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My name is Paninnguaq Boassen and I attend school in Sisimiut. I want to become a veterinarian, and preferably here in Greenland. So because of that I would like to know more about my country´s nature and progress. I´m curious and I want to know things to the very smallest thing. It would be

With all the state and federally mandated testing, today's current educational paradigm seems to be "No Child Left Untested". Perhaps school districts and state boards of education should be held accountable to a new directive that could greatly improve not only STEM education, but any educational

Our team consists of nine members. Dr. Ross Powell from Northern Illinois University and Dr. Julie Brigham-Grette from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst are the lead scientists. I am so lucky to get to go along as a PolarTREC teacher from Los Coches Creek Middle School. The heart of the team

This entry profiles the two students representing the high school in Qaqortoq. My name is Ivik Hans Christian Wæver Johansen. I am very interested in science and saving the world. Because even I in my young age have noticed the dramatically decreasing amount of snow we get every season. And I want

There are strange things done 'neath the midnight sun, By the tundra birds that toil..... The arctic trails have their secret tales, That just might surprise you! Among the many science teams working in the Toolik area are some looking at the breeding biology of various tundra nesting bird species

Today we Introduce the two JSEP 2014 students who attend the high school located in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. (No photo is currently available for Benjamin.) My name is Benjamin Hammeken, and I am a student from GU Nuuk. I want to go to KSFS because it sounds really educational, and science is

Reality hit me today! Today was 'Move-Up' day in the middle school. The upcoming eighth graders arrived with their excitement, curiosity and awe of being in the 8th grade coveted pod. As a team, we followed our standard routine; introducing ourselves, students exploring our rooms and staff

Join us for this real-time PolarConnect webinar (web seminar) from Greenland! PolarConnect participants will learn more about what scientists are doing to study the polar regions, as well as what it is to live and work in the arctic and in Antarctica through presentations and Q&A sessions with

Home sweet Home I'll start with a few photos I saw of my Greenland home when we first arrived. The team woke up early in the morning to prepare. Our goals today were to gather our supplies, set up camp, and make dinner. First, we went to the airport to have breakfast. Yes, the airport, it has one