The Expedition came to a close on Friday May 3, 2013. I decided to travel through Chugiak, AK to stop and visit my mom over the weekend prior to going back to Vermont. Reflections: During this past 6 weeks I’ve had many experiences. During the week of polarTREC orientation I had the opportunity to
This one hour webinar is for the 2013-14 PolarTREC teachers that are headed to the Arctic during the 2013 field season. The webinar addresses questions about logistics and participants share ideas on education and outreach plans.
In this lesson, students will play a fun board game that teaches about the sources and types of some air pollutants, and how they affect the health of both people and the environment. Students will learn that not all pollutants are greenhouse gases. This game can be a lead-in for a discussion about climate change and what people can
One of the first things to understand about the Antarctic ecosystem is what kinds of animals actually live there. This lesson provides a basic introduction to important Antarctic wildlife and how they interact with each other.
Objectives
Students will be able to create a food web of the Antarctic ecosystem.
Sammy the Squirrel Visits Jenks West Intermediate The votes are in and our cartoon Arctic ground squirrel has a name! The voting was close, but with 32% of the vote, we have a winner: Sammy the Squirrel. Thanks to all who voted and suggested names. Now, the fun of [taking Sammy on your daily
Kevo Research Station is located in northern Finland, on the shores of Lake Kevojärvi. Click here to get to the Research Station's website. The research station is associated with the University of Turku, in southern Finland.
The last two days were spent at the Talkeetna Airstrip loading Talkeetna Air Taxi planes with our 6 tons of gear. Four members of the team made it to base camp on Saturday and the rest of us became gear loaders/ground crew back in town until Sunday afternoon. I even pushed a plane for a few minutes
It looks like weather might delay our flight to Base Camp until Sunday, but the way I understand the process for getting climbers, and in this case scientists, onto Denali is that you pretty much need to be ready when the pilot determines that it’s your turn. I also heard a few moments ago that we
I’ve spent 5 weeks here in Healy, AK. at the University of Florida Schuur Lab Research Site. Time has gone by quickly. As you can see…little has changed. This last week was supposed to have been spent setting up CiPEHR for summer season data collection. However, winter has decided to stick around
Small groups of students will establish their own phenology plots for long term study. Students will make a field sketch of a sample plot and turn it into a scale map. The map will accurately place plants the students have identified for tracking phenophases, so that the plots can be monitored long term. Phenology is a vital part of
