Students will measure and analyze features of two different species of trees by using their cross-sections (cookies). Further analyses will allow students to graph their results and apply the knowledge gained to an understanding of tree growth, health and diversity.
Objectives
Students will use and understand the following terms: radius, diameter, circumference and area of a circle.
PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker, one of 14 teachers nationwide, has been awarded the National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship. This article describes his upcoming National Geographic expedition to the Arctic Ocean aboard its research ship 'Explorer'.
The folks at NASA's Operation IceBridge were nice enough to help put together a little public service announcement to help motivate and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Someone posted the following to our 'Ask the Team' forum: "What are the key tasks you must master in order to be a contributing member of this team?" I think this is an excellent question for any science research team, so I am using it as my focus for this journal entry. ##Curiosity and Carbon
High speed internet is allowing me to go back a little bit and do some additional work on past days....I hope I don't confuse folks, but there is much to share. So, on the final push from Camp 11,000 to hit the altitude necessary to maximize the effectiveness of acclimatization Seth and I ended up
After a good sleep in Helsinki, I started my next leg on the trip to Kevo with greater awareness of what I was seeing and experiencing. My first impression is that the Finns are so friendly and helpful. Whenever I ask a question, the person immediately switches to speaking English, and offers me
Are you ready for spine-tingling adventure? Well, I can’t necessarily promise that but perhaps the “Fish Spy” will come close. During my expedition in the 2011 Field Season, Dr. O’Brien and Dr. Crockett thought it would be great if my students would build some sort of submersible (yes! we are
My final day on Denali's Kahiltna Glacier, Saturday, was chock-full of surprises with a very cool icing on the cake at the end of the day. I had told Lisa, the Base Camp manager, yesterday to put me on the flight out list and at about ten o”clock this morning she yelled, “Everyone flying out today
The days before departure where a whirlwind, but I wanted to make sure that my students had some practice with the PolarTREC website. I hope they do follow the expeditions this summer, even though school will be out very soon. There will be some great science going on, and a lot to read about. Nell
