Boise State Radio Morning Edition host, George Prentice, interviews Mike Rhinard, Sarah Diers, and Lindsay Knippenberg about their upcoming PolarTREC expeditions. Download the audio file or visit Boise State Radio online.
Summer has finally reached us in Tucson! One of the ways I have been staying cool this summer is creating videos from my PolarTREC experience. It helps looking at snow and drinking ice tea. Enjoy and stay posted for more to come.
Students will develop research questions that will help them develop an ecosystem profile (species/conditions/etc.) of a local pond. Their results will be compared with data from the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes in Antarctica. Discussions about climate and energy dynamics will be conducted as conclusions are drawn. A map and key for the local pond (species/locations/conditions) will be created
During this lesson, students will learn basic glacial features and how to interpret Topographic maps and satellite images in order to create a model replica of a glacier valley. The Dry Valleys of Antarctica have classic glacial features, both in the barren valleys and in the remaining glaciers in the area. The glaciers are a major contributor to
On our cruise, the scientists' areas of expertise are all different, like pieces of a quilt. All of the pieces are important to the whole quilt as they rely upon each other to make the quilt. The study of our quilt is called in the science community, Bering Sea Integrated Environmental Research
I spent a major part of my morning trying to decide how to pack for my trip. Keeping in mind that my focus is function, not fashion, I worked through the hockey-sized 40lb. duffle bag sent to me by CH2MHill Polar Services. Unpacking was something between the treasure hunt from Hades and watching
Its been a little difficult to get work done here on the Knorr for the last couple of days. The ocean has been giving us 15 foot swells most of yesterday and today. It has slacked off a little but it is supposed to get a little rougher in the next 24 hours. Nothing seems to stop, everyone keeps
Flying to Albany, New York to meet up with the rest of the U.S. Joint Science Education Tour participants is an exciting way to gear up for this trip! Did you know that Greenland is one and a half times the size of Alaska?! It's the world's largest island and we'll be spending this time together
Weather: cloudy 55º showers predicted James Monroe Elementary Everett, WA 47.899158, -122.195266 Narbeck Wetland Sanctuary Everett, WA 47.934435, -122.261013 In Febrauary, at PolarTREC orientation, I met this remarkable lady who talked about bringing her fifth grade students to the Seattle area on a
