Bering Sea Ecosystem Collection
Scientists working together to set up the station that would measure the oxygen at increasing depths. Out on the sea ice of the Bering Sea.
Introducing the Bering Sea Collection, a body of educational resources focused on understanding the impacts of climate change and dynamic sea ice cover on the eastern Bering Sea ecosystem. The Collection was developed during a four day workshop that brought together teachers who had traveled to the Bering Sea during teacher researcher experience programs; Bering Sea community teachers from St. Paul, Emmonak, and Nome; as well as project scientists interested in gaining expertise in broader impacts activities.
The Bering Sea Collection uses BEST-BSIERP hypotheses and focal areas as a guide. Both the Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) and the Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BSIERP), programs seek to support meritorious scientific research that will improve understanding of how the highly productive marine ecosystem of the Bering Sea may respond to climate change, particularly as mediated through changes in sea ice cover. The Collection includes individual activities, lesson plans, videos, and presentations all that will educate the next generation about this complex ecosystem study.
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Event
Updated:
January 31, 2011 - 10:22am
Date:
Thu, 04/26/2007
Excerpt:
Live call from the Healy.
Link:
Wimba Archive
Updated:
January 31, 2011 - 10:54am
Date:
Tue, 04/17/2007
Excerpt:
Live event from the Healy Icebreaker.
Link:
Wimba Archive
Updated:
January 29, 2011 - 4:41pm
Date:
Thu, 05/03/2007
Excerpt:
BEST cruise on the Healy Icebreaker
Link:
Wimba Archive
Updated:
January 29, 2011 - 4:57pm
Date:
Thu, 05/10/2007
Excerpt:
BEST cruise on the Healy Icebreaker
Link:
Wimba Archive
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 5:57pm
Date:
Fri, 05/18/2007
Excerpt:
Archive of a Live from IPY! event with Dr. Jackie Grebmeier, aboard the USCGC Icebreaker Healy, in the Northern Bering Sea.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Link:
Wimba Archive
Updated:
January 31, 2011 - 11:13am
Date:
Tue, 05/29/2007
Excerpt:
Bering Sea Predators on the Healy Icebreaker
Link:
Wimba Archive
Updated:
January 31, 2011 - 11:13am
Date:
Tue, 06/12/2007
Excerpt:
Live event with Jackie Grebmeier, Lee Cooper, Jim Lovvorn and the Captain of the Healy.
Link:
Wimba Archive
Related Members:
Updated:
January 29, 2011 - 12:32pm
Date:
Thu, 03/20/2008
Excerpt:
Craig Kasemodel is joining researcher Lee Cooper aboard the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea. This live event highlights some of the research and activities taking place on board the ship. There were about 11 parties who joined the event, and there were about 60 students.
Link:
Wimba Archive
Related Members:
Craig Kasemodel
Updated:
January 29, 2011 - 12:13pm
Date:
Thu, 05/01/2008
Excerpt:
This archive is from the Live from IPY! Event held May 1, 2008 with Emily Davenport and other researchers working aboard the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea.
There were approximately 110 participants on the call.
Due to technical difficulties, there is no seperate audio file for this archive. We...
Link:
Wimba Archive
Related Expeditions:
Bering Sea Benthic Studies
Updated:
January 29, 2011 - 1:00pm
Date:
Mon, 07/21/2008
Excerpt:
This is a Live from IPY event with PolarTREC teacher Jillian Worssam and researchers aboard the USCGC Healy, from the Bering Sea, from 21 July, 2008. Researchers presented on the BEST expedition and project goals as well as talked about the role of zooplankton in the ecosystem.
[Note: The archive...
Updated:
January 29, 2011 - 12:37pm
Date:
Mon, 07/28/2008
Excerpt:
Live event with Jillian Worssam and researchers aboard the USCGC Healy. This event was about the BEST project with presentations about zooplankton and their role in the Bering Sea ecosystem.
Link:
Wimba Archive
Updated:
January 29, 2011 - 12:53pm
Date:
Wed, 12/10/2008
Excerpt:
This CARE meeting, facilitated by Betty Carvellas, hosted oceanographic researcher Jackie Grebmeier of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland. Dr. Grebmeier talked about her current research and current environmental conditions of the Bering Sea.
Link:
Wimba Archive
Related Members:
Jacqueline Grebmeier
Updated:
January 29, 2011 - 12:55pm
Date:
Wed, 03/25/2009
Excerpt:
This Live from IPY! event was held for the International Polar Day: Oceans on 25 March 2009. Presenters included Dr. Lee Cooper on board the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea and Dr. Andy Mahoney who joined from the Scott Base in Antarctica. The presenters talked about polar ocean ecology, sea ice, and...
Link:
Wimba Archive
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 5:50pm
Date:
Mon, 03/30/2009
Excerpt:
This Live from IPY event was a private event held with J.C. Parks Elementary School, and other regional Maryland Schools. PolarTREC teacher, Deanna Wheeler presented along with researchers studying various components of the Bering Sea ecosystem. The audience was primarily elementary school students.
Link:
Wimba Archive
Related Expeditions:
Early Spring Plankton and Benthos
Updated:
January 29, 2011 - 12:58pm
Date:
Wed, 05/06/2009
Excerpt:
This Live from IPY event was held with PolarTREC Teacher Simone Welch and numerous researchers working on the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea as part of the Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Project.
Link:
Wimba Archive
Updated:
January 29, 2011 - 1:03pm
Date:
Thu, 08/13/2009
Excerpt:
Note: Due to technical difficulties, there is not a Wimba archive for this event. A PDF of the slides and accompanying audio file are available.
This event with PolarTREC Teacher, Tom Harten, and the seabird ecology team led by PI, Dan Roby, covered the research being conducted on Black-Legged...
Related Expeditions:
Seabird Ecology in the Bering Sea
Related Members:
Updated:
December 15, 2011 - 7:41am
Date:
Wed, 12/07/2011
Excerpt:
PolarTREC Teacher Chantelle Rose conducted this PolarConnect event while aboard the USCGC Healy on 7 December 2011. There is a short gap in the audio recording of the presentation. Only one question about capture nets is missing from recording.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Link:
Wimba Archive
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Chantelle Rose
Updated:
September 10, 2012 - 2:09pm
Date:
Fri, 09/07/2012
Excerpt:
This one hour live event is hosted by PolarTREC teacher Lisa Seff and her team studying the oceanographic conditions of bowhead whale habitat. The team is stationed in Barrow, Alaska.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Expeditions:
Oceanographic Conditions of Bowhead Whale Habitat
Related Members:
Lesson
Updated:
October 14, 2011 - 2:47am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will use "Susea" the seal—a seal toy that grows in water—to discover the scientific process. This lesson was created by Maggie Prevenas who took part in the Bering Ecosystem Study on the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea.
Objective
Students interact with a seal that grows in water to...
Completion Time:
More than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Members:
Maggie Prevenas
Updated:
February 20, 2013 - 2:59pm
Excerpt:
Overview
Maggie Prevanas joined scientists in the Bering Sea where sampling to measure the productivity of the Bering Sea Ecosystem was conducted. Maggie learned about the role microscopic organisms, diatoms, play in algae blooms, carbon cycling, and global warming. Maggie developed a lesson...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Bering Ecosystem Study
Title:
Where is the World's Water?
Updated:
October 15, 2011 - 5:32am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will calculate and measure out equivalent amounts of water to model the distribution of the world’s water supply.
Objective
Students will be able to compare the amounts of water and the states of water in different geographic locations.
Preparation
This activity shows students the...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Title:
Identifying Sea Ice
Updated:
February 22, 2013 - 11:21am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will undertake three different activities to help them identify a variety of Antarctic ice types.
Objective
To provide sensory experiences that will move students toward conceptual understanding of the types of sea ice found in Antarctica.
Preparation
It is suggested that...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
October 8, 2011 - 5:31am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will sort organisms found in the Bering Sea into food chains and gain an awareness of the flow of energy and nutrients in the Bering Sea Ecosystem.
Objective
Students learn about the different organisms that live in Alaskan waters by playing the Fabulous Food Chain Game. In...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Title:
Puffin Patrol
Updated:
February 22, 2013 - 11:27am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will become familiar with the anatomy/physiology, habitat and lifestyle of puffins. On the 2009 Healy Icebreaker expedition the wildlife survey team was primarily interested in bird diversity and population in the Bering Sea. Puffins were spotted during the cruise, especially...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Related Members:
Simone Welch
Title:
Plankton Parents
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 11:05am
Excerpt:
Overview
This series of three labs challenges students to think about the role of plankton in different ecosystems and waterways in the world. By modeling the research methods of scientists on the Healy icebreaker, students can conduct a small-scale change study to examine reproductive behavior of...
Completion Time:
About a week
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Updated:
October 7, 2011 - 4:58am
Excerpt:
Overview
This activity is meant to help students authentically learn the scientific method through comparing and contrasting oral history (storytelling) as a way to pass along information and solve problems with the scientific method. It also helps connect the students' cultural identity with the...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Title:
Down to the Deep Virtual Lab
Updated:
October 7, 2011 - 4:49am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students are asked to predict what will happen to styrofoam objects lowered down to the bottom of the Bering Sea. Students make the appropriate calculations related to the actual experiment which took place on Maggie Prevenas' PolarTREC expedition.
Objective
Students will make hypotheses...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 11:23am
Excerpt:
Overview
This is a food web activity that I developed after my spring 2006 TREC expedition on board the USCGC Healy, for 30 days in the Bering Sea. It is a set of lessons that include setting the context with a map activity, researching the organisms in, on, and around the Bering Sea, reading an...
Completion Time:
About a week
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Updated:
October 7, 2011 - 3:54am
Excerpt:
Overview
What happens to the salinity in the Bering Sea during ice and no ice conditions? Does it change throughout the year and at different depths during different seasons? Create a model of the Bering Sea in ice conditions. Change the conditions based on seasonal changes to explore the effects...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Early Spring Plankton and Benthos
Related Members:
Deanna Wheeler
Title:
Nature's Density Column
Updated:
October 7, 2011 - 3:43am
Excerpt:
Overview
Nature creates its own density column in marine systems, which is extremely important for the triggering of the spring bloom of phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are an important food source for all organisms- from microscopic zooplankton to large marine mammals such as walrus and whales. The...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Members:
Emily Davenport
Title:
Plankton Parade
Updated:
November 6, 2011 - 2:14pm
Excerpt:
Overview
This lesson came out of a desire to connect the plankton research that I did during the 0902 Healy cruise with my young "researchers" back in Washington, DC. I wanted them to understand that plankton not only feed the Arctic but that much of the world relies on these little critters that...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Related Expeditions:
Spring Plankton and Changing Ice Cover
Title:
Ssssno Seals
Updated:
October 24, 2011 - 5:50am
Excerpt:
Overview
The title of this lesson, 'Ssssno Seals' is a play on words. Will the ice seals survive? Yes or No? Paul Lukosi is a high school teacher in the lower Yukon River Delta, 6 miles from the Bering Sea...as the slough goes. The village he teaches in is heavily focused on family and culture,...
Completion Time:
More than a week
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 11:26am
Excerpt:
Overview
Through activities, video observation, experimentation and the construction of a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) students will learn about the chemical and physical properties of sea ice.
Objectives
Students will be able to answer main questions of where sea ice is, how it is formed,...
Completion Time:
More than a week
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
November 26, 2011 - 5:43am
Excerpt:
Overview
The following PowerPoint presentation is part of an anticipatory set used to excite and introduce students to the many wonders of the Bering Sea. The PowerPoint is to be presented at the beginning of a unit about the Bering Sea.
Objectives
At the start of a unit on the Bering Sea this...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Title:
Rings of Life
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 11:34am
Excerpt:
Overview
Rings of life is a comparative lesson allowing students to investigate growth rings in walleye Pollock from the Bering Sea and Ponderosa Pine trees.
Objectives
Students will be able to compare and contrast growth rings on fish and trees, showing just one of the tools scientists use to...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Title:
Water is Life
Updated:
November 3, 2011 - 6:34am
Excerpt:
Overview
This lesson introduces students to krill, their importance in ocean ecosystems, and the physical structures that make up the krill body. The students will then use the principles of a "floater" species and design their own krill, hopefully having a class competition to see who can build a...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Title:
Polar Projects
Updated:
February 22, 2013 - 11:24am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students chose a research project, from one of seven suggested projects, to complete in class with a partner. Upon completion they will present their information to the class.
Objectives
Students will present a scientifically accurate project on a topic related to the PolarTREC Winter...
Completion Time:
More than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Title:
The Incredible Shrinking Cup
Updated:
June 12, 2012 - 8:26am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students decorate polysterene cups later to be submerged in the ocean. Subsequent activities have students consider the effects of water pressure and depth with respect to their cups.
Objective
Students will determine mass and volume of a styrofoam cup. They will calculate the density...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Title:
Sea Ice Impact
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 12:10pm
Excerpt:
Overview
This lesson investigates the impact of melting and freezing arctic sea ice on the properties of salinity, temperature and density that contribute to the stratification of ocean waters. This lesson combines several learning approaches including a hands-on lab, a web-quest and collaboration...
Completion Time:
More than a week
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Related Members:
Carin Ashjian
Updated:
November 4, 2012 - 6:58am
Excerpt:
Overview
This First Grade unit on the bowhead whale has been created to support the knowledge of children living within a whaling community. The unit focuses on the basic components of understanding the bowhead in a more scientific manner. Although my students know the bowhead in a uniquely...
Completion Time:
More than a week
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Title:
Arctic Smorgasbord!
Updated:
September 10, 2012 - 6:01am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students discover how different organisms that live in the Arctic depend on each other and what might happen to the food web if one or more organisms disappears from it. Students will build an arctic food web.
Objectives
Students will learn that organisms are part of a global food web...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
September 10, 2012 - 5:42am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will explain, both orally and in writing, a diagram used to illustrate a food web.
Objectives
Students will learn how language is used to communicate and is required to impart knowledge and sustain a healthy, traditional community in a modern world.
Students will learn...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Article
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 3:36pm
Date:
Wed, 03/05/2008
Publication:
Military.Com
Excerpt:
Story from online website, military.com about the USCGC Healy deploying to the Arctic.
During the deployment, Healy will travel more than 25,000 miles and conduct more than 2,000 individual science evolutions in the course of completing seven separate science missions. Healy will spend six weeks...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Title:
Who is the Walrus?
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 3:49pm
Date:
Tue, 05/20/2008
Publication:
New York Times
Excerpt:
Online article from the New York Times, highlighting walrus ecology and the research conducted by Lee Cooper and other researchers on the March 2008 cruise in the Bering Sea aboard the USCGC Healy.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Early Spring Plankton and Benthos
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 4:14pm
Date:
Thu, 04/12/2007
Publication:
Dayton Daily News
Excerpt:
Online news article featuring Robyn Staup's (Sweet) expedition aboard the USCGC Healy.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Title:
Notes on an Adventure
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 3:43pm
Date:
Sun, 08/03/2008
Publication:
Arizona Daily Sun
Excerpt:
Arizona Daily Sun article about Jillian Worssam's PolarTREC experience on the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea. Article created from journal excerpts, and was published on 3 August 2008.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 3:45pm
Date:
Fri, 02/13/2009
Publication:
Charles County Public Schools: School News
Excerpt:
Charles County Public Schools teacher, Deanna Wheeler will spend 21 days on he USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea as part of the PolarTREC program.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Early Spring Plankton and Benthos
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 3:39pm
Date:
Wed, 04/08/2009
Publication:
The Washington Post
Excerpt:
This Washington Post article features PolarTREC teacher Simone Welch and her science expedition on board the Healy in the Bering Sea.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 3:41pm
Date:
Tue, 06/16/2009
Publication:
Tracy Press
Excerpt:
PolarTREC Teacher, Mark McKay, heads to the Bering Sea to participate in a research cruise with Dr. Ray Sambrotto. Read the article here or download the PDF (right).
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Summer Ice Free Conditions
Related Members:
Mark McKay
Updated:
November 21, 2011 - 12:19pm
Date:
Thu, 10/06/2011
Publication:
Springfield News-Sun
Excerpt:
Article about PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's icebreaker-based expedition to collect some of the first winter information on the biology, chemistry, and physical oceanography of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Members:
Chantelle Rose
Updated:
March 13, 2013 - 11:32am
Date:
Mon, 11/21/2011
Publication:
The Urbana Daily Citizen
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the first in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Chantelle Rose
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 2:49pm
Date:
Sun, 11/27/2011
Publication:
The Urbana Daily Citizen
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the second in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Chantelle Rose
Updated:
January 5, 2012 - 12:26pm
Date:
Mon, 12/05/2011
Publication:
The Urbana Daily Citizen
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the third in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Chantelle Rose
Updated:
December 15, 2011 - 8:38am
Date:
Sun, 12/11/2011
Publication:
The Urbana Daily Citizen
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the final installment in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Chantelle Rose
Updated:
December 19, 2011 - 5:22pm
Date:
Wed, 12/14/2011
Publication:
KTUU.com
Excerpt:
This is a web story from a featured news story on Channel 2 KTUU TV, Anchorage's New Source on PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's Winter Sampling experience.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Chantelle Rose
Updated:
February 14, 2012 - 9:35am
Date:
Wed, 02/08/2012
Excerpt:
Tara Hastings, WDTN Meteorologist visited Graham High School to talk with PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose about her Winter Sampling expedition. A video interview will remain as an external link to WDTN webpage.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Updated:
March 12, 2012 - 3:50pm
Publication:
The Biology of the Polar Regions
Excerpt:
Chapter 2 of The Biology of the Polar Regions. An accessible supplementary text suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in polar ecology.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Updated:
October 11, 2012 - 11:50am
Date:
Wed, 07/25/2012
Publication:
The Baynet
Excerpt:
This press release in the Bayonet online newspaper from Maryland outlines teacher Deanna Wheeler's second "educational experience of a lifetime" in the Arctic with PolarTREC.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
The Baynet
Related Expeditions:
Ecosystem Study of the Chukchi Shoal
Related Members:
Updated:
October 11, 2012 - 11:52am
Date:
Mon, 08/06/2012
Publication:
The Independent Online
Excerpt:
Online newspaper from Massillon, Ohio interviews teacher Deanna Wheeler about her second PolarTREC expedition to the Arctic and describes how her students have become directly involved in arctic studies.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
The Independent Online
Related Expeditions:
Ecosystem Study of the Chukchi Shoal
Related Members:
Activity
Title:
How to Make Diatoms
Updated:
April 26, 2012 - 6:29am
Excerpt:
Overview
Diatoms are one of the main kinds of phytoplankton we found blooming in the Bering Sea. They are so beautiful, little glass houses with green gems inside. They occur in huge numbers in the Bering Sea in the initial spring ice melting algae bloom. Having one to touch and look at puts a...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Title:
Bolus Dissection
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 2:25pm
Excerpt:
Overview
Much like an owl pellet, a bolus is all the indigestible material that is "thrown up" by an albatross. Shaped like a fat cigar, one can dissect a bolus to assess the health of our ocean, the foraging ground for thousands of albatross trying to gather enough food to feed their hungry...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Title:
Sea Algae Bookmark
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 2:28pm
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will create a bookmark to help them remember that diatoms (ice algae) are the main producers in the Bering Sea ecosystem.
Objective
To create a tangible reminder of how the Bering Sea ecosystem's main producers (diatoms and ice algae) use sunlight and transfer that into food...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 6:59am
Excerpt:
Overview
The Aleutian Islands, between Alaska and Siberia, have earned the name "Cradle of the Storms" due to their wild weather. Students will view a two-part series about the Aleutian islands and answer questions related to the film.
Objective
Students will learn about the Aleutian Island...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Title:
Echo Song
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 2:27pm
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will sing a song about the Bering Sea ocean ecosystem.
Objective
To sing a fun science-themed song!
Preparation
Teach students about the Bering Sea ecosystem or have them review journal entries from Maggie Prevenas’ PolarTREC expedition (see Resources section for address)....
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Updated:
January 28, 2011 - 2:26pm
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will sing a song to learn about ice algae and its role in the arctic ecosystem.
Objective
Students will learn about the Bering Sea arctic ecosystem, particularly the role of ice algae, plankton, krill, fish, birds and mammals through song.
Description
Review the song 'The Ice...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Updated:
May 31, 2012 - 6:28am
Excerpt:
The attached Polar Oceans flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, provides summary information about the Polar Oceans and describes how the circulation in polar waters exerts a powerful control on the Earth's climate and carbon cycle. Activities attached to the flyer...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
July 24, 2012 - 6:43am
Excerpt:
Sea ice, the thin layer of ice that covers most of the Arctic Ocean and surrounds most of the Antarctic continent, represents a distinctive feature of our planet. The attached flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, includes a summary of information about sea ice...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Polar Profile
Title:
Tracy Shaw
Updated:
February 10, 2013 - 7:16am
Excerpt:
What is your advice for students interested in a career in marine science?
If a student was interested in working with krill, or in the ocean they would need to:
get an undergraduate degree in a biological science (Tracy has a degree in zoology);then obtain a masters degree in a marine science;...
Title:
Dr. Calvin Mordy
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 7:37am
Excerpt:
How did you become interested in studying chemical oceanography, and how did you get your current job?
Calvin grew up in Kansas. While in college he saw a flyer for a summer class doing chemical oceanography. That is all it took, and he was hooked! This experience then inspired him to go to...
Title:
Pat Kelly
Updated:
February 22, 2013 - 11:26am
Excerpt:
How did you get into your polar oceanic career?
When Pat (Roger) Kelly went to high school he loved science. He spent family vacations by oceans, and he had a lot of jobs outside. Pat had an uncle who was his role model. He worked for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Pat thought he had a...
Audio
Title:
What is in Sea Water?
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:31pm
Excerpt:
This interview was conducted by the students of Project New Start in Flagstaff, Arizona with Bering Ecosystem Study researcher, Dr. Calvin Mordy. In the audio file he describes what is in the water, and how it is impacted by changes surrounding the ocean.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Web Link
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
Excerpt:
A state-wide poster and literature competition to be published in the Alaska Migratory Bird Calendar. K-12 students (public, private or home-schooled) residing in or adjacent to the following Bering Sea area National Wildlife Refuges: Yukon Delta, Togiak, Izembek, Alaska Peninsula/Becharof,...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
Excerpt:
Each winter, Alaska holds a regional ocean sciences competition as part of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB). Unique to the Alaska regional NOSB is the research component of the competition, in which teams of four or five students prepare a 20-page research paper that is submitted in December...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
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Alaska students act as weather observers, collecting and recording data on temperature, wind speed and direction, precipitation, frost depth, snow depth, sea ice, visibility, sea state, and clouds. Data is shared with the Citizen Weather Observer Program, the National Weather Service, and the...
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August 13, 2012 - 8:10am
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The Alaska CoastWatch Activity Guide was developed to help educators incorporate stewardship of our coastal resources into their classroom. It includes activities that range from the basic level of exploration and discovery of intertidal biodiversity to data collection and research on marine...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
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The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program is an integrated art and science curriculum developed to teach environmental science and habitat conservation. The program combines art, science, and cultural curricula to teach a greater awareness of our nation's natural and cultural...
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February 20, 2013 - 4:39pm
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Overview of Bering Sea ecoregion, wildlife species, and issues
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November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
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1-2 page essay by Dr. Lyn McNutt (UAF-GI) about the role of sea ice in the Bering Sea ecosystem and how it is changing
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What differences have occurred in summer and winter weather in the Bering Sea in the past 30 years?
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November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
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1-2 page essay by Dr. Nicholas Bond (UW) discusses trends toward warmer summer and winter weather in the Bering Sea
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November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
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1-2 page essay by Dr. Sue Moore (NOAA/NMFS) about cetaceans and their role in the Bering Sea Ecosystem
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November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
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1-2 page essay by Patricia A. Livingston and Thomas K. Wilderbuer about Bering Sea fisheries resources and how changes in the physical ecosystem affect food webs.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
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1-2 page essay by Dr. Vera Alexander (UAF) discusses unique biological productivity in Bering Sea and impacts of changing conditions to the Bering Sea Ecosystem
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November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
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Current and recent radio and newspaper articles about Bering Sea science
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Title:
Encounters Radio
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November 28, 2011 - 12:38pm
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Experiences in the North brings the sounds of the wild to a national weekly radio program on observations, experiences and reflections on the northern world around us. Each program is recorded live in the field, and contains a tight weave of scientific and indigenous perspectives. Programs cover a...
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Encounters Radio
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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This richly illustrated book depicts the region, from the shores of Alaska, along the volcanic stretch of the Aleutian Islands, to the Russian coast. The text is accompanied by more than 450 color photos, drawings, and maps showing the region's people, villages, landforms, plants, and animals....
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December 10, 2011 - 5:01am
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A package that includes a book, CD, and videotape to accompany "Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiq People" museum exhibit. Includes traditional use of marine resources: "Tools For Teachers" is a 32-page guide for exploring Alutiiq culture in the classroom (Grades 4 through 12)....
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Title:
Sea Ducks of Alaska
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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The Sea Ducks of Alaska Activity Guide explores sea ducks, their biology and conservation issues. It includes 8 separate activities that can be downloaded from the internet. Lessons are hands-on and aligned to Alaska State Standards. A sea duck education kit is also available for loan from CACS...
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Sea Ducks of Alaska
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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Bank of Inquiry-based lessons on Observing and Forecasting, Weather Basics, and Climate Systems. Includes 12 lessons on Sea Ice Dynamics, with more in development. Lessons were piloted in Bering Straits School District. This is part of the research-based Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) is...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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This unit is designed for 6th grade, but could be adapted for 5th-8th grades. Students learn about the exploration of deep sea canyons, seamounts, and the Bering Sea. They develop an understanding of how technology is used to explore the ocean by participating in a deep sea sampling simulation,...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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This unit is designed for 4th grade but could be adapted for use at any of the intermediate grades. Students develop an understanding of how organisms in aquatic environment are connected to each other through four investigations that weave together the story of The Case of the Missing Sea Otter...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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Students will make, under the direction of Marie (Aningayou)Molewotkuk, a Saint Lawrence Island Rain Parka. As part of the unit they learn about marine mammals and specifically walrus. The parka is made from Walrus intestines.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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Students develop an understanding of the impact of loss of sea ice on walrus populations, model the northern Bering Sea food web and
impacts on the ecosystem when the food web is altered, understand the importance of collecting population data and of
why it is difficult to make policy decisions...
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Shorebird Sister Schools
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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The Shorebird Sister Schools Program is a science-based environmental education program designed to engage participants in learning about shorebirds and their conservation. The program was created to support a multi-national effort to protect shorebird populations and their habitats along all the...
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Shorebird Sister Schools
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March 14, 2012 - 12:11pm
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The Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) provides curriculum-based arctic resources for use with K-12 students. Resources include inquiry-based classroom lessons, a student network for observing arctic weather (S.N.O.W.) , digital lectures, and an interactive multimedia learning system (on DVD...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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This is a K-12 Science, Math, and GIT (Geospacial Information Technology) curriculum project currently being field-tested by 4 Bering Sea School districts. It includes sets of parallel lessons for 3 age groups on mapping and tsunami related science concepts. Lessons integrate Native Ways of...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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This colorful poster, with harvest seasons for 39 subsistence plants and animals traditionally used by Yupik Natives in Bristol Bay, educates about Alaska Native ways that are still practiced today. The multi-agency project brings a sense of unity to Alaskans from different cultural backgrounds....
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Title:
Animals A to Z
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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Short descriptions of various animals including maps of habitat and an audio tracks of their noises. Includes Stellar Sea Lions, Grey Whales, Belugas,Walrus, Sockeye Salmon, Sea Anemone, and many others found in the Bering Sea. (Also includes many animals not found in the Bering Sea)
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Animals A to Z
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Global Climate DVD
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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Interactive DVD for students presents information on water, weather, earth systems, changes over time, measuring climate change, greenhouse effects, climate change impacts, and computer modeling. It is tied to lessons and other resources from the Arctic Climate Modeling Program . See ACMP Lesson...
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Global Climate DVD
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Animals Video
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February 20, 2013 - 3:39pm
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Collection of short videos of a huge variety of animals. Seabirds, Seals and Manatees, and Whales are among the groups of animals depicted. Also includes a "Kid's Video section of videos to interest young audiences. Go to "Animals and Pets/Mammals/Seals and Manatees or /Whales
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Animals Video
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November 28, 2011 - 12:37pm
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Lectures are available on-line for many topics from the areas of scientific inquiry and procedures, weather, climate, climate change impacts, and permafrost. This is part of the research-based Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) is funded by NSF ITEST. Curriculum based resources were designed...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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20-minute video introduces concepts of intertidal ecology and beach etiquette. Geared for grades 4-8 with accompanying teacher guide.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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A series of video stories exploring the past and future of the fast-changing Bering Sea region, its culture and people, and the new polar science that is emerging from an expedition on board the Coast Guard cutter Healy. This is a Nova series from PBS. The website includes a teacher's guide, "...
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Polar Palooza
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Bering Sea Project researchers have been featured in short films and podcasts by Polar Palooza, a multimedia initiative to spread the word about science at the Poles. The program is supported by NSF and NASA and involves researchers, Alaska Natives, in-person presentations at science centers and...
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Polar Palooza
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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10-minute video about a 2007 expedition to Zumchug and Pribilof Canyon. Includes conversations with/ observations from local residents. Effects of overfishing. Importance of pollock in the ecosystem. Shows submersibles exploring the canyons, sponges and corals, and disturbance to undersea...
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Summer in Aiktak Podcasts
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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A series of four video podcasts from Aiktak Island in the Aleutian Chain that describe a summer monitoring program and the daily activities of two biologists working there: 1) Camp Life - 2) Glaucous WIng Gull 3) Cormorant Monitoring 4) V Black Oystercatcher nest
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Short video, background essay, and discussion questions, tied to Alaska Science Standards. In this 2004 video segment from First Alaskans Institute, learn about northern fur seals (laaqudan), their importance to the Alaska Native diet, and how the community of St. Paul Island participates in their...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Short video, background essay, and discussion questions, tied to Alaska Science Standards. In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, learn about how global warming and changing sea ice conditions affect the Alaska Native village of Shishmaref. Hear firsthand accounts about how climate...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Short video, background essay, and discussion questions, tied to Alaska Science Standards.In this video adapted from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, visit the Cup'ik people of Chevak, Alaska, to learn about the interconnectedness of nature and their subsistence lifestyle. Listen to an elder...
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February 20, 2013 - 3:39pm
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World Wildlife Fund Board Chairman Bruce Babbitt travels to Bristol Bay in hopes of repeating history and helping prevent oil and gas development in the region. Diary sections include: Flying In, Dillingham, Chogglung (a fish camp), From the Sea to Your Plate, Going Home.
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Living Our Culture, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska - Smithsonian Museum Exhibit
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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This website provides online access to the Smithsonian's Alaska Native collections with pictures and descriptions of artifacts, interviews, photos, and a wealth of information about the Sugpiaq, Unangan, Yupik, and St. Lawrence Island Yupik people and their relationship to the Bering Sea.
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Title:
Bering Sea Field Notes
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Stories from scientists participating in the NPRB Bering Sea Project field program.
Examples include stories of catching murres on remote cliffs (left) to study their diets, studying the bottom of the sea, building an integrated model to attempt to explain this ecosystem and predict the future,...
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Bering Sea Field Notes
Title:
Bering Climate Website
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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This website presents the current Bering Sea Status, a Quick Data Summary, data, and reports on Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystems. It includes public information essays listed separately in this resource list, as well as links to photos, maps, and other Bering Sea Education websites.
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Bering Climate Website
Title:
Bering Sea Ice Expedition
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Description and logs from a 2006 expedition to the Bering Sea to study physical and chemical properties of the ice and water, to sample phytoplankton and zooplankton and look at their relation to the food web, to look at fish abundance at the sea ice edge using hydroacoustic methods, and to observe...
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National Data Buoy Center
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Real-time weather data from buoys in the Bering Sea
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Maps of the Bering Sea showing bathymetry, currents, habitats, islands, and seas, links to satellite images and other information.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Over 70 two-page synopses to learn about the substance and relevance of each of NPRB's completed projects. Description of research themes are also available on this page.
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Bering Sea Maps
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Includes maps of physical geography, sonar imagery, islands, bathymetry, currents, habitats, and more.
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All Ages
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Bering Sea Maps
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Photographs of Bering Sea landscape, villages, people, flora, and fauna
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November 28, 2011 - 12:36pm
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Big collection of photos and images of research expeditions, animals, fish, birds, history, ships, helicopters, and scenery, with links to more.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Video on Stellar Sea Lions bythe NOAA Ocean Media Center
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Title:
Northern Fur Seal Migrations
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Every year, northern fur seals migrate 6,000 miles round-trip from their summer breeding grounds on the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. Learn about the scientists at NOAA who are tracking these seals on their incredible migrations, and where the seals go during the winter months.
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Title:
People of the Seal
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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"People of the Seal" explores the centuries-old connection between the northern fur seal and the Unangan natives of Alaska's Pribilof and Aleutian Islands in the middle of the Bering Sea. Aquilina Lestenkof travels five generations of her own family's history in this remote part of the world,...
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People of the Seal
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Elders and subsistence camps are an important part of Native life throughout Alaska. One of the strategies that is proving most successful in connecting the school curriculum to students lives in culturally and educationally meaningful ways is through the involvement of Native Elders as teachers...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Whether you are a teacher looking for a curriculum guide to Alaska's marine resources or a naturalist looking for a field guide to marine mammals, there is something for everyone in this collection of authoritative books, posters, videos, and brochures about Alaska's ocean resources.
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Title:
Enchanted Learning
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Curriculum Material Online - over 25,000 web pages
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Enchanted Learning
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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The COSEE Manual for Science Camps, Fairs, and Projects provides how to information for organizing fairs and camps and hundreds of science fair project ideas focused on the challenge of dealing with accelerating change as the effects of a warming climate ripple through Alaska s ocean...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Scuttlebutt, the Bridge discussion list, is a forum for marine educators to talk informally about marine education ideas, issues, and questions. The Bridge staff monitors list activity and will assist in locating expertise to answer questions that teachers post to the list, as needed. All educators...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Not all migrations are long distance ones. Up in Alaska there is a diving duck called the Spectacled Eider they migrate from areas of coastal tundra where they nest and breed to important feeding areas which are in the shallow areas of the Bering Sea. The ducks will dive in these freezing...
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Project Learning Tree
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.
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Project Learning Tree
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Educate. Empower. Act. The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators and communities of the world with water education. We invite you to join us in educating children about the most precious resource on the planet water.
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Project WILD
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Project WILD is one of the most widely-used conservation and environmental education programs among educators of students in kindergarten through high school. It is based on the premise that young people and educators have a vital interest in learning about our natural world. A national network of...
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Project WILD
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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As the "eye on Alaska's coasts and oceans," AOOS represents a network of critical ocean and coastal observations, data and information products that aid our understanding of the status of Alaska's marine ecosystem and allow stakeholders to make better decisions about their use of the marine...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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A current view of the Bering Sea Ecosystem and Climate
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Title:
NOAA Tides and Tidal Levels
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Types and causes of tidal cycles - diurnal, semidiurnal, mixed semidiurnal; Continental Interference
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center is a national partnership of educational institutions and organizations working to improve marine technical education in the U.S. and to meet the workplace needs of America's marine-related workforce and employers. Headquartered at Monterey...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:35pm
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Build your own Remotely Operated Vehicle
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Title:
MIT Sea Perch Program
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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The Sea Perch is a simple, remotely operated underwater vehicle, or ROV, made from PVC pipe and other inexpensive, easily available materials.
The Sea Perch Program, created by the MIT Sea Grant College Program in 2003, trains educators across the United States and around the world to build the Sea...
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MIT Sea Perch Program
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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The Arctic Portals Climate Change and Sea Ice Portlet provides an easy access to material concerning global warming and changes in sea ice. The Portlet consists of recent news articles, scientific reports and other relevant material.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears is an online magazine integrating science, literacy, and the polar regions. In each thematic issue, you can:
Explore the Arctic and Antarctica
Learn science concepts and literacy strategies
Read about misconceptions, equity, and technology
Discover lessons and unit...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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Global Climate Change, NASA's Eyes on the Earth website includes various educational activities, vital signs of the planet, the ability to experience Earth satellites in 3D.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:43pm
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The new kit is designed for classroom teachers and informal educators in parks, refuges, forest lands, nature centers, zoos, aquariums, science centers, etc., and is aimed at the middle school grade level. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with six other federal agencies (...
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February 20, 2013 - 3:39pm
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Website providing educational resources related to climate change.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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YouTube Video featuring a hypothetical situation: If the Sea Ice Disappears& How will climate change affect the fertile Bering Sea? Produced by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Title:
JellyWatch
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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Welcome to Jellywatch, a page for recording sightings of jellyfish and other marine organisms.
Have you seen a jellyfish, red tide, a squid, or other unusual marine life recently? If so, tell us about it! Marine biologists need your help to develop a better understanding of the ocean. If you ve...
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JellyWatch
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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The Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) was established in August 2006 as a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Science and Technology Center. The center is designed to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the biological and ecological diversity of...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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Our overall goal is to conduct a retrospective analysis of the Norton Sound trawl survey data, examining changes in abundance and distribution of benthic species, and exploring oceanographic and climatic covariates.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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Images and Videos from the 2006 and 2007 Bering Sea Ice Expedition about the RV Healy.
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Title:
Salinity in the Bering Sea
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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Bering Sea: Salinity Climatological Fields. View climatological map for a given time period
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Title:
NASA Salinity Video
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November 28, 2011 - 12:45pm
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Salinity plays a major role in how ocean waters circulate around the globe. Salinity changes can create ocean circulation changes that, in turn, may impact regional and global climates. The extent to which salinity impacts our global ocean circulation is still relatively unknown, but NASA's new...
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NASA Salinity Video
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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STEM International Polar Year Educational Materials and Presentations
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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Hands-on education kits can be a fun and effective supplement to your every day curriculum. Many kits on a variety of subjects are available for loan from different locations across the State. Below is a link to access a list of all of the kits by subject. The location numbers listed to the...
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February 20, 2013 - 3:40pm
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Watch the short animation to understand how the researchers tag and track polar bears.
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Title:
Bering Sea Bingo
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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These cards are about Ocean Life. The majority of the Earth is made up of water. This is a small sample of the plants and animals that make their home in our oceans. These include words like angel fish, eel, octopus, sea lion, and shrimp.
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Bering Sea Bingo
Title:
BrainPOP
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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Animated educational videos
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All Ages
Link:
BrainPOP
Title:
NASA: Drain the Ocean Video
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November 28, 2011 - 12:45pm
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NASA video depicting "Draining the Ocean"
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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Pilot program for students on the topics of the cryosphere, elementary (K-4), and the hydrosphere. This webpage also provides a link to view other ESSEA modules by topic.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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Three lessons and resources using Objects and Stories to learn about the Bering Sea Eskimo People. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:34pm
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Publications (Tools for Teachers), that are put out by the Arctic Studies Center. These are supplemental materials for Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People.
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Title:
NOAA Plankton Wars (pdf)
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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Goals: To understand adaptation by demonstrating how plankton use structures and surface area to stay afloat in the photic zone; to understand micron, a metric unit of measurement, and how mathematics (surface area) play a role in plankton survival.
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Link:
NOAA Plankton Wars (pdf)
Title:
Sea Lion Scat Activity (pdf)
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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After being introduced to an oceanic food web students will complete the experiment hypothesizing what could be found in and information gained from sea lion scat.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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"Food Chain" by Kathleen Carroll. Follow the food chain among plants and animals in the ocean and in a fast food restaurant. How might this transfer take place in a forest? All this answered in the song.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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Drifter based view of juvenile salmon dispersal
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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An extensive subsurface oceanographic mooring array was deployed just south of St. Lawrence Island between September 1998 and September 1999 to test theoretical ideas regarding the fate of dense winter water generated within the polynya. The data presented here are primarily from this effort.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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Satellite-tracked oceanographic drifters provide an informative (and nearly realtime) depiction of surface circulation that complements other measurements collected by shipboard sampling, instrumented moorings. and numerical models.
Our focus in this and previous drifter studies in the Bering Sea...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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he Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) is an NSF sponsored program that will give researchers an opportunity to gain improved understanding of the linkages between variations in Bering Sea ice cover and the biology of the waters and benthos beneath. This project will require extensive measurements and...
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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The goal of the Simplified Image Management and Processing Learning Environment for Science (SIMPLE Science) project is to help overcome barriers to use of image processing and analysis (IPA) in K-12 classrooms.
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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Website features a list of 11 videos related to the Bering Sea (including a short video from St. Paul Island).
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February 20, 2013 - 3:39pm
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SpongeBob SquarePants "Plankton Song" video. It's a fact-filled fish song!
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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Education unit exploring water in the form of ice. (NASA MESSENGER program)
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
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This animation provides a close perspective of the relationship between ice and solar reflectivity. As glaciers, the polar caps, and icebergs (shown here) melt, less sunlight gets reflected into space. Instead, the oceans and land absorb the light, thus raising the overall temperature and adding...
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All Ages
Title:
Ice Book
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February 20, 2013 - 4:39pm
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These stories discuss the unique property of ice - that it floats in liquid water. Students in grades 4-5 learn why this occurs; younger students focus on real-world examples and how ice is necessary for life in the polar regions.
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Link:
Ice Book
Title:
Ice Stories
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November 28, 2011 - 12:32pm
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For the International Polar Year, we gave polar scientists cameras and blogging tools and asked them to document their field work. Follow along on their adventures and see what it's like to be a research scientist in the Arctic or Antarctica.
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All Ages
Link:
Ice Stories
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November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
Excerpt:
Meet marine biologist George Matsumoto from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and learn about the floating ecosystems that thrive around icebergs in Antarctic waters.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:33pm
Excerpt:
Arctic Climate Modeling Program lessons
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:32pm
Excerpt:
K-12 science and mathematics teachers, teachers' aides and university faculty working together to learn about the nature of scientific inquiry and the variability of lake ice, snow, and conductive heat flow in the State of Alaska. Various education modules available, including the new "Snow Module."
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:32pm
Excerpt:
Found on page 17 of pdf. Developed by Canadian ice researchers and lovingly named by ALISON participants, the TWITT is the ingenious instrument for measuring ice thickness without making a mess of the study site. Although it requires basic shop equipment/know-how to build, the cost of materials per...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:32pm
Excerpt:
Educational videos aimed at Middle School and High School students with topics of: Elder's Knowledge, Sea Ice Ecosystem, and Ringed Seals on Sea Ice.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:32pm
Excerpt:
The Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO), and activity of the SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook, is a resource for Alaska Native subsistence hunters, coastal communities, and others interested in sea ice and walrus.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
February 20, 2013 - 3:40pm
Excerpt:
The Directory of Arctic Researchers, funded by the National Science Foundation, contains the names, addresses, science specialties, and current research of 4130 arctic researchers. It aids networking between individual investigators, institutions, funding agencies, and arctic stakeholders to...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 11:28am
Excerpt:
The COSEE Network excels at forming partnerships between ocean scientists and formal middle and high school teachers. The Ocean Science Education Institute (OSEI) from COSEE-New England and COSEE-Ocean Systems workshops are just two of many examples.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Title:
NPRB Project Browser
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:32pm
Excerpt:
Search the NPRB projects by project, PI, or other keywords
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
NPRB Project Browser
Title:
SEANET
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:32pm
Excerpt:
An informal network of people who communicate about research in Alaska's seas
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
SEANET
Title:
Take AIM at Climate Change
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:32pm
Excerpt:
A hiphop view of climate change
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
October 26, 2011 - 2:13pm
Excerpt:
The Bridge is a growing collection of the best marine education resources available on-line. It provides educators with a convenient source of accurate and useful information on global, national, and regional marine science topics, and gives researchers a contact point for educational outreach. The...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
October 26, 2011 - 12:08pm
Excerpt:
With credit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, this interview with Dr. Timothy Shank explains the importance of hydrothermal vents to the survival of deep sea organisms in the Arctic. The link will open a page with Dr. Shank's video as well as his biography.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Title:
Earths Polar Regions - NESTA
Updated:
December 14, 2011 - 7:00am
Excerpt:
Do you wonder what Earth's Polar Regions are like? Where do polar bears live? Where do penguins swim? Why does the Sun never shine in winter in the Arctic? Why does aurora occur near the Earth’s Poles? How big are the Earth’s ice caps, and are they changing? The Earth’s Polar Regions are hosts to...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Title:
Polar Regions Maps
Updated:
October 27, 2011 - 10:40am
Excerpt:
Large, small, and diverse file type maps of the Arctic and Antarctica from the Perry-Castañeda Library
Map Collection. The collections of the University of Texas Libraries are the result of more than one hundred years of continuing commitment by librarians, faculty, students, and private donors to...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Polar Regions Maps
Updated:
November 1, 2011 - 7:20am
Date:
Tue, 11/01/2011
Excerpt:
Television interview with Chantelle Rose for the Winter Sampling expedition.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
View Video
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:48pm
Date:
Thu, 11/17/2011
Excerpt:
This is an article about PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's PolarConnect event viewed at Urbana University.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
December 15, 2011 - 9:19am
Date:
Wed, 11/02/2011
Excerpt:
PolarTREC Teacher Chantelle Rose is featured in this WDTN Channel 2 News Story before her departure on the USCG Cutter Healy for her Winter Sampling Expedition.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Chantelle Rose
Title:
Frontier Scientists
Updated:
May 15, 2012 - 6:04am
Excerpt:
Frontier Scientists puts you in the front row to observe breaking scientific news from leading Arctic scientists in Archaeology, Geology, Anthropology, the Humanities, Biology, Marine Biology, Ecology, Chemistry and more. Many videos on Arctic science are available from their website.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
June 13, 2012 - 3:40pm
Date:
Tue, 05/22/2012
Excerpt:
Dayton's News Program, Fox 45 in the Morning, talks with teacher Chantelle Rose directly from the Arctic about her oceanographic PolarTREC expedition and follow-up involvement with the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Members:
Updated:
June 15, 2012 - 10:34am
Excerpt:
Arctic Research Mapping Application. ARMAP is a suite of online, interactive maps and services that support Arctic science. Learn more about research projects in your region of interest or scientific discipline. Explore available data or possible collaborations. Use the online mapping tools to...
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Updated:
January 25, 2013 - 9:43am
Date:
Thu, 01/24/2013
Excerpt:
Elizabeth Eubanks and St. Mark Catholic School students attend the Alaska Marine Science Symposium.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Related Members:
Elizabeth Eubanks
Video
Updated:
December 19, 2011 - 5:27pm
Date:
Wed, 12/14/2011
Excerpt:
While on the Winter Sampling expedition PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose was interviewed by Alaska's KTUU TV.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Winter Sampling
Related Members:
Chantelle Rose
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:02am
Excerpt:
Summer Snow Day on the USCGC Healy in the SE Canada Basin (Arctic Ocean). Filmed on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
RHI Recovery on USCGC Healy
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
RHI (Rigid Hull Inflatable boat) recovery on the USCGC Healy near Barrow, AK in the Beaufort Sea. Filmed on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
Polar Bear in Beaufort Sea
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
Polar Bear on Beaufort Sea ice, seen from USCGC Healy on 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
Piston Coring in the Eastern Canada Basin on USCGC Healy. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
This video documents the process of piston coring in deep water (~3000m) over the so-called '09 Seamount, Canada Basin (N. Arctic Ocean). Filmed on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
Packing up the coring rail aboard the USCGC Healy in the Canada Basin (northern Arctic Ocean) on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
MBB Bo 105 Helicopter transfer from CCGC Louis S. St. Laurent to USCGC Healy in the Canada Basin (northern Arctic Ocean.) Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
The Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent working in the Beaufort Sea, seen from the USCGC Healy on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Note the bubbler system at the bow of the Louis, which enhances its icebreaking capabilities by lifting ice around the bow and...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
Will fresh water turn into ice when it is dunked in the chilly waters of the Canada Basin? Find out with PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker, aboard the USCGC Healy on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
USCGC Healy entering the ice pack north of Barrow in the Canada Basin. Note the paint scraped off on one large piece of ice and the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent following us into the ice. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
USCGC Healy Helicopter Opps
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
Helicopter transfer between the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent & USCGC Healy in the Beaufort Sea. This is a MBB Bo 105 helicopter, a twin-engine craft with 4 rotor blades. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
USCGC Healy breaking ice in the Canada Basin (N. Arctic Ocean.) Filmed from the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Here the Louis is stopped for sonar repairs and the Healy is prepping a...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
Walking Tour of USCGC Healy
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker gives a walking tour of the USCGC Healy in the Canada Basin (N. Arctic Ocean) on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
Helicopter transfer via Canadian Coast Guard MBB Bo 105 from USGCC Healy to Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent in the Canada Basin (N. Arctic Ocean) during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
USCGC Healy Foghorn
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
USCGC Healy sounding the foghorn during our transit of the Bering Straight on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:03am
Excerpt:
Black-legged Kittiwakes are joined by an immature Herring Gull (maybe Vega Gull??) in the Canada Basin (northern Arctic Ocean). Filmed aboard the USCGC Healy on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Conducting gravity coring operations aboard the USCGC Healy in the Southern Beaufort Sea during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. This is a simple way to retrieve soft sediment cores- the coring pipe is driven into the sea bed by the 2-ton weight at the top of the coring...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Gas (methane) Hydrate ice recovered in core catcher during bottom sampling opps aboard USCGC Healy in the Southern Beaufort Sea during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
RHI opps on USCGC Healy
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Launch & recovery of the RHI (rigid-hull inflatable) boat aboard the USCGC Healy in foggy conditions. Filmed in the Canada Basin (northern Arctic Ocean) during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
USCGC Healy experiencing the first ice of 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
USCGC Healy experiencing the first ice of 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey in the Bering Sea. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
Arriving in Dutch Harbor
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
2010 PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker arriving in Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, AK to begin his International Extended Continental Shelf Survey expedition aboard the USCGC Healy.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
CTD cast aboard USCGC Healy
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Readying the 12-bottle CTD for a cast aboard the USCGC Healy on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Here the USGS/University of South Florida Arctic Ocean Acidification Study team have replaced one Niskin Bottle with a prototype autonomous high precision spectrophotometric pH...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Conducting a CTD cast aboard the USCGC Healy. Launched from the starboard A-frame, this device measures Conductivity (to determine salinity), Temperature, & Depth and returns water samples from user-selected depths via the array ("rosette") of trippable Niskin bottles. Filmed by PolarTREC...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Deploying an ice buoy from the USCGC Healy in the Beaufort Sea. The buoy drifts with the ice pack and relays its position to a satellite and so can be used to monitor ice movement. Filmed by PolarTREC Teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Breaking heavy ice in the Canada Basin (northern Arctic Ocean) aboard the USCGC Healy during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. In the distance notice the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
USCGC Healy Boat Opps
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Boat opps aboard the USCGC Healy during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey, filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. Here we see the launch and deployment of the Arctic Service Boat.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
PH Photocell fill
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Bill Schmoker with the International Continental Shelf Survey expedition.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
Bill Schmoker - Ice Maker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Title:
Gas Hydrate Core Sample
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Video created by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker onboard the International Continental Shelf Survey. This was the first piston core that returned a gas hydrate sample in the core cutter. The hydrate was about 20 feet beneath the sea floor. Once on deck it began fizzing with escaping methane. Gas...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Excerpt:
Vignettes from Dutch Harbor, Alaska in preparation for my 2010 PolarTREC Cruise on the USCG Cutter Healy.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:05am
Excerpt:
A message to my students on the first day of school and instructions for completing their student journals while I'm on my cruise.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
International Continental Shelf Survey
Related Members:
Bill Schmoker
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:10am
Date:
Fri, 05/18/2012 - Thu, 05/24/2012
Excerpt:
This video of the seafloor in Barrow Canyon, off the coast of Alaska is to accompany the presentation, 'The Arctic Ocean Ecosystem: Status and Trends in the Pacific Arctic' by Jacqueline Grebmeier, given during the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Members:
Jacqueline Grebmeier
Presentation
Updated:
November 19, 2012 - 10:42am
Date:
Fri, 05/18/2012 - Thu, 05/24/2012
Excerpt:
Dr. Lee Cooper presents his research at the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska on arctic ocean processes and how these relate to oceans around the world.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Related Members:
Lee Cooper
Updated:
November 20, 2012 - 12:21pm
Date:
Fri, 05/18/2012 - Thu, 05/24/2012
Excerpt:
Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier presents her research on recent changes in the biology of the Pacific arctic ecosystem at the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Russian American Long term Census of the Arctic
Updated:
January 15, 2013 - 11:35am
Date:
Fri, 05/18/2012 - Thu, 05/24/2012
Excerpt:
Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier presents an overview of the arctic ocean ecosystem. She outlines the key environmental factors influencing arctic marine food webs and discusses recent changes in biogeochemical cycles, biodiversity, migration and range of species, and general ecosystem health in the region.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Related Members:
Jacqueline Grebmeier
| Type | Title | Excerpt | Completion Time | Grade Level | Link |
Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video | Barrow Canyon Biodiversity Ocean Seafloor | This video of the seafloor in Barrow Canyon, off the coast of Alaska is to accompany the presentation, 'The Arctic Ocean Ecosystem: Status and Trends in the Pacific Arctic' by Jacqueline Grebmeier, given during the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop. | Less than 1 period | Elementary and Up | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Beginning Year - Bill Schmoker | A message to my students on the first day of school and instructions for completing their student journals while I'm on my cruise. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | PolarTREC_Dutch_Harbor_med.m4v | Vignettes from Dutch Harbor, Alaska in preparation for my 2010 PolarTREC Cruise on the USCG Cutter Healy. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Gas Hydrate Core Sample | Video created by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker onboard the International Continental Shelf Survey. This was the first piston core that returned a gas hydrate sample in the core cutter. The hydrate was about 20 feet beneath the sea floor. Once on deck it began fizzing with escaping methane. Gas... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Bill Schmoker - Ice Maker | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 | |
| Video | PH Photocell fill | Bill Schmoker with the International Continental Shelf Survey expedition. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | USCGC Healy Boat Opps | Boat opps aboard the USCGC Healy during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey, filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. Here we see the launch and deployment of the Arctic Service Boat. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | USCGC Healy Breaking Heavy Ice | Breaking heavy ice in the Canada Basin (northern Arctic Ocean) aboard the USCGC Healy during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. In the distance notice the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Ice Buoy Deployment aboard USCGC Healy | Deploying an ice buoy from the USCGC Healy in the Beaufort Sea. The buoy drifts with the ice pack and relays its position to a satellite and so can be used to monitor ice movement. Filmed by PolarTREC Teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Conducting a CTD cast aboard the USCGC Healy | Conducting a CTD cast aboard the USCGC Healy. Launched from the starboard A-frame, this device measures Conductivity (to determine salinity), Temperature, & Depth and returns water samples from user-selected depths via the array ("rosette") of trippable Niskin bottles. Filmed by PolarTREC... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | CTD cast aboard USCGC Healy | Readying the 12-bottle CTD for a cast aboard the USCGC Healy on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Here the USGS/University of South Florida Arctic Ocean Acidification Study team have replaced one Niskin Bottle with a prototype autonomous high precision spectrophotometric pH... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Arriving in Dutch Harbor | 2010 PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker arriving in Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, AK to begin his International Extended Continental Shelf Survey expedition aboard the USCGC Healy. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | USCGC Healy experiencing the first ice of 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey | USCGC Healy experiencing the first ice of 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey in the Bering Sea. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | RHI opps on USCGC Healy | Launch & recovery of the RHI (rigid-hull inflatable) boat aboard the USCGC Healy in foggy conditions. Filmed in the Canada Basin (northern Arctic Ocean) during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Gas Hydrate recovery from Southern Beaufort Sea aboard USCGC Healy | Gas (methane) Hydrate ice recovered in core catcher during bottom sampling opps aboard USCGC Healy in the Southern Beaufort Sea during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Gravity Coring Opps on USCGC Healy in Southern Beaufort Sea | Conducting gravity coring operations aboard the USCGC Healy in the Southern Beaufort Sea during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. This is a simple way to retrieve soft sediment cores- the coring pipe is driven into the sea bed by the 2-ton weight at the top of the coring... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Black-legged Kittiwakes & Herring Gull in the Arctic Ocean | Black-legged Kittiwakes are joined by an immature Herring Gull (maybe Vega Gull??) in the Canada Basin (northern Arctic Ocean). Filmed aboard the USCGC Healy on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | USCGC Healy Foghorn | USCGC Healy sounding the foghorn during our transit of the Bering Straight on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Helicoptering from USGCC Healy to Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent | Helicopter transfer via Canadian Coast Guard MBB Bo 105 from USGCC Healy to Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent in the Canada Basin (N. Arctic Ocean) during the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Walking Tour of USCGC Healy | PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker gives a walking tour of the USCGC Healy in the Canada Basin (N. Arctic Ocean) on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | USCGC Healy breaking ice in the Canada Basin | USCGC Healy breaking ice in the Canada Basin (N. Arctic Ocean.) Filmed from the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Here the Louis is stopped for sonar repairs and the Healy is prepping a... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | USCGC Healy Helicopter Opps | Helicopter transfer between the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent & USCGC Healy in the Beaufort Sea. This is a MBB Bo 105 helicopter, a twin-engine craft with 4 rotor blades. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | USCGC Healy entering the ice pack north of Barrow | USCGC Healy entering the ice pack north of Barrow in the Canada Basin. Note the paint scraped off on one large piece of ice and the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent following us into the ice. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | PolarTREC Teacher Bill Schmoker making ice in the Canada Basin aboard USCGC Healy | Will fresh water turn into ice when it is dunked in the chilly waters of the Canada Basin? Find out with PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker, aboard the USCGC Healy on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent seen from the USCGC Healy | The Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Louis S. St. Laurent working in the Beaufort Sea, seen from the USCGC Healy on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Note the bubbler system at the bow of the Louis, which enhances its icebreaking capabilities by lifting ice around the bow and... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Helicopter transfer from CCGC Louis S. St. Laurent to USCGC Healy | MBB Bo 105 Helicopter transfer from CCGC Louis S. St. Laurent to USCGC Healy in the Canada Basin (northern Arctic Ocean.) Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Packing up coring rail on USCGC Healy | Packing up the coring rail aboard the USCGC Healy in the Canada Basin (northern Arctic Ocean) on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Piston Core sampling aboard USCGC Healy, Canada Basin | This video documents the process of piston coring in deep water (~3000m) over the so-called '09 Seamount, Canada Basin (N. Arctic Ocean). Filmed on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Piston Coring in the Eastern Canada Basin on USCGC Healy | Piston Coring in the Eastern Canada Basin on USCGC Healy. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Polar Bear in Beaufort Sea | Polar Bear on Beaufort Sea ice, seen from USCGC Healy on 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey. Filmed by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | RHI Recovery on USCGC Healy | RHI (Rigid Hull Inflatable boat) recovery on the USCGC Healy near Barrow, AK in the Beaufort Sea. Filmed on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Summer Snow Day on the USCGC Healy | Summer Snow Day on the USCGC Healy in the SE Canada Basin (Arctic Ocean). Filmed on the 2010 International Extended Continental Shelf Survey by PolarTREC teacher Bill Schmoker. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Article | Graham Teacher on Expedition in Arctic - Part One | PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the first in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic. | All Ages | Graham Teacher on Expedition in Arctic - Part One | 13 March 2013 | |
| Lesson | Puffin Patrol | Overview Students will become familiar with the anatomy/physiology, habitat and lifestyle of puffins. On the 2009 Healy Icebreaker expedition the wildlife survey team was primarily interested in bird diversity and population in the Bering Sea. Puffins were spotted during the cruise, especially... | About 1 period | Elementary and Up | 22 February 2013 | |
| Polar Profile | Pat Kelly | How did you get into your polar oceanic career? When Pat (Roger) Kelly went to high school he loved science. He spent family vacations by oceans, and he had a lot of jobs outside. Pat had an uncle who was his role model. He worked for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Pat thought he had a... | 22 February 2013 | |||
| Lesson | Polar Projects | Overview Students chose a research project, from one of seven suggested projects, to complete in class with a partner. Upon completion they will present their information to the class. Objectives Students will present a scientifically accurate project on a topic related to the PolarTREC Winter... | More than a week | Middle School and Up | 22 February 2013 | |
| Lesson | Identifying Sea Ice | Overview Students will undertake three different activities to help them identify a variety of Antarctic ice types. Objective To provide sensory experiences that will move students toward conceptual understanding of the types of sea ice found in Antarctica. Preparation It is suggested that... | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 22 February 2013 | |
| Lesson | Sea Ice Impact | Overview This lesson investigates the impact of melting and freezing arctic sea ice on the properties of salinity, temperature and density that contribute to the stratification of ocean waters. This lesson combines several learning approaches including a hands-on lab, a web-quest and collaboration... | More than a week | High school and Up | 21 February 2013 | |
| Lesson | Rings of Life | Overview Rings of life is a comparative lesson allowing students to investigate growth rings in walleye Pollock from the Bering Sea and Ponderosa Pine trees. Objectives Students will be able to compare and contrast growth rings on fish and trees, showing just one of the tools scientists use to... | Less than a week | Elementary and Up | 21 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | COSEE: Science - Educator Partnerships | The COSEE Network excels at forming partnerships between ocean scientists and formal middle and high school teachers. The Ocean Science Education Institute (OSEI) from COSEE-New England and COSEE-Ocean Systems workshops are just two of many examples. | All Ages | COSEE: Science - Educator Partnerships | 21 February 2013 | |
| Lesson | Chill Out- All About Ice in the Bering Sea | Overview Through activities, video observation, experimentation and the construction of a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) students will learn about the chemical and physical properties of sea ice. Objectives Students will be able to answer main questions of where sea ice is, how it is formed,... | More than a week | All Ages | 21 February 2013 | |
| Lesson | Bering Sea Buffet - A Foodweb Activity | Overview This is a food web activity that I developed after my spring 2006 TREC expedition on board the USCGC Healy, for 30 days in the Bering Sea. It is a set of lessons that include setting the context with a map activity, researching the organisms in, on, and around the Bering Sea, reading an... | About a week | All Ages | 21 February 2013 | |
| Lesson | Plankton Parents | Overview This series of three labs challenges students to think about the role of plankton in different ecosystems and waterways in the world. By modeling the research methods of scientists on the Healy icebreaker, students can conduct a small-scale change study to examine reproductive behavior of... | About a week | Elementary and Up | 21 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | Ice Book | These stories discuss the unique property of ice - that it floats in liquid water. Students in grades 4-5 learn why this occurs; younger students focus on real-world examples and how ice is necessary for life in the polar regions. | All Ages | Ice Book | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | Bering Sea Ecoregion Description | Overview of Bering Sea ecoregion, wildlife species, and issues | All Ages | Bering Sea Ecoregion Description | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | Directory of Arctic Researchers | The Directory of Arctic Researchers, funded by the National Science Foundation, contains the names, addresses, science specialties, and current research of 4130 arctic researchers. It aids networking between individual investigators, institutions, funding agencies, and arctic stakeholders to... | All Ages | Directory of Arctic Researchers | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | WWF: Animated Video of Polar Bear Tagging | Watch the short animation to understand how the researchers tag and track polar bears. | All Ages | WWF: Animated Video of Polar Bear Tagging | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | Climate Kids, NASA's Eyes on the Earth | Website providing educational resources related to climate change. | All Ages | Climate Kids, NASA's Eyes on the Earth | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | Expedition to Bristol Bay Diary | World Wildlife Fund Board Chairman Bruce Babbitt travels to Bristol Bay in hopes of repeating history and helping prevent oil and gas development in the region. Diary sections include: Flying In, Dillingham, Chogglung (a fish camp), From the Sea to Your Plate, Going Home. | All Ages | Expedition to Bristol Bay Diary | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | Animals Video | Collection of short videos of a huge variety of animals. Seabirds, Seals and Manatees, and Whales are among the groups of animals depicted. Also includes a "Kid's Video section of videos to interest young audiences. Go to "Animals and Pets/Mammals/Seals and Manatees or /Whales | All Ages | Animals Video | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | The Plankton Song SpongeBob Video (Nickelodeon) | SpongeBob SquarePants "Plankton Song" video. It's a fact-filled fish song! | All Ages | The Plankton Song SpongeBob Video (Nickelodeon) | 20 February 2013 | |
| Lesson | Drawing Diatoms like Ernst Haeckel | Overview Maggie Prevanas joined scientists in the Bering Sea where sampling to measure the productivity of the Bering Sea Ecosystem was conducted. Maggie learned about the role microscopic organisms, diatoms, play in algae blooms, carbon cycling, and global warming. Maggie developed a lesson... | About 1 period | All Ages | 20 February 2013 | |
| Polar Profile | Tracy Shaw | What is your advice for students interested in a career in marine science? If a student was interested in working with krill, or in the ocean they would need to: get an undergraduate degree in a biological science (Tracy has a degree in zoology);then obtain a masters degree in a marine science;... | 10 February 2013 | |||
| Web Link | Florida Students Attend Alaska Marine Science Symposium | Elizabeth Eubanks and St. Mark Catholic School students attend the Alaska Marine Science Symposium. | All Ages | Florida Students Attend Alaska Marine Science Symposium | 25 January 2013 | |
| Presentation | The Arctic Ocean Ecosystem: Status and Trends in the Pacific Arctic | Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier presents an overview of the arctic ocean ecosystem. She outlines the key environmental factors influencing arctic marine food webs and discusses recent changes in biogeochemical cycles, biodiversity, migration and range of species, and general ecosystem health in the region. | Middle School and Up | 15 January 2013 | ||
| Presentation | Biological Change in the Pacific Arctic Ecosystem | Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier presents her research on recent changes in the biology of the Pacific arctic ecosystem at the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop. | Middle School and Up | 20 November 2012 | ||
| Presentation | Arctic Ocean Processes in the Context of the Global Ocean | Dr. Lee Cooper presents his research at the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska on arctic ocean processes and how these relate to oceans around the world. | Middle School and Up | 19 November 2012 | ||
| Lesson | Bowhead Whales: An Introduction to Our Whales Unit | Overview This First Grade unit on the bowhead whale has been created to support the knowledge of children living within a whaling community. The unit focuses on the basic components of understanding the bowhead in a more scientific manner. Although my students know the bowhead in a uniquely... | More than a week | Elementary and Up | 4 November 2012 | |
| Article | Massillon Native, Teacher to Explore Chukchi Sea | Online newspaper from Massillon, Ohio interviews teacher Deanna Wheeler about her second PolarTREC expedition to the Arctic and describes how her students have become directly involved in arctic studies. | All Ages | The Independent Online | 11 October 2012 | |
| Article | Parks Teacher to Embark on an Arctic Journey for the Second Time | This press release in the Bayonet online newspaper from Maryland outlines teacher Deanna Wheeler's second "educational experience of a lifetime" in the Arctic with PolarTREC. | All Ages | The Baynet | 11 October 2012 | |
| Event | Lisa Seff and the Oceanographic Conditions of Bowhead Whale Habitat Expedition | This one hour live event is hosted by PolarTREC teacher Lisa Seff and her team studying the oceanographic conditions of bowhead whale habitat. The team is stationed in Barrow, Alaska. | About 1 period | 10 September 2012 | ||
| Lesson | Arctic Smorgasbord! | Overview Students discover how different organisms that live in the Arctic depend on each other and what might happen to the food web if one or more organisms disappears from it. Students will build an arctic food web. Objectives Students will learn that organisms are part of a global food web... | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 10 September 2012 | |
| Lesson | Writing Science in the Language Arts Classroom: Understanding the Food Web | Overview Students will explain, both orally and in writing, a diagram used to illustrate a food web. Objectives Students will learn how language is used to communicate and is required to impart knowledge and sustain a healthy, traditional community in a modern world. Students will learn... | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 10 September 2012 | |
| Web Link | Alaska Coastwatch Activity Guide | The Alaska CoastWatch Activity Guide was developed to help educators incorporate stewardship of our coastal resources into their classroom. It includes activities that range from the basic level of exploration and discovery of intertidal biodiversity to data collection and research on marine... | All Ages | Alaska Coastwatch Activity Guide | 13 August 2012 | |
| Activity | Sea Ice Activity: What Happens When it Melts? | Sea ice, the thin layer of ice that covers most of the Arctic Ocean and surrounds most of the Antarctic continent, represents a distinctive feature of our planet. The attached flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, includes a summary of information about sea ice... | About 1 period | All Ages | 24 July 2012 | |
| Web Link | Arctic Research Mapping Application | Arctic Research Mapping Application. ARMAP is a suite of online, interactive maps and services that support Arctic science. Learn more about research projects in your region of interest or scientific discipline. Explore available data or possible collaborations. Use the online mapping tools to... | High school and Up | Arctic Research Mapping Application | 15 June 2012 | |
| Web Link | Local Teacher calls in from Alaskan Expedition | Dayton's News Program, Fox 45 in the Morning, talks with teacher Chantelle Rose directly from the Arctic about her oceanographic PolarTREC expedition and follow-up involvement with the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska. | All Ages | Fox 45 In the Morning - Dayton's News Source | 13 June 2012 | |
| Lesson | The Incredible Shrinking Cup | Overview Students decorate polysterene cups later to be submerged in the ocean. Subsequent activities have students consider the effects of water pressure and depth with respect to their cups. Objective Students will determine mass and volume of a styrofoam cup. They will calculate the density... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 12 June 2012 | |
| Activity | Polar Oceans Activity: What’s For Lunch? | The attached Polar Oceans flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, provides summary information about the Polar Oceans and describes how the circulation in polar waters exerts a powerful control on the Earth's climate and carbon cycle. Activities attached to the flyer... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | 31 May 2012 | |
| Web Link | Frontier Scientists | Frontier Scientists puts you in the front row to observe breaking scientific news from leading Arctic scientists in Archaeology, Geology, Anthropology, the Humanities, Biology, Marine Biology, Ecology, Chemistry and more. Many videos on Arctic science are available from their website. | All Ages | Frontier Scientists - Arctic Science Videos | 15 May 2012 | |
| Activity | How to Make Diatoms | Overview Diatoms are one of the main kinds of phytoplankton we found blooming in the Bering Sea. They are so beautiful, little glass houses with green gems inside. They occur in huge numbers in the Bering Sea in the initial spring ice melting algae bloom. Having one to touch and look at puts a... | About 1 period | Elementary and Up | 26 April 2012 | |
| Web Link | Arctic Climate Modeling Program | The Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) provides curriculum-based arctic resources for use with K-12 students. Resources include inquiry-based classroom lessons, a student network for observing arctic weather (S.N.O.W.) , digital lectures, and an interactive multimedia learning system (on DVD... | All Ages | Arctic Climate Modeling Program | 14 March 2012 | |
| Article | Introduction to the Polar Regions | Chapter 2 of The Biology of the Polar Regions. An accessible supplementary text suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in polar ecology. | High school and Up | Introduction to the Polar Regions | 12 March 2012 | |
| Article | Chantelle Rose - Back from the Arctic | Tara Hastings, WDTN Meteorologist visited Graham High School to talk with PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose about her Winter Sampling expedition. A video interview will remain as an external link to WDTN webpage. | All Ages | Teacher Back from the Arctic | 14 February 2012 | |
| Article | Graham Teacher on Expedition in the Arctic - Part Three | PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the third in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic. | All Ages | 5 January 2012 | ||
| Video | Chantelle Rose on Alaska's KTUU TV | While on the Winter Sampling expedition PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose was interviewed by Alaska's KTUU TV. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | 19 December 2011 | |
| Article | Ohio Teacher Explores Arctic Onboard Icebreaker | This is a web story from a featured news story on Channel 2 KTUU TV, Anchorage's New Source on PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's Winter Sampling experience. | All Ages | Ohio Teacher Explores Arctic Onboard Icebreaker | 19 December 2011 | |
| Web Link | Miami Valley Teacher Heads to the Arctic | PolarTREC Teacher Chantelle Rose is featured in this WDTN Channel 2 News Story before her departure on the USCG Cutter Healy for her Winter Sampling Expedition. | All Ages | Miami Valley Teacher Heads to Arctic | 15 December 2011 | |
| Article | Graham Teacher on Expedition in the Arctic - Part Four | PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the final installment in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic. | All Ages | Graham Teacher on Expedition in Arctic - Part Four | 15 December 2011 | |
| Event | Chantelle Rose with Winter Sampling Expedition | PolarTREC Teacher Chantelle Rose conducted this PolarConnect event while aboard the USCGC Healy on 7 December 2011. There is a short gap in the audio recording of the presentation. Only one question about capture nets is missing from recording. | About 1 period | Wimba Archive | 15 December 2011 | |
| Web Link | Earths Polar Regions - NESTA | Do you wonder what Earth's Polar Regions are like? Where do polar bears live? Where do penguins swim? Why does the Sun never shine in winter in the Arctic? Why does aurora occur near the Earth’s Poles? How big are the Earth’s ice caps, and are they changing? The Earth’s Polar Regions are hosts to... | All Ages | Earth's Polar Regions - NESTA | 14 December 2011 | |
| Web Link | Teacher Tools for Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiq People | A package that includes a book, CD, and videotape to accompany "Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiq People" museum exhibit. Includes traditional use of marine resources: "Tools For Teachers" is a 32-page guide for exploring Alutiiq culture in the classroom (Grades 4 through 12).... | All Ages | Teacher Tools for Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiq People | 10 December 2011 | |
| Article | Graham Teacher on Expedition in Arctic - Part Two | PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the second in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic. | All Ages | Graham Teacher on Expedition in Arctic - Part Two | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Teacher Offers Arctic Lessons | This is an article about PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's PolarConnect event viewed at Urbana University. | All Ages | Teacher Offers Arctic Lessons | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | NASA: Drain the Ocean Video | NASA video depicting "Draining the Ocean" | All Ages | NASA: Drain the Ocean Video | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | NASA Salinity Video | Salinity plays a major role in how ocean waters circulate around the globe. Salinity changes can create ocean circulation changes that, in turn, may impact regional and global climates. The extent to which salinity impacts our global ocean circulation is still relatively unknown, but NASA's new... | All Ages | NASA Salinity Video | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Climate Change Wildlife and Wildlands: A Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators | The new kit is designed for classroom teachers and informal educators in parks, refuges, forest lands, nature centers, zoos, aquariums, science centers, etc., and is aimed at the middle school grade level. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with six other federal agencies (... | All Ages | Climate Change Wildlife and Wildlands: A Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | S.N.O.W. Student Network for Observing Weather | Alaska students act as weather observers, collecting and recording data on temperature, wind speed and direction, precipitation, frost depth, snow depth, sea ice, visibility, sea state, and clouds. Data is shared with the Citizen Weather Observer Program, the National Weather Service, and the... | All Ages | S.N.O.W. Student Network for Observing Weather | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | The Alaska Migratory Bird Calendar Contest | A state-wide poster and literature competition to be published in the Alaska Migratory Bird Calendar. K-12 students (public, private or home-schooled) residing in or adjacent to the following Bering Sea area National Wildlife Refuges: Yukon Delta, Togiak, Izembek, Alaska Peninsula/Becharof,... | All Ages | The Alaska Migratory Bird Calendar Contest | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Alaska's National Ocean Sciences Bowl | Each winter, Alaska holds a regional ocean sciences competition as part of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB). Unique to the Alaska regional NOSB is the research component of the competition, in which teams of four or five students prepare a 20-page research paper that is submitted in December... | All Ages | Alaska's National Ocean Sciences Bowl | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Alaska Junior Duck Stamp Art Competition | The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program is an integrated art and science curriculum developed to teach environmental science and habitat conservation. The program combines art, science, and cultural curricula to teach a greater awareness of our nation's natural and cultural... | All Ages | Alaska Junior Duck Stamp Art Competition | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | How does ice cover vary in the Bering Sea from year to year? | 1-2 page essay by Dr. Lyn McNutt (UAF-GI) about the role of sea ice in the Bering Sea ecosystem and how it is changing | All Ages | How does ice cover vary in the Bering Sea from year to year? | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | What differences have occurred in summer and winter weather in the Bering Sea in the past 30 years? | 1-2 page essay by Dr. Nicholas Bond (UW) discusses trends toward warmer summer and winter weather in the Bering Sea | All Ages | What differences have occurred in summer and winter weather in the Bering Sea in the past 30 years? | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | What is happening to whales in the Bering Sea? | 1-2 page essay by Dr. Sue Moore (NOAA/NMFS) about cetaceans and their role in the Bering Sea Ecosystem | All Ages | What is happening to whales in the Bering Sea? | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Bering Sea Research in the News | Current and recent radio and newspaper articles about Bering Sea science | All Ages | Bering Sea Research in the News | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | What is the impact of the Ecosystem on fishery resources in the Bering Sea | 1-2 page essay by Patricia A. Livingston and Thomas K. Wilderbuer about Bering Sea fisheries resources and how changes in the physical ecosystem affect food webs. | All Ages | What is the impact of the Ecosystem on fishery resources in the Bering Sea | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Why is the Bering Sea Important | 1-2 page essay by Dr. Vera Alexander (UAF) discusses unique biological productivity in Bering Sea and impacts of changing conditions to the Bering Sea Ecosystem | All Ages | Why is the Bering Sea Important | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Encounters Radio | Experiences in the North brings the sounds of the wild to a national weekly radio program on observations, experiences and reflections on the northern world around us. Each program is recorded live in the field, and contains a tight weave of scientific and indigenous perspectives. Programs cover a... | All Ages | Encounters Radio | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands: Region of Wonders | This richly illustrated book depicts the region, from the shores of Alaska, along the volcanic stretch of the Aleutian Islands, to the Russian coast. The text is accompanied by more than 450 color photos, drawings, and maps showing the region's people, villages, landforms, plants, and animals.... | All Ages | The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands: Region of Wonders | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Arctic Climate Modeling Program Lesson Plans | Bank of Inquiry-based lessons on Observing and Forecasting, Weather Basics, and Climate Systems. Includes 12 lessons on Sea Ice Dynamics, with more in development. Lessons were piloted in Bering Straits School District. This is part of the research-based Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) is... | All Ages | Arctic Climate Modeling Program Lesson Plans | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Sea Ducks of Alaska | The Sea Ducks of Alaska Activity Guide explores sea ducks, their biology and conservation issues. It includes 8 separate activities that can be downloaded from the internet. Lessons are hands-on and aligned to Alaska State Standards. A sea duck education kit is also available for loan from CACS... | All Ages | Sea Ducks of Alaska | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | St. Lawrence Island Rain Parka | Students will make, under the direction of Marie (Aningayou)Molewotkuk, a Saint Lawrence Island Rain Parka. As part of the unit they learn about marine mammals and specifically walrus. The parka is made from Walrus intestines. | All Ages | St. Lawrence Island Rain Parka | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Alaska Seas and Rivers Curriculum: The Case of the Missing Sea Otters | This unit is designed for 4th grade but could be adapted for use at any of the intermediate grades. Students develop an understanding of how organisms in aquatic environment are connected to each other through four investigations that weave together the story of The Case of the Missing Sea Otter... | All Ages | Alaska Seas and Rivers Curriculum: The Case of the Missing Sea Otters | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Impact of a Changing Climate on the Pacific Walrus | Students develop an understanding of the impact of loss of sea ice on walrus populations, model the northern Bering Sea food web and impacts on the ecosystem when the food web is altered, understand the importance of collecting population data and of why it is difficult to make policy decisions... | All Ages | Impact of a Changing Climate on the Pacific Walrus | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Alaska Seas and Rivers Curriculum: Exploring the Ocean | This unit is designed for 6th grade, but could be adapted for 5th-8th grades. Students learn about the exploration of deep sea canyons, seamounts, and the Bering Sea. They develop an understanding of how technology is used to explore the ocean by participating in a deep sea sampling simulation,... | All Ages | Alaska Seas and Rivers Curriculum: The Case of the Missing Sea Otters | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Alaska Tsunami Education Project | This is a K-12 Science, Math, and GIT (Geospacial Information Technology) curriculum project currently being field-tested by 4 Bering Sea School districts. It includes sets of parallel lessons for 3 age groups on mapping and tsunami related science concepts. Lessons integrate Native Ways of... | All Ages | Alaska Tsunami Education Project | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Shorebird Sister Schools | The Shorebird Sister Schools Program is a science-based environmental education program designed to engage participants in learning about shorebirds and their conservation. The program was created to support a multi-national effort to protect shorebird populations and their habitats along all the... | All Ages | Shorebird Sister Schools | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Animals A to Z | Short descriptions of various animals including maps of habitat and an audio tracks of their noises. Includes Stellar Sea Lions, Grey Whales, Belugas,Walrus, Sockeye Salmon, Sea Anemone, and many others found in the Bering Sea. (Also includes many animals not found in the Bering Sea) | All Ages | Animals A to Z | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Southwestern Alaska Subsistence Poster | This colorful poster, with harvest seasons for 39 subsistence plants and animals traditionally used by Yupik Natives in Bristol Bay, educates about Alaska Native ways that are still practiced today. The multi-agency project brings a sense of unity to Alaskans from different cultural backgrounds.... | All Ages | Southwestern Alaska Subsistence Poster | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Arctic Climate Modeling Program Mentor Lectures | Lectures are available on-line for many topics from the areas of scientific inquiry and procedures, weather, climate, climate change impacts, and permafrost. This is part of the research-based Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) is funded by NSF ITEST. Curriculum based resources were designed... | All Ages | Arctic Climate Modeling Program Mentor Lectures | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Global Climate DVD | Interactive DVD for students presents information on water, weather, earth systems, changes over time, measuring climate change, greenhouse effects, climate change impacts, and computer modeling. It is tied to lessons and other resources from the Arctic Climate Modeling Program . See ACMP Lesson... | All Ages | Global Climate DVD | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Life on the Beach: Among Friends and Anemones | 20-minute video introduces concepts of intertidal ecology and beach etiquette. Geared for grades 4-8 with accompanying teacher guide. | All Ages | Life on the Beach: Among Friends and Anemones | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Polar Palooza | Bering Sea Project researchers have been featured in short films and podcasts by Polar Palooza, a multimedia initiative to spread the word about science at the Poles. The program is supported by NSF and NASA and involves researchers, Alaska Natives, in-person presentations at science centers and... | All Ages | Polar Palooza | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Extreme Ice: On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea | A series of video stories exploring the past and future of the fast-changing Bering Sea region, its culture and people, and the new polar science that is emerging from an expedition on board the Coast Guard cutter Healy. This is a Nova series from PBS. The website includes a teacher's guide, "... | All Ages | Extreme Ice: On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Summer in Aiktak Podcasts | A series of four video podcasts from Aiktak Island in the Aleutian Chain that describe a summer monitoring program and the daily activities of two biologists working there: 1) Camp Life - 2) Glaucous WIng Gull 3) Cormorant Monitoring 4) V Black Oystercatcher nest | All Ages | Summer in Aiktak Podcasts | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | The Bering Sea: An Ecosystem in Crisis | 10-minute video about a 2007 expedition to Zumchug and Pribilof Canyon. Includes conversations with/ observations from local residents. Effects of overfishing. Importance of pollock in the ecosystem. Shows submersibles exploring the canyons, sponges and corals, and disturbance to undersea... | All Ages | The Bering Sea: An Ecosystem in Crisis | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | An Alaska Native Community Helps Seals | Short video, background essay, and discussion questions, tied to Alaska Science Standards. In this 2004 video segment from First Alaskans Institute, learn about northern fur seals (laaqudan), their importance to the Alaska Native diet, and how the community of St. Paul Island participates in their... | All Ages | An Alaska Native Community Helps Seals | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Global Warming Threatens Shishmaref | Short video, background essay, and discussion questions, tied to Alaska Science Standards. In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, learn about how global warming and changing sea ice conditions affect the Alaska Native village of Shishmaref. Hear firsthand accounts about how climate... | All Ages | Global Warming Threatens Shishmaref | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Living Our Culture, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska - Smithsonian Museum Exhibit | This website provides online access to the Smithsonian's Alaska Native collections with pictures and descriptions of artifacts, interviews, photos, and a wealth of information about the Sugpiaq, Unangan, Yupik, and St. Lawrence Island Yupik people and their relationship to the Bering Sea. | All Ages | Living Our Culture, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska - Smithsonian Museum Exhibit | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Bering Sea Field Notes | Stories from scientists participating in the NPRB Bering Sea Project field program. Examples include stories of catching murres on remote cliffs (left) to study their diets, studying the bottom of the sea, building an integrated model to attempt to explain this ecosystem and predict the future,... | All Ages | Bering Sea Field Notes | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | The Spirit of Subsistence Living | Short video, background essay, and discussion questions, tied to Alaska Science Standards.In this video adapted from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, visit the Cup'ik people of Chevak, Alaska, to learn about the interconnectedness of nature and their subsistence lifestyle. Listen to an elder... | All Ages | The Spirit of Subsistence Living | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Bering Climate Website | This website presents the current Bering Sea Status, a Quick Data Summary, data, and reports on Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystems. It includes public information essays listed separately in this resource list, as well as links to photos, maps, and other Bering Sea Education websites. | All Ages | Bering Climate Website | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | National Data Buoy Center | Real-time weather data from buoys in the Bering Sea | All Ages | National Data Buoy Center | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Bering Sea Ice Expedition | Description and logs from a 2006 expedition to the Bering Sea to study physical and chemical properties of the ice and water, to sample phytoplankton and zooplankton and look at their relation to the food web, to look at fish abundance at the sea ice edge using hydroacoustic methods, and to observe... | All Ages | Bering Sea Ice Expedition | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | North Pacific Ocean Theme Page: Bering Sea | Maps of the Bering Sea showing bathymetry, currents, habitats, islands, and seas, links to satellite images and other information. | All Ages | North Pacific Ocean Theme Page: Bering Sea | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Research Themes and Project Synopses | Over 70 two-page synopses to learn about the substance and relevance of each of NPRB's completed projects. Description of research themes are also available on this page. | All Ages | Research Themes and Project Synopses | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Amiq Institute Photography Collection | Photographs of Bering Sea landscape, villages, people, flora, and fauna | All Ages | Amiq Institute Photography Collection | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Bering Sea Maps | Includes maps of physical geography, sonar imagery, islands, bathymetry, currents, habitats, and more. | All Ages | Bering Sea Maps | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Gallery of Bering Sea Photos and Images | Big collection of photos and images of research expeditions, animals, fish, birds, history, ships, helicopters, and scenery, with links to more. | All Ages | Gallery of Bering Sea Photos and Images | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Northern Fur Seal Migrations | Every year, northern fur seals migrate 6,000 miles round-trip from their summer breeding grounds on the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. Learn about the scientists at NOAA who are tracking these seals on their incredible migrations, and where the seals go during the winter months. | All Ages | Northern Fur Seal Migrations | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Stellar Sea Lions: Employing Technology for Conservation | Video on Stellar Sea Lions bythe NOAA Ocean Media Center | All Ages | Stellar Sea Lions: Employing Technology for Conservation | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Alaska Sea Grant Publications and Videos | Whether you are a teacher looking for a curriculum guide to Alaska's marine resources or a naturalist looking for a field guide to marine mammals, there is something for everyone in this collection of authoritative books, posters, videos, and brochures about Alaska's ocean resources. | All Ages | Alaska Sea Grant Publications and Videos | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Elders and Native Culture Camps | Elders and subsistence camps are an important part of Native life throughout Alaska. One of the strategies that is proving most successful in connecting the school curriculum to students lives in culturally and educationally meaningful ways is through the involvement of Native Elders as teachers... | All Ages | Elders and Native Culture Camps | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | People of the Seal | "People of the Seal" explores the centuries-old connection between the northern fur seal and the Unangan natives of Alaska's Pribilof and Aleutian Islands in the middle of the Bering Sea. Aquilina Lestenkof travels five generations of her own family's history in this remote part of the world,... | All Ages | People of the Seal | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Enchanted Learning | Curriculum Material Online - over 25,000 web pages | All Ages | Enchanted Learning | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | "Scuttlebutt" - BRIDGE Discussion List | Scuttlebutt, the Bridge discussion list, is a forum for marine educators to talk informally about marine education ideas, issues, and questions. The Bridge staff monitors list activity and will assist in locating expertise to answer questions that teachers post to the list, as needed. All educators... | All Ages | "Scuttlebutt" - BRIDGE Discussion List | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | COSEE Manual for Science Camps, Fairs, and Projects | The COSEE Manual for Science Camps, Fairs, and Projects provides how to information for organizing fairs and camps and hundreds of science fair project ideas focused on the challenge of dealing with accelerating change as the effects of a warming climate ripple through Alaska s ocean... | All Ages | COSEE Manual for Science Camps, Fairs, and Projects | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Project Learning Tree | Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12. | All Ages | Project Learning Tree | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Project WET: Worldwide Water Education | Educate. Empower. Act. The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators and communities of the world with water education. We invite you to join us in educating children about the most precious resource on the planet water. | All Ages | Project WET: Worldwide Water Education | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | BBC Audio Report on the Spectacled Eider | Not all migrations are long distance ones. Up in Alaska there is a diving duck called the Spectacled Eider they migrate from areas of coastal tundra where they nest and breed to important feeding areas which are in the shallow areas of the Bering Sea. The ducks will dive in these freezing... | All Ages | BBC Audio Report on the Spectacled Eider | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Project WILD | Project WILD is one of the most widely-used conservation and environmental education programs among educators of students in kindergarten through high school. It is based on the premise that young people and educators have a vital interest in learning about our natural world. A national network of... | All Ages | Project WILD | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | NOAA Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystems | A current view of the Bering Sea Ecosystem and Climate | All Ages | NOAA Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystems | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) | As the "eye on Alaska's coasts and oceans," AOOS represents a network of critical ocean and coastal observations, data and information products that aid our understanding of the status of Alaska's marine ecosystem and allow stakeholders to make better decisions about their use of the marine... | All Ages | Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | NOAA Tides and Tidal Levels | Types and causes of tidal cycles - diurnal, semidiurnal, mixed semidiurnal; Continental Interference | All Ages | NOAA Tides and Tidal Levels | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center | The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center is a national partnership of educational institutions and organizations working to improve marine technical education in the U.S. and to meet the workplace needs of America's marine-related workforce and employers. Headquartered at Monterey... | All Ages | Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: Build your own Remotely Operated Vehicle | Build your own Remotely Operated Vehicle | All Ages | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: Build your own Remotely Operated Vehicle | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Global Climate Change, NASA's Eyes on the Earth | Global Climate Change, NASA's Eyes on the Earth website includes various educational activities, vital signs of the planet, the ability to experience Earth satellites in 3D. | All Ages | Global Climate Change, NASA's Eyes on the Earth | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears | Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears is an online magazine integrating science, literacy, and the polar regions. In each thematic issue, you can: Explore the Arctic and Antarctica Learn science concepts and literacy strategies Read about misconceptions, equity, and technology Discover lessons and unit... | All Ages | Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Climate Change and Sea Ice Portlet | The Arctic Portals Climate Change and Sea Ice Portlet provides an easy access to material concerning global warming and changes in sea ice. The Portlet consists of recent news articles, scientific reports and other relevant material. | All Ages | Climate Change and Sea Ice Portlet | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | MIT Sea Perch Program | The Sea Perch is a simple, remotely operated underwater vehicle, or ROV, made from PVC pipe and other inexpensive, easily available materials. The Sea Perch Program, created by the MIT Sea Grant College Program in 2003, trains educators across the United States and around the world to build the Sea... | All Ages | MIT Sea Perch Program | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Hypothetical Life After climate Change in the Arctic | YouTube Video featuring a hypothetical situation: If the Sea Ice Disappears& How will climate change affect the fertile Bering Sea? Produced by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | All Ages | Hypothetical Life After climate Change in the Arctic | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | JellyWatch | Welcome to Jellywatch, a page for recording sightings of jellyfish and other marine organisms. Have you seen a jellyfish, red tide, a squid, or other unusual marine life recently? If so, tell us about it! Marine biologists need your help to develop a better understanding of the ocean. If you ve... | All Ages | JellyWatch | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | NSF Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education | The Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) was established in August 2006 as a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Science and Technology Center. The center is designed to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the biological and ecological diversity of... | All Ages | NSF Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | RV Healy, Bering Sea Ice Expedition (2006 and 2007): Images and Videos | Images and Videos from the 2006 and 2007 Bering Sea Ice Expedition about the RV Healy. | All Ages | RV Healy, Bering Sea Ice Expedition (2006 and 2007): Images and Videos | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Salinity in the Bering Sea | Bering Sea: Salinity Climatological Fields. View climatological map for a given time period | All Ages | Salinity in the Bering Sea | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Retrospective Analyses of Norton Sound Benthic Fauna | Our overall goal is to conduct a retrospective analysis of the Norton Sound trawl survey data, examining changes in abundance and distribution of benthic species, and exploring oceanographic and climatic covariates. | All Ages | Retrospective Analyses of Norton Sound Benthic Fauna | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Alaska Public Lands Information Centers - Teaching Kits | Hands-on education kits can be a fun and effective supplement to your every day curriculum. Many kits on a variety of subjects are available for loan from different locations across the State. Below is a link to access a list of all of the kits by subject. The location numbers listed to the... | All Ages | Alaska Public Lands Information Centers - Teaching Kits | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | STEM International Polar Year | STEM International Polar Year Educational Materials and Presentations | All Ages | STEM International Polar Year | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | BrainPOP | Animated educational videos | All Ages | BrainPOP | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Bering Sea Bingo | These cards are about Ocean Life. The majority of the Earth is made up of water. This is a small sample of the plants and animals that make their home in our oceans. These include words like angel fish, eel, octopus, sea lion, and shrimp. | All Ages | Bering Sea Bingo | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA): K-4 Polar, Water | Pilot program for students on the topics of the cryosphere, elementary (K-4), and the hydrosphere. This webpage also provides a link to view other ESSEA modules by topic. | All Ages | Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA): K-4 Polar, Water | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Museum Materials about the Yupiit and Alutiit | Publications (Tools for Teachers), that are put out by the Arctic Studies Center. These are supplemental materials for Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People. | All Ages | Museum Materials about the Yupiit and Alutiit | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Learning about the Bering Sea Eskimo People: Teaching from Objects and Stories | Three lessons and resources using Objects and Stories to learn about the Bering Sea Eskimo People. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies. | All Ages | Learning about the Bering Sea Eskimo People: Teaching from Objects and Stories | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Secret of Energy (via "Songs for Teaching") | "Food Chain" by Kathleen Carroll. Follow the food chain among plants and animals in the ocean and in a fast food restaurant. How might this transfer take place in a forest? All this answered in the song. | All Ages | Secret of Energy (via "Songs for Teaching") | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | NOAA Plankton Wars (pdf) | Goals: To understand adaptation by demonstrating how plankton use structures and surface area to stay afloat in the photic zone; to understand micron, a metric unit of measurement, and how mathematics (surface area) play a role in plankton survival. | All Ages | NOAA Plankton Wars (pdf) | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Sea Lion Scat Activity (pdf) | After being introduced to an oceanic food web students will complete the experiment hypothesizing what could be found in and information gained from sea lion scat. | All Ages | Sea Lion Scat Activity (pdf) | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Dancing Data Buoys - Juvenile Salmon Dispersal | Drifter based view of juvenile salmon dispersal | All Ages | Dancing Data Buoys - Juvenile Salmon Dispersal | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Oceanography of the St. Lawrence Island Polynya Region | An extensive subsurface oceanographic mooring array was deployed just south of St. Lawrence Island between September 1998 and September 1999 to test theoretical ideas regarding the fate of dense winter water generated within the polynya. The data presented here are primarily from this effort. | All Ages | Oceanography of the St. Lawrence Island Polynya Region | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Oceanographic Drifter Deployments in Alaskan Waters | Satellite-tracked oceanographic drifters provide an informative (and nearly realtime) depiction of surface circulation that complements other measurements collected by shipboard sampling, instrumented moorings. and numerical models. Our focus in this and previous drifter studies in the Bering Sea... | All Ages | Oceanographic Drifter Deployments in Alaskan Waters | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Bering Sea Ecosystem Study (BEST) Data Archive | he Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) is an NSF sponsored program that will give researchers an opportunity to gain improved understanding of the linkages between variations in Bering Sea ice cover and the biology of the waters and benthos beneath. This project will require extensive measurements and... | All Ages | Bering Sea Ecosystem Study (BEST) Data Archive | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Simplified Image Management and Processing Learning Environment (SIMPLE) for Science | The goal of the Simplified Image Management and Processing Learning Environment for Science (SIMPLE Science) project is to help overcome barriers to use of image processing and analysis (IPA) in K-12 classrooms. | All Ages | Simplified Image Management and Processing Learning Environment (SIMPLE) for Science | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Teachers' Domain (Digital Media for the Classroom and Professional Development) | Website features a list of 11 videos related to the Bering Sea (including a short video from St. Paul Island). | All Ages | Teachers' Domain (Digital Media for the Classroom and Professional Development) | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Ice Albedo: Bright White Reflects Light (animation) | This animation provides a close perspective of the relationship between ice and solar reflectivity. As glaciers, the polar caps, and icebergs (shown here) melt, less sunlight gets reflected into space. Instead, the oceans and land absorb the light, thus raising the overall temperature and adding... | All Ages | Ice Albedo: Bright White Reflects Light (animation) | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Exploring Ice in the Solar System | Education unit exploring water in the form of ice. (NASA MESSENGER program) | All Ages | Exploring Ice in the Solar System | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists - Floating Ecosystems and Icebergs | Meet marine biologist George Matsumoto from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and learn about the floating ecosystems that thrive around icebergs in Antarctic waters. | All Ages | Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists - Floating Ecosystems and Icebergs | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Sea Ice Game and Salinity Activity | Arctic Climate Modeling Program lessons | All Ages | Sea Ice Game and Salinity Activity | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Sea Ice videos for middle/high school lessons | Educational videos aimed at Middle School and High School students with topics of: Elder's Knowledge, Sea Ice Ecosystem, and Ringed Seals on Sea Ice. | All Ages | Sea Ice videos for middle/high school lessons | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Ice Stories | For the International Polar Year, we gave polar scientists cameras and blogging tools and asked them to document their field work. Follow along on their adventures and see what it's like to be a research scientist in the Arctic or Antarctica. | All Ages | Ice Stories | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network (ALISON) | K-12 science and mathematics teachers, teachers' aides and university faculty working together to learn about the nature of scientific inquiry and the variability of lake ice, snow, and conductive heat flow in the State of Alaska. Various education modules available, including the new "Snow Module." | All Ages | Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network (ALISON) | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Thermal Wire Ice Thickness Thingy (TWITT) | Found on page 17 of pdf. Developed by Canadian ice researchers and lovingly named by ALISON participants, the TWITT is the ingenious instrument for measuring ice thickness without making a mess of the study site. Although it requires basic shop equipment/know-how to build, the cost of materials per... | All Ages | Thermal Wire Ice Thickness Thingy (TWITT) | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO) | The Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO), and activity of the SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook, is a resource for Alaska Native subsistence hunters, coastal communities, and others interested in sea ice and walrus. | All Ages | Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO) | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | NPRB Project Browser | Search the NPRB projects by project, PI, or other keywords | All Ages | NPRB Project Browser | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | SEANET | An informal network of people who communicate about research in Alaska's seas | All Ages | SEANET | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Take AIM at Climate Change | A hiphop view of climate change | All Ages | Take AIM at Climate Change | 28 November 2011 | |
| Audio | What is in Sea Water? | This interview was conducted by the students of Project New Start in Flagstaff, Arizona with Bering Ecosystem Study researcher, Dr. Calvin Mordy. In the audio file he describes what is in the water, and how it is impacted by changes surrounding the ocean. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | 28 November 2011 | |
| Polar Profile | Dr. Calvin Mordy | How did you become interested in studying chemical oceanography, and how did you get your current job? Calvin grew up in Kansas. While in college he saw a flyer for a summer class doing chemical oceanography. That is all it took, and he was hooked! This experience then inspired him to go to... | http://jisao.washington.edu/ | 28 November 2011 | ||
| Activity | Aleutians: Cradle of the Storms | Overview The Aleutian Islands, between Alaska and Siberia, have earned the name "Cradle of the Storms" due to their wild weather. Students will view a two-part series about the Aleutian islands and answer questions related to the film. Objective Students will learn about the Aleutian Island... | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 28 November 2011 | |
| Lesson | Welcome to the Bering Sea: An Introductory PowerPoint | Overview The following PowerPoint presentation is part of an anticipatory set used to excite and introduce students to the many wonders of the Bering Sea. The PowerPoint is to be presented at the beginning of a unit about the Bering Sea. Objectives At the start of a unit on the Bering Sea this... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | 26 November 2011 | |
| Article | Graham Science Teacher Will Study Sea Life in Arctic | Article about PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's icebreaker-based expedition to collect some of the first winter information on the biology, chemistry, and physical oceanography of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. | All Ages | 21 November 2011 | ||
| Lesson | Plankton Parade | Overview This lesson came out of a desire to connect the plankton research that I did during the 0902 Healy cruise with my young "researchers" back in Washington, DC. I wanted them to understand that plankton not only feed the Arctic but that much of the world relies on these little critters that... | About 1 period | Elementary and Up | 6 November 2011 | |
| Lesson | Water is Life | Overview This lesson introduces students to krill, their importance in ocean ecosystems, and the physical structures that make up the krill body. The students will then use the principles of a "floater" species and design their own krill, hopefully having a class competition to see who can build a... | Less than a week | Elementary and Up | 3 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Television Interview - Local Teacher Heading to the Arctic (Winter Sampling) | Television interview with Chantelle Rose for the Winter Sampling expedition. | All Ages | View Video | 1 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Polar Regions Maps | Large, small, and diverse file type maps of the Arctic and Antarctica from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. The collections of the University of Texas Libraries are the result of more than one hundred years of continuing commitment by librarians, faculty, students, and private donors to... | All Ages | Polar Regions Maps | 27 October 2011 | |
| Web Link | Bridge: Marine Education Resources | The Bridge is a growing collection of the best marine education resources available on-line. It provides educators with a convenient source of accurate and useful information on global, national, and regional marine science topics, and gives researchers a contact point for educational outreach. The... | All Ages | Bridge: Marine Education Resources | 26 October 2011 | |
| Web Link | Studying Deep Sea Organisms- Interview with Timothy Shank | With credit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, this interview with Dr. Timothy Shank explains the importance of hydrothermal vents to the survival of deep sea organisms in the Arctic. The link will open a page with Dr. Shank's video as well as his biography. | Middle School and Up | Studying Deep Sea Organisms- Interview with Timothy Shank | 26 October 2011 | |
| Lesson | Ssssno Seals | Overview The title of this lesson, 'Ssssno Seals' is a play on words. Will the ice seals survive? Yes or No? Paul Lukosi is a high school teacher in the lower Yukon River Delta, 6 miles from the Bering Sea...as the slough goes. The village he teaches in is heavily focused on family and culture,... | More than a week | High school and Up | 24 October 2011 | |
| Lesson | Where is the World's Water? | Overview Students will calculate and measure out equivalent amounts of water to model the distribution of the world’s water supply. Objective Students will be able to compare the amounts of water and the states of water in different geographic locations. Preparation This activity shows students the... | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 15 October 2011 | |
| Lesson | Shrunken Spotted Seal Measurement Fun | Overview Students will use "Susea" the seal—a seal toy that grows in water—to discover the scientific process. This lesson was created by Maggie Prevenas who took part in the Bering Ecosystem Study on the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea. Objective Students interact with a seal that grows in water to... | More than a week | Middle School and Up | 14 October 2011 | |
| Lesson | Bering Sea Fabulous Food Chain Game | Overview Students will sort organisms found in the Bering Sea into food chains and gain an awareness of the flow of energy and nutrients in the Bering Sea Ecosystem. Objective Students learn about the different organisms that live in Alaskan waters by playing the Fabulous Food Chain Game. In... | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 8 October 2011 | |
| Lesson | Talk Story: A Native Way of Knowing | Overview This activity is meant to help students authentically learn the scientific method through comparing and contrasting oral history (storytelling) as a way to pass along information and solve problems with the scientific method. It also helps connect the students' cultural identity with the... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 7 October 2011 | |
| Lesson | Down to the Deep Virtual Lab | Overview Students are asked to predict what will happen to styrofoam objects lowered down to the bottom of the Bering Sea. Students make the appropriate calculations related to the actual experiment which took place on Maggie Prevenas' PolarTREC expedition. Objective Students will make hypotheses... | Less than 1 period | Middle School and Up | 7 October 2011 | |
| Lesson | Salty or Not: A Taste of the Bering Sea | Overview What happens to the salinity in the Bering Sea during ice and no ice conditions? Does it change throughout the year and at different depths during different seasons? Create a model of the Bering Sea in ice conditions. Change the conditions based on seasonal changes to explore the effects... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 7 October 2011 | |
| Lesson | Nature's Density Column | Overview Nature creates its own density column in marine systems, which is extremely important for the triggering of the spring bloom of phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are an important food source for all organisms- from microscopic zooplankton to large marine mammals such as walrus and whales. The... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 7 October 2011 | |
| Event | Bering Sea Predators on the Healy Icebreaker | Live event with Jackie Grebmeier, Lee Cooper, Jim Lovvorn and the Captain of the Healy. | Wimba Archive | 31 January 2011 | ||
| Event | Bering Sea Predators on the Healy Icebreaker | Bering Sea Predators on the Healy Icebreaker | Wimba Archive | 31 January 2011 | ||
| Event | BEST cruise on the Healy Icebreaker | Live event from the Healy Icebreaker. | Wimba Archive | 31 January 2011 | ||
| Event | BEST cruise on the Healy Icebreaker | Live call from the Healy. | Wimba Archive | 31 January 2011 | ||
| Event | BEST cruise on the Healy Icebreaker | BEST cruise on the Healy Icebreaker | Wimba Archive | 29 January 2011 | ||
| Event | BEST cruise on the Healy Icebreaker | BEST cruise on the Healy Icebreaker | Wimba Archive | 29 January 2011 | ||
| Event | Pribilof Islands with Tom Harten | Note: Due to technical difficulties, there is not a Wimba archive for this event. A PDF of the slides and accompanying audio file are available. This event with PolarTREC Teacher, Tom Harten, and the seabird ecology team led by PI, Dan Roby, covered the research being conducted on Black-Legged... | 29 January 2011 | |||
| Event | Bering Ecosystem Study '08 with Jillian Worssam, Bering Sea | This is a Live from IPY event with PolarTREC teacher Jillian Worssam and researchers aboard the USCGC Healy, from the Bering Sea, from 21 July, 2008. Researchers presented on the BEST expedition and project goals as well as talked about the role of zooplankton in the ecosystem. [Note: The archive... | 29 January 2011 | |||
| Event | The Bering Sea with Simone Welch | This Live from IPY event was held with PolarTREC Teacher Simone Welch and numerous researchers working on the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea as part of the Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Project. | Wimba Archive | 29 January 2011 | ||
| Event | International Polar Day: Oceans | This Live from IPY! event was held for the International Polar Day: Oceans on 25 March 2009. Presenters included Dr. Lee Cooper on board the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea and Dr. Andy Mahoney who joined from the Scott Base in Antarctica. The presenters talked about polar ocean ecology, sea ice, and... | Wimba Archive | 29 January 2011 | ||
| Event | CARE Meeting: Jackie Grebmeier and the Bering Sea | This CARE meeting, facilitated by Betty Carvellas, hosted oceanographic researcher Jackie Grebmeier of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland. Dr. Grebmeier talked about her current research and current environmental conditions of the Bering Sea. | Wimba Archive | 29 January 2011 | ||
| Event | Bering Ecosystem Study '08 with Jillian Worrssam, Bering Sea | Live event with Jillian Worssam and researchers aboard the USCGC Healy. This event was about the BEST project with presentations about zooplankton and their role in the Bering Sea ecosystem. | Wimba Archive | 29 January 2011 | ||
| Event | Bering Sea Change with Craig Kasemodel | Craig Kasemodel is joining researcher Lee Cooper aboard the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea. This live event highlights some of the research and activities taking place on board the ship. There were about 11 parties who joined the event, and there were about 60 students. | Wimba Archive | 29 January 2011 | ||
| Event | Bering Sea Benthic Studies with Emily Davenport | This archive is from the Live from IPY! Event held May 1, 2008 with Emily Davenport and other researchers working aboard the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea. There were approximately 110 participants on the call. Due to technical difficulties, there is no seperate audio file for this archive. We... | Wimba Archive | 29 January 2011 | ||
| Event | Bering Sea Predators on the Healy Icebreaker | Archive of a Live from IPY! event with Dr. Jackie Grebmeier, aboard the USCGC Icebreaker Healy, in the Northern Bering Sea. | About 1 period | Wimba Archive | 28 January 2011 | |
| Event | Deanna Wheeler on the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea | This Live from IPY event was a private event held with J.C. Parks Elementary School, and other regional Maryland Schools. PolarTREC teacher, Deanna Wheeler presented along with researchers studying various components of the Bering Sea ecosystem. The audience was primarily elementary school students. | Wimba Archive | 28 January 2011 | ||
| Article | Jamestown woman selected for international initiative | Online news article featuring Robyn Staup's (Sweet) expedition aboard the USCGC Healy. | All Ages | 28 January 2011 | ||
| Article | Who is the Walrus? | Online article from the New York Times, highlighting walrus ecology and the research conducted by Lee Cooper and other researchers on the March 2008 cruise in the Bering Sea aboard the USCGC Healy. | All Ages | 28 January 2011 | ||
| Article | Parks teacher prepares to embark on an educational journey of a lifetime | Charles County Public Schools teacher, Deanna Wheeler will spend 21 days on he USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea as part of the PolarTREC program. | All Ages | 28 January 2011 | ||
| Article | Notes on an Adventure | Arizona Daily Sun article about Jillian Worssam's PolarTREC experience on the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea. Article created from journal excerpts, and was published on 3 August 2008. | All Ages | 28 January 2011 | ||
| Article | In the Spotlight: Going exploring | PolarTREC Teacher, Mark McKay, heads to the Bering Sea to participate in a research cruise with Dr. Ray Sambrotto. Read the article here or download the PDF (right). | All Ages | 28 January 2011 | ||
| Article | Fortunately, She Thinks Ice Is Nice | This Washington Post article features PolarTREC teacher Simone Welch and her science expedition on board the Healy in the Bering Sea. | All Ages | 28 January 2011 | ||
| Article | Coast Guard Cutter Healy to Deploy | Story from online website, military.com about the USCGC Healy deploying to the Arctic. During the deployment, Healy will travel more than 25,000 miles and conduct more than 2,000 individual science evolutions in the course of completing seven separate science missions. Healy will spend six weeks... | All Ages | 28 January 2011 | ||
| Activity | Sea Algae Bookmark | Overview Students will create a bookmark to help them remember that diatoms (ice algae) are the main producers in the Bering Sea ecosystem. Objective To create a tangible reminder of how the Bering Sea ecosystem's main producers (diatoms and ice algae) use sunlight and transfer that into food... | Less than 1 period | Elementary and Up | 28 January 2011 | |
| Activity | Echo Song | Overview Students will sing a song about the Bering Sea ocean ecosystem. Objective To sing a fun science-themed song! Preparation Teach students about the Bering Sea ecosystem or have them review journal entries from Maggie Prevenas’ PolarTREC expedition (see Resources section for address).... | Less than 1 period | Elementary and Up | 28 January 2011 | |
| Activity | The Ice Algae Grew All Around | Overview Students will sing a song to learn about ice algae and its role in the arctic ecosystem. Objective Students will learn about the Bering Sea arctic ecosystem, particularly the role of ice algae, plankton, krill, fish, birds and mammals through song. Description Review the song 'The Ice... | Less than 1 period | Elementary and Up | 28 January 2011 | |
| Activity | Bolus Dissection | Overview Much like an owl pellet, a bolus is all the indigestible material that is "thrown up" by an albatross. Shaped like a fat cigar, one can dissect a bolus to assess the health of our ocean, the foraging ground for thousands of albatross trying to gather enough food to feed their hungry... | Less than 1 period | Middle School and Up | 28 January 2011 |
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| Web Link | Florida Students Attend Alaska Marine Science Symposium | Elizabeth Eubanks and St. Mark Catholic School students attend the Alaska Marine Science Symposium. | All Ages | Florida Students Attend Alaska Marine Science Symposium | View Resource | January 25, 2013 - 9:43am | |
| Event | Lisa Seff and the Oceanographic Conditions of Bowhead Whale Habitat Expedition | This one hour live event is hosted by PolarTREC teacher Lisa Seff and her team studying the oceanographic conditions of bowhead whale habitat. The team is stationed in Barrow, Alaska. | About 1 period | View Resource | September 10, 2012 - 2:09pm | ||
| Article | Massillon Native, Teacher to Explore Chukchi Sea | Online newspaper from Massillon, Ohio interviews teacher Deanna Wheeler about her second PolarTREC expedition to the Arctic and describes how her students have become directly involved in arctic studies. | All Ages | The Independent Online | View Resource | October 11, 2012 - 11:52am | |
| Article | Parks Teacher to Embark on an Arctic Journey for the Second Time | This press release in the Bayonet online newspaper from Maryland outlines teacher Deanna Wheeler's second "educational experience of a lifetime" in the Arctic with PolarTREC. | All Ages | The Baynet | View Resource | October 11, 2012 - 11:50am | |
| Web Link | Local Teacher calls in from Alaskan Expedition | Dayton's News Program, Fox 45 in the Morning, talks with teacher Chantelle Rose directly from the Arctic about her oceanographic PolarTREC expedition and follow-up involvement with the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska. | All Ages | Fox 45 In the Morning - Dayton's News Source | View Resource | June 13, 2012 - 3:40pm | |
| Video | Barrow Canyon Biodiversity Ocean Seafloor | This video of the seafloor in Barrow Canyon, off the coast of Alaska is to accompany the presentation, 'The Arctic Ocean Ecosystem: Status and Trends in the Pacific Arctic' by Jacqueline Grebmeier, given during the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop. | Less than 1 period | Elementary and Up | Watch on YouTube | View Resource | April 3, 2013 - 11:10am |
| Presentation | The Arctic Ocean Ecosystem: Status and Trends in the Pacific Arctic | Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier presents an overview of the arctic ocean ecosystem. She outlines the key environmental factors influencing arctic marine food webs and discusses recent changes in biogeochemical cycles, biodiversity, migration and range of species, and general ecosystem health in the region. | Middle School and Up | View Resource | January 15, 2013 - 11:35am | ||
| Presentation | Biological Change in the Pacific Arctic Ecosystem | Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier presents her research on recent changes in the biology of the Pacific arctic ecosystem at the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop. | Middle School and Up | View Resource | November 20, 2012 - 12:21pm | ||
| Presentation | Arctic Ocean Processes in the Context of the Global Ocean | Dr. Lee Cooper presents his research at the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska on arctic ocean processes and how these relate to oceans around the world. | Middle School and Up | View Resource | November 19, 2012 - 10:42am | ||
| Article | Chantelle Rose - Back from the Arctic | Tara Hastings, WDTN Meteorologist visited Graham High School to talk with PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose about her Winter Sampling expedition. A video interview will remain as an external link to WDTN webpage. | All Ages | Teacher Back from the Arctic | View Resource | February 14, 2012 - 9:35am | |
| Video | Chantelle Rose on Alaska's KTUU TV | While on the Winter Sampling expedition PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose was interviewed by Alaska's KTUU TV. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | View Resource | December 19, 2011 - 5:27pm | |
| Article | Ohio Teacher Explores Arctic Onboard Icebreaker | This is a web story from a featured news story on Channel 2 KTUU TV, Anchorage's New Source on PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's Winter Sampling experience. | All Ages | Ohio Teacher Explores Arctic Onboard Icebreaker | View Resource | December 19, 2011 - 5:22pm | |
| Article | Graham Teacher on Expedition in the Arctic - Part Four | PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the final installment in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic. | All Ages | Graham Teacher on Expedition in Arctic - Part Four | View Resource | December 15, 2011 - 8:38am | |
| Event | Chantelle Rose with Winter Sampling Expedition | PolarTREC Teacher Chantelle Rose conducted this PolarConnect event while aboard the USCGC Healy on 7 December 2011. There is a short gap in the audio recording of the presentation. Only one question about capture nets is missing from recording. | About 1 period | Wimba Archive | View Resource | December 15, 2011 - 7:41am | |
| Article | Graham Teacher on Expedition in the Arctic - Part Three | PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the third in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic. | All Ages | View Resource | January 5, 2012 - 12:26pm | ||
| Article | Graham Teacher on Expedition in Arctic - Part Two | PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the second in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic. | All Ages | Graham Teacher on Expedition in Arctic - Part Two | View Resource | November 28, 2011 - 2:49pm | |
| Article | Graham Teacher on Expedition in Arctic - Part One | PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose wrote a guest column for the The Urbana Daily Citizen. This is the first in a series of guest columns planned to cover the local teacher's trip to the Arctic. | All Ages | Graham Teacher on Expedition in Arctic - Part One | View Resource | March 13, 2013 - 11:32am | |
| Web Link | Teacher Offers Arctic Lessons | This is an article about PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's PolarConnect event viewed at Urbana University. | All Ages | Teacher Offers Arctic Lessons | View Resource | November 28, 2011 - 12:48pm | |
| Web Link | Miami Valley Teacher Heads to the Arctic | PolarTREC Teacher Chantelle Rose is featured in this WDTN Channel 2 News Story before her departure on the USCG Cutter Healy for her Winter Sampling Expedition. | All Ages | Miami Valley Teacher Heads to Arctic | View Resource | December 15, 2011 - 9:19am | |
| Web Link | Television Interview - Local Teacher Heading to the Arctic (Winter Sampling) | Television interview with Chantelle Rose for the Winter Sampling expedition. | All Ages | View Video | View Resource | November 1, 2011 - 7:20am | |
| Article | Graham Science Teacher Will Study Sea Life in Arctic | Article about PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's icebreaker-based expedition to collect some of the first winter information on the biology, chemistry, and physical oceanography of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. | All Ages | View Resource | November 21, 2011 - 12:19pm | ||
| Event | Pribilof Islands with Tom Harten | Note: Due to technical difficulties, there is not a Wimba archive for this event. A PDF of the slides and accompanying audio file are available. This event with PolarTREC Teacher, Tom Harten, and the seabird ecology team led by PI, Dan Roby, covered the research being conducted on Black-Legged... | View Resource | January 29, 2011 - 1:03pm | |||
| Article | In the Spotlight: Going exploring | PolarTREC Teacher, Mark McKay, heads to the Bering Sea to participate in a research cruise with Dr. Ray Sambrotto. Read the article here or download the PDF (right). | All Ages | View Resource | January 28, 2011 - 3:41pm | ||
| Event | The Bering Sea with Simone Welch | This Live from IPY event was held with PolarTREC Teacher Simone Welch and numerous researchers working on the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea as part of the Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Project. | Wimba Archive | View Resource | January 29, 2011 - 12:58pm | ||
| Article | Fortunately, She Thinks Ice Is Nice | This Washington Post article features PolarTREC teacher Simone Welch and her science expedition on board the Healy in the Bering Sea. | All Ages | View Resource | January 28, 2011 - 3:39pm |
