download and Share