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This journal is brought to you by: * Tanjara Wiggins and her 2nd grade students at Jackson Elementary ## A Closer Look at … a Weddell Seal’s Flippers ### Flipper Basics Weddell seals have four flippers – two fore flippers and two hind flippers. The two fore flippers are located on either side of

Weddell Seal 'Stats' and Answers to Other Interesting Questions ### This journal is brought to you by: * St. Philomena Junior High ## Seal Stats Data, data, data!! We are accumulating and analyzing lots of seal data. The team is taking measurements of mass, length and girth - among other things

We are gathered here in Fairbanks for orientation with the goal of preparing for our field expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic. We are learning how to use tools that will aid in our communication to students, our communities and the general public. We spent time discussing challenges to and

Today, we know what our world looks like (on the surface, at least) but it wasn’t always so. ##In the beginning Long ago, people thought that the northern most part of the world was a ring of ice surrounding a warm sea. They also believed that in the south, there had to be a large land mass to

A muffin, a banana, some coffee… a lesson on the geology of the Rocky Mountains. That's what happens when someone asks a teacher from Colorado a question about the geology of the Rockies during an otherwise ordinary continental breakfast at PolarTREC orientation. That's when I realized that in

Two days into PolarTREC orientation now, and gaining lots of great skills. I’m learning a bit about IPhoto, IChat, instant messaging using Meebo, and journaling through the PolarTREC site. Lot’s of new stuff and I’m already thinking about how these new skills can be used to significantly enhance the

Today was spent learning our technology and journaling. I realized how important journaling could be to communicate tone and feeling as well as information. I will try to get my emotions and descriptive hats on when communicating to my audience. For instance, everyone here is very helpful and task

The first step on my summer journey to Siberia takes me to Fairbanks, Alaska, in frigid February. As part of the PolarTREC program, we teachers are required to go to Fairbanks for a week of training in what we can expect to encounter in our polar research expeditions. This year, there are about a

Crunch, crunch, crunch! The snow in Alaska gives a crackle and creak beneath my boots that’s distinctly different from walking through the moist, warm, soft snow typical of Springs back in East Hampton NY. I’ve been in Alaska for less than 24 hours, but I’ve learned that you can get a lot done in

Risk versus Reward? When I informed my colleagues at school and my family that I had been selected to travel to the Arctic Circle as a PolarTREC teacher, they thought I was being punished not rewarded!! ##Leaving California It just didn’t compute why anyone from sunny Southern California; home of