The lesson will be in two parts:
* Part one will involve the students making layers of sediment with clay also including particles (such as beads to represent pollen, etc.) and then they will make core samples using a drinking straw as a coring tool.
* Part two will involve the class taking a mud core sample from
The overview of this lesson is to introduce and bring attention to climate change. Students will experiment with other means of transportation to reduce their carbon footprint. Elementary students should be exposed to a more positive side of climate change. Having exposure to what students can do to make the world a better place is the direction of
Teacher Nell Kemp and researcher Rebecca Hewitt discuss field work and research on the Deep Roots project. The research team is studying the matrix of soils, roots and fungal hyphae that may play a critical role in the trajectory of future climate change. This project is based out of Toolik Field Station and Healy, Alaska.
Polar Bears DO NOT Live In Antarctica If I was to tally up the questions that I am asked regarding my trip to Antarctica, the most frequently asked question is: Will you see polar bears? People are generally surprised to find out that the answer is NO. I can understand the mistake - cartoons and
After 3.5 days of sorting through above ground and below ground samples, the team starts to make mistakes. And not the “I’m tired and I spelled Betula nana wrong,” more like “I’ve been looking at roots for 2 days and I STILL can’t tell if this root is a Betula nana or a Salix pulchra.” It
A mere 24 hours after injecting the permafrost soil with 15N (and it was a short 24 hours, given how many hours we had worked the previous day to inject those soil plots), the team was out in the field again, harvesting above and below ground samples. ##Tundra Brownie## At each injection site (there
Preparing for the School Year North Quincy High School staff return from summer break on Tuesday, September 7th. While many prepare their classrooms, share stories of summer adventures and welcome new faces to the staff, I will begin my journey to Antarctica. It seems fitting that these events
In the last post, Dr. Becky Hewitt injected an isotope of Nitrogen (15N, to be precise) deep into the ground, where the active layer meets the permafrost. Special metal tubes were used with small holes (about the size of a pin)
Land of Enchantment ##Hit the Ground Running My flight home to New Mexico was smooth sailing, with a last glimpse of Mount Denali from the plane window, sparkling pink with the sun's setting rays. School was already in session when I arrived to campus on Monday. My new students welcomed me and were
