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As you read this, I will be either doing my last minute packing or I’ll actually be on a plane on my way to Christchurch, New Zealand. I’ll be with a box of SCINI stuff and another bag of personal things for New Zealand. Upon landing at 8 am their time, I’ll have a jam-packed day of presentations

From now on, every week or so we will write a story about the adventures of a “WATER DROP”. These “WATER DROPs” are regular pieces of paper cut into the shape of a drop and transformed into a colorful creation by the imagination of children in classrooms all over California, the US, and even the

The students are especially excited about their archaeology excavation behind our school, Foothills Academy in Wheat Ridge. So far they have found a pair of glasses, bits of old bottles and pottery, rusty chunks of metal and several old marbles. We have discussed how far back in the history of the

Yes, I'm down to my last week before I’m off. Two years ago I first learned about people doing research in Antarctica. Ever since I’ve been captivated and intrigued. I applied for this PolarTREC teacher position more than a year ago and thoughts and ideas have bounced around in my head ever since. I

Spanning the globe and encompassing 20 time zones, PolarTREC does it again! The scientists in Kamchatka are up for a 5 AM Saturday morning live event. I lived with these folks and they are not morning people. So, the fact that they were full of energy and ready to go was impressive. Janet and

Is anyone working on their own SCINI yet? Who has signed up for SCUBA lessons so you can come down to Antarctica to be a scientist or to help the scientists?On Thursday we had another meeting at Moss Landing Marine Labs and learned more about the details of the actual work involved in deploying

It is with mixed feelings that I report being back on dry land. This morning I caught a helicopter ride off Healy to Barrow, Alaska. I'm very excited to get back home, see my family, and begin to get caught up at school three weeks into the semester. But I'm also a little sad that the cruise is over

Speed 13 knots (kts) Course 249° Location Southern Canada Basin, 73.25° N, 149.98° W Depth 3773 meters ## SPECIAL FEATURE DISCUSSION: (see previous journal for the questions.) The answer to yesterday's riddle (What grows like grass on our railings at night but gets mowed down by

In case you haven’t heard, there was a big earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand a couple of days ago. Friday’s earthquake measured 7.0, lasted up to 40 seconds, and caused immense damage. Fortunately nobody has been reported dead, in part because it hit early in the morning at 4:35 am. I’ll be in