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Do you wonder what Earth's polar regions are like? Where do polar bears live? Where do penguins swim? Why does the Sun never shine in winter? Check out the website to learn more about the north polar region, called the Arctic, and the south polar region, called the Antarctic.

Craig Kasemodel is joining researcher Lee Cooper aboard the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea. This live event highlights some of the research and activities taking place on board the ship. There were about 11 parties who joined the event, and there were about 60 students.

International Polar Day event focusing on Changing Earth. Presentations from researchers aboard the CCGS Amundsen in the Beaufort Sea, researchers in Dry Valleys, Antarctica, and researchers in NE Russia.

Story from online website, military.com about the USCGC Healy deploying to the Arctic. During the deployment, Healy will travel more than 25,000 miles and conduct more than 2,000 individual science evolutions in the course of completing seven separate science missions. Healy will spend six weeks between the second and third missions in Seattle conducting scheduled maintenance and training. Healy's two

Anchorage School District newsletter talking about teacher, Craig Kasemodel, deploying to the Arctic as part of PolarTREC.

The NOAA Teacher at Sea Program sends teachers out to sea on Coast Guard ships. They have published several children's books about the teachers' adventures. The books include basic information about the ships, oceanography, climate, and the environment. Each book has a glossary and is illustrated with beautiful pictures. You can download a pdf copy to use right now and

Overview

Students are presented with an actual series of tundra photos, which they use to develop a hypothesis for which sort of ground cover will have the most/least permafrost depth. Then they are given a set of actual data and use this to test their hypothesis

Objective

Students will: * understand what permafrost is and how it develops

Overview

This lesson was modeled after some of the routine activities undertaken by the geologists on the Kuril Island Expedition. Complete the following activities: * Day 1 To measure a simple topographic profile with a level instrument or hand level and stadium rod. * Day 2 To use the measurements from Day 1 (and/or actual measurements from the Kuril

This activity is designed to take place near or at the end of a unit on the ocean floor. Students should be familiar with the physical features of the ocean floor including the continental shelf, abyssal plain, seamounts and guyots, seafloor ridges and trenches, and submarine canyons. The students should have also previously learned about sonar methods for mapping the

Overview

In this lesson, students learn about what archaeologists do and then practice implementing these skills with "real artifacts".

Objective

Students will: * be able to define an artifact and an archaeologist. * use evidence to support their decisions about the origin and use of an unknown item.

Preparation

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