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Dieuwertje Kast was mentioned in the Champion Newspapers of Chino Valley. Her quote mentioned PolarTREC. Her quote was "Dieuwertje Kast of Chino was included by Forbes Magazine in its “30 under 30” listing, representing the field of science. Her work at the University of Southern California JEP (Joint Educational Project) includes STEM education outreach and curriculum development with schools K-12

Dieuwertje Kast was nominated for the Forbes 30 under 30 in Science honor and the La Canada Outlook profiled the award and included a 2 paragraph description of her PolarTREC Expedition to the Arctic. The paragraph included the following quote: Kast is an eager traveler who this summer will join an expedition to the Arctic with the PolarTREC program. In

Background on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.

Feature article on teacher Kelly McCarthy's selection for the PolarTREC program with NASA's Operation IceBridge.

Plans for the Berkeley National Laboratory cosmic ray detector. This detector can be built by high school teachers and can be used to study cosmic rays in a method similar to the antarctic particle studies (CosRAY and IceCube).

Dieuwertje Kast's article about her upcoming PolarTREC expedition (Microbial Changes in Arctic Freshwater 2016) was posted USC Rossier (School of Education's) online news pages.

The report is written by teacher participants upon return from their field expedition portion of the PolarTREC program. It summarizes the benefit of the expedition to the teacher, a description of activities, and a summary of how teachers plan to link this experience in classrooms and communities. This is a public document that will be posted in teacher portfolios and

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Students will use a model to explore the relationships between sunlight and release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from thawing Arctic watersheds. After studying the carbon cycle, students are asked to reflect on how natural phenomena – thawing of permafrost, interactions of soil microbes on dissolved carbon, and amount of sunlight – interconnect and influence the release of CO2

This 1.5 hour webinar is for the teachers and researchers of the 2014-2015 field season. Each team introduces themselves and the science projects in addition to a summary of the PolarTREC program.

How a PolarTREC Teacher Makes a HUGE impact with Polar Day! PolarTREC alumni teacher John Wood organized a Polar Day at his school and it was a great success. This event is part of his ongoing commitment to sharing polar science with his students, many years after his expedition! Here is John's synopsis of the events, with some photos and