Earth Science Collection
Discover the diversity in the Earth Science Collection.
Welcome to the Earth Science Collection, a library of resources for educators and the public interested in learning more about the diverse science disciplines that help us understand the earth's unique polar regions. The field of earth science has overlap into many disciplines and can include geology, oceanography, glaciology, and meteorology.
The Collection includes individual activities, lesson plans, journal entries, videos, and presentations that will educate the next generation about this complex field of study. All materials are created and compiled by world-class educators participating in authentic scientific research in the polar regions through PolarTREC expeditions.
The Earth Science Collection is utilized as class material in the Cyber-based Interdisciplinary Science Education Professional Development Courses offered through the University of Alaska- Fairbanks in conjunction with PolarTREC. The collection is funded by the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States and the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.
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Updated:
November 8, 2011 - 2:15pm
Excerpt:
Teacher's Domain is an online educational service with two related components — Collections and Courses — that help teachers enhance their students' learning experiences and advance their own teaching skills. This collection was built to celebrate the International Polar Year. Learn about the...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
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...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
February 20, 2013 - 3:55pm
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A collection of eight videos focusing on the topic of climate change in the Arctic.
Videos are from the 2007 ARCSS Synthesis Workshop, the 2007 Arctic Forum, and the 2008 Arctic Forum.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
October 26, 2011 - 2:13pm
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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
Title:
Comparing the Poles
Updated:
October 26, 2011 - 2:36pm
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution offers a comprehensive comparison of the polar regions with sections specific to physical features, seasons, weather, ice, plants and wildlife, human impacts, global warming, and science.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Comparing the Poles
Updated:
October 26, 2011 - 12:08pm
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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
Updated:
February 20, 2013 - 4:39pm
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This National Geographic database is currently growing and will be updated frequently. Find multimedia activities aligned with national standards, educational projects, and more. Navigate iconic National Geographic maps with new interactive features and tools for creating custom materials that can...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
October 26, 2011 - 4:33pm
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This information is a resource on everything Antarctica created by 3 students in a Thinkquest project, collaborating internationally - Oliver Strebel, Robert Merki and Ho Lik Man.
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Updated:
October 26, 2011 - 4:39pm
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A Thinkquest project created by students about Arctic Animals.
"The world has many different animals. In the Arctic we have many animals that are unique to the north that we would like to tell you about. We have chosen some of the most unique arctic animals there are. We have stories to read,...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Title:
Polar Books Collection
Updated:
November 28, 2011 - 12:45pm
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A book collection for all ages from the United Nations Environment Programme. This collections page allows you to select a book and read a more detailed description.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Polar Books Collection
Title:
Earths Polar Regions - NESTA
Updated:
December 14, 2011 - 7:00am
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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
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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:
February 20, 2013 - 3:55pm
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This video, available from National Geographic, is an overview of the earth and life science properties of the Arctic Ocean.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
February 28, 2012 - 3:36pm
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Polar science is a topic both your students and you can get into. This publication gives you a variety of angles to choose from in implementing a study of polar science. This resource was created under a National Science Foundation Grant by Middle School Portal 2: Math & Science Pathways.
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Title:
All About Glaciers
Updated:
December 12, 2011 - 11:31am
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All About Glaciers is a web site produced by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) with information on all aspects of glaciers including data and science, facts, a gallery, a glossary and more.
Grade Level:
All Ages
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
Title:
Icefields and Glaciers
Updated:
February 20, 2013 - 4:09pm
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A U.S. Forest Service website with information about glaciers and icefields in general and their place in Tongass National Forest in Alaska.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Icefields and Glaciers
Title:
Landforms of Glaciation
Updated:
January 5, 2012 - 4:35pm
Excerpt:
This web site from the University of British Columbia Okanagan presents information about erosional and depositional landforms created by glaciers.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Landforms of Glaciation
Updated:
July 24, 2012 - 7:15am
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This web site from the University of Wisconsin offers definitions and examples of various alpine glacial landforms as well as topographic maps depicting each type of landform.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Title:
NASA Cryosphere
Updated:
May 15, 2012 - 6:33am
Excerpt:
This web site provides an assessment of the state of the cryosphere in 2009, including detailed animations of ice extents worldwide.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
January 5, 2012 - 4:32pm
Excerpt:
A web site with many interactive simulations suitable for teaching. The glacier simulation specifically allows users to see, among other things, how environmental conditions such as temperature and precipitation impact glacier size and flow.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Interactive Simulations
Updated:
March 26, 2012 - 5:36am
Date:
Mon, 02/27/2012
Excerpt:
Travel back in time as scientists and PolarTREC teacher Karl Horeis take you out to their dig sites to uncover hidden clues about early human settlement in arctic Alaska. This video is part of a larger story on the Frontier Scientists website (http://frontierscientists.com/), the University of...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Early Human Settlement in Arctic Alaska
Title:
Wow A Biface!
Updated:
May 6, 2012 - 5:59pm
Date:
Mon, 02/27/2012
Excerpt:
Share in the excitement of unearthing a biface and other archaeological treasures, as Alaskan researchers explain how they discover and document early human settlement sites across arctic Alaska. This video is part of a larger story on the Frontier Scientists website (http://frontierscientists.com...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Wow A Biface!
Related Expeditions:
Early Human Settlement in Arctic Alaska
Updated:
March 5, 2012 - 5:57pm
Excerpt:
The Permafrost Observatory was established at Barrow under the auspices of the International Arctic Research Center (IARC). The observatory was established to compare present permafrost temperatures with those obtained during the 1950s and early 1960s by Max Brewer.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
March 5, 2012 - 6:02pm
Excerpt:
NPR and National Geographic teamed up to create an animated video series that begins with the basics of Carbon as an element and with 5 episodes draws the links between carbon and our warming planet. This is a part of the Climate Connections Series
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Updated:
March 5, 2012 - 6:16pm
Excerpt:
In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, learn how one-celled organisms in permafrost may be contributing to greenhouse gas levels and global warming. Investigate how soil microbes, once thought to be dormant in cold temperatures, may...
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
March 8, 2013 - 11:54pm
Excerpt:
MapMaker Kits offer K-12 students the opportunity to work with key mapping concepts at a variety of scales and to see the world in new ways. Unique large-scale maps and activities engage students in the manipulation and analysis of a variety of geographic information sets, helping them build skills...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
June 14, 2013 - 6:58am
Excerpt:
Mystery Class is a global game of hide-and-seek. Follow photoperiod clues to search for ten secret sites around the world. Track sunlight to solve a mystery! Discover the reasons for seasons along the way.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
March 20, 2013 - 10:35am
Excerpt:
Icy IPY activities can be downloaded in word documents and tried in your classroom. From 'Blubber Gloves' to 'Experiments with Ice and Snow', there are a wealth of different activities to introduce students to the Polar Regions or complement their existing knowledge of the Poles.
The International...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
March 26, 2012 - 6:28am
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What's a Flexhibit? A Flexhibit is a Flexible Exhibit package that contains a set of hands-on learning activities, attractive banner graphics, and video podcasts that make it possible for groups of 10- to 15- year olds to engage in both learning and teaching. Groups of students can complete the...
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
March 29, 2012 - 5:33am
Date:
Mon, 03/01/2010
Excerpt:
The Polar Resource Book - Polar Science and Global Climate: An International Resource for Education & Outreach - was written to ensure that the efforts catalyzed by the International Polar Year (IPY) will continue to inspire educators, students, and emerging polar researchers with a shared...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Pearson Bookshop
Updated:
March 16, 2012 - 3:27pm
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ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) has drilled and recovered thousands of meters of rock core from beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf in Antarctica. What secrets are hidden in this rock? Why do scientists from around the world work together to uncover these secrets that have been shrouded beneath...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
ANDRILL Project Iceberg
Updated:
May 15, 2012 - 5:41am
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This detailed animation shows how the Earth is lit by the Sun throughout the year. The lighting of the Arctic and the Antarctic is detailed for every month of the year to help explain, among other things, the resulting polar night.
The animation is available in the following languages:
English:...
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Updated:
April 9, 2012 - 1:44pm
Excerpt:
Explore this interactive animation showing the size of Antarctica relative to other continents and countries. This resource was developed by the Italian educational project in the context of ANDRILL (Antarctic Geological drilling) research. The site is in Italian but the animation can be used...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Title:
Frontier Scientists
Updated:
May 15, 2012 - 6:04am
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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 15, 2012 - 9:35am
Excerpt:
North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling website. The North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling - NEEM - is an international ice core research project aimed at retrieving an ice core from North-West Greenland (camp position 77.45°N 51.06°W) reaching back through the previous interglacial, the Eemian.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Related Members:
Shelly Hynes
Updated:
June 15, 2012 - 9:33am
Excerpt:
Summit Station, Greenland Website. The station is located atop 3200 m of ice and is nearly 400 km from the nearest point of land. Summit supports a diversity of scientific research, including year-round measurements of air-snow interactions that provide crucial knowledge for interpreting data from...
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Related Members:
Shelly Hynes
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
Title:
Understanding Geologic Time
Updated:
June 15, 2012 - 2:15pm
Excerpt:
A step by step guide to deep time for students and teachers. This educational module is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
High Arctic Change 08
Related Members:
Missy Holzer
Title:
Comprehending Geologic Time
Updated:
June 15, 2012 - 2:20pm
Excerpt:
This geologic time calculator allows the user to manipulate the relativism of time to other markers. It builds from the classic analogy for illustrating the relative durations of parts of the geologic time scale is the yardstick.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
High Arctic Change 08
Related Members:
Missy Holzer
Updated:
June 15, 2012 - 2:24pm
Excerpt:
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, located about midway between Norway and the North Pole. This site explains the physical geography and geology of Svalbard in depth.
Related Expeditions:
High Arctic Change 08
Related Members:
Missy Holzer
Title:
U.S. Polar Rock Repository
Updated:
June 15, 2012 - 2:42pm
Excerpt:
The Polar Rock Repository, located at the Byrd Polar Research Center, is a national facility that provides rock samples for research, education, and museum use under a no-cost loan program.
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Title:
Basics of Polar Geology
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 9:30am
Excerpt:
Rocks and minerals make up the earth around us. But what exactly are rocks and minerals? What is the difference between them? How do they form? Where are they found?
This article provides content knowledge about minerals, the three types of rocks, the rock cycle, and polar geology as well as...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Basics of Polar Geology
Title:
Earth Exploration Toolkit
Updated:
February 28, 2013 - 10:39am
Excerpt:
Developed by teams of scientists and educators, the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET) is a collection of online Earth system science activities. Each activity, or chapter, introduces one or more scientific data sets and analysis tools that enables users to explore some aspect of the Earth system.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Updated:
June 22, 2012 - 3:22pm
Excerpt:
Built as an Auroral Station, this observation site has regularly updated weather observations, sun/moon charts, and updated photos.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Title:
The Svalbard Pages
Updated:
June 22, 2012 - 4:32pm
Excerpt:
A general information page about Svalbard, facts, history, travel, and events. The site is in English and Norwegian.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
The Svalbard Pages
Updated:
August 31, 2012 - 10:51am
Date:
Wed, 08/29/2012
Excerpt:
Science360 News focuses on the latest developments in scientific research. This link provides a short video on the 2012 Joint Science Education Program (JSEP). JSEP brings high-school students from diverse countries to Arctic research sites to experience hands-on science. Provided by the National...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Greenland Education Tour 2012
Related Members:
Updated:
December 13, 2012 - 9:52am
Date:
Thu, 12/13/2012
Excerpt:
SpaceWeather.com is an excellent tool used to predict space weather events like the Northern Lights and solar activity levels.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
SpaceWeather.com
Related Expeditions:
Title:
Back to the Ice!
Updated:
December 18, 2012 - 9:24am
Date:
Fri, 12/14/2012
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Jacquelyn Hams' expedition is featured in Foundations: the Newsletter of the Geo2YC division of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Back to the Ice!
Related Expeditions:
Buried Ice in Antarctica 2012
Related Members:
Title:
Mountain Building Processes
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 9:37am
Excerpt:
National Earth Science Teachers Association website, Windows to the Universe, presents the basics on mountain building processes.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 9:58am
Excerpt:
The Roof at the Bottom of the World: Discovering the Transantarctic Mountains comprehensively documents the 1,500-mile length of the Transantarctic Mountains. It is the first atlas of the most remote mountain range on Earth. The presentation is historical, following a narrative of the voyages and...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 10:08am
Excerpt:
This website is an overview on the Transantarctic Mountains with information on geography, geology, mechanisms for formation, issues, and additional references.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 10:13am
Excerpt:
This website is an overview of the TAMSEIS project addressing the questions of the Transantarctic Mountain origins and the structure of the East Antarctic craton.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Updated:
May 25, 2013 - 4:28am
Excerpt:
POLENET (The Polar Earth Observing Network) is a global network dedicated to observing the polar regions in a changing world.
The project is focused on collecting GPS and seismic data from autonomous systems deployed at remote sites spanning much of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. GPS and...
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 10:26am
Excerpt:
Founded in 1984 with support from the National Science Foundation, IRIS is a consortium of over 100 US universities dedicated to the operation of science facilities for the acquisition, management, and distribution of seismological data. This weblink is directed to their education and public...
Updated:
April 12, 2013 - 4:14pm
Excerpt:
PolarTREC researcher Samantha Hansen shares this resource as a background to her work and information on geologic processes.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Members:
Samantha Hansen
Updated:
April 12, 2013 - 4:19pm
Excerpt:
Class notes and detailed information on mountain building. PolarTREC researcher Samantha Hansen shares this resource as a background to her work and information on geologic processes. Created by John C. Butler, July 29, 1995. Credit to: John Butler jbutler [at] uh [dot] edu
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Members:
Samantha Hansen
Updated:
April 12, 2013 - 4:22pm
Excerpt:
How Physical Processes Form Physical Features. PolarTREC researcher Samantha Hansen shares this resource as a background to her work and information on geologic processes.
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Related Members:
Samantha Hansen
Updated:
April 12, 2013 - 4:25pm
Excerpt:
Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province Project (AGAP) provides an overview of antarctic geologic information.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
April 12, 2013 - 4:59pm
Excerpt:
What kind of rocks make up Antarctica? What geological processes are occurring today? What rock and mineral resources exist there? Learn more from this website. For a more generalized review of Antarctica you can also start here
Grade Level:
All Ages
Title:
Permafrost lab
Updated:
April 23, 2013 - 10:11am
Date:
Wed, 04/03/2013
Excerpt:
The Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory (GIPL)
The Permafrost Laboratory deals with scientific questions related to the circumpolar permafrost dynamics and feedbacks between permafrost and global change. At the Permafrost Laboratory, data related to the thermal and structural state of...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Permafrost Lab
Related Members:
Lesson
Title:
Geologists in Training
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 9:31am
Excerpt:
Overview
The study of rock and sediment layers, or stratigraphy, can be used to introduce students to the fundamental principles of geology and to lead into the idea of geologic time. In this lesson, students are introduced to Nicolas Steno's 3 major laws of stratigraphy: the law of original...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Kuril Islands Biocomplexity
Related Members:
Misty Nikula
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 6:38am
Excerpt:
Overview
This lesson was modeled after some of the routine activities undertaken by the geologists on the Kuril Island Expedition.
Complete the following activities:
Day 1 To measure a simple topographic profile with a level instrument or hand level and stadium rod.
Day 2 To use the...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Updated:
March 6, 2012 - 3:51pm
Excerpt:
Overview
Students are presented with an actual series of tundra photos, which they use to develop a hypothesis for which sort of ground cover will have the most/least permafrost depth. Then they are given a set of actual data and use this to test their hypothesis
Objective
Students will:...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 12:00pm
Excerpt:
Overview
Textbooks say that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and can make earth's climate hotter. Try this lab to see if carbon dioxide gas can really act like a greenhouse.
Objectives
Students should be able to make a hypothesis, perform an experiment, analyze data and write a conclusion...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Atmospheric Conditions and Arctic Climate
Updated:
July 24, 2012 - 6:45am
Excerpt:
Overview
Humans are creative. They try to solve problems in original ways. For example, some scientists are thinking of ways to decrease the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. Other scientists are thinking of ways to limit the amount of sun that reaches Earth so that the Earth won’t get so...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Atmospheric Conditions and Arctic Climate
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:
June 12, 2013 - 8:24am
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:
Updated:
October 3, 2012 - 5:18am
Excerpt:
Overview
This inquiry-based activity can be done using the slides of the attached PowerPoint presentation, or using a smart board. The slides describe the phases of the Inquiry Based Learning, step by step. The reference model is the "BSCS 5E model" (Bybee W. et al., 2006).
Objectives
Students...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Title:
What Is My Footprint?
Updated:
December 28, 2012 - 10:17am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will investigate what a carbon footprint is and calculate their own personal carbon footprint. Finally, students will develop ways to reduce their carbon footprint.
Objectives
Students will know that the principles of chemistry underlie the functioning of biological systems....
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Microbial Activity in Thawing Arctic Permafrost 2012
Title:
Soil Study
Updated:
November 29, 2012 - 9:56am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will conduct a soil study by investigating pH and water absorption.
Objectives
Students will learn:
How to describe the composition of soil and explain how it forms.
That soil is made up of tiny particles of rock, plant, and animal matter.
How to determine whether a...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
April 26, 2013 - 6:03am
Excerpt:
Overview
Students will conduct a demonstration that will help them gain a better understanding of the water cycle and runoff in a watershed. They will be able to replicate arctic and non-arctic watersheds by varying the size of the watershed. They will be able to visualize the difference in runoff...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Nutrient Transport in Arctic Watersheds
Related Members:
Melissa Barker
Updated:
May 10, 2013 - 6:43am
Excerpt:
Overview
In this lesson, students will play a fun board game that teaches about the sources and types of some air pollutants, and how they affect the health of both people and the environment. Students will learn that not all pollutants are greenhouse gases. This game can be a lead-in for a...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Title:
Feasting on Faults
Updated:
May 13, 2013 - 4:08pm
Excerpt:
This student lesson focuses on plate tectonics and large-scale system interactions, utilizing PolarTREC teacher Brian DuBay's Transantarctic Mountains expedition videos.
Objectives: The student will investigate, make observations, and analyze geologic processes of plate tectonics.
Key concepts...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Updated:
June 2, 2013 - 4:32pm
Excerpt:
Overview:
Students will use the TAMMNET project and accompanying PolarTREC resources to learn about seismology in the Antarctic, culminating in the creation of an annotated map using google maps.
Objective:
Students will understand the different ways mountain ranges are formed, and appreciate...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Updated:
May 13, 2013 - 4:46pm
Excerpt:
Organizing Questions:
1) Why is it important to collect large quantities of research data?
2) How can photographing a subject be similar to scientific observation?
3) How can one plot photographic data on a map?
Introduction:
This lesson was written for a Photography I course, to be taught in a...
Completion Time:
About a week
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Activity
Title:
Pumping Carbon
Updated:
March 19, 2012 - 11:40am
Excerpt:
Overview
This activity allows students to participate in a physically interactive dramatization of the oceanic biological pump.
Objective
The purpose of this activity is to develop a conceptual understanding of how the biological pump moves carbon through the oceans.
Preparation
Background...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
August 14, 2012 - 5:04pm
Date:
Mon, 01/16/2012 - Fri, 03/30/2012
Excerpt:
Introduction
Join the International Sun Shadows Project! - Pupils and teachers all over the world will join forces to measure the shadows of a 1m long stick.
Participation in the project is free and open to all! Teachers, students and scientists from around the world are encouraged to join in and...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Link:
Sun Shadows Project
Title:
Sediment Tubes
Updated:
March 20, 2013 - 10:35am
Excerpt:
Students will observe how soils and rocks of different densities behave in wind and in water. They will make predictions and careful observations as they learn about sediment transport and sediment rates in streams and rivers.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
March 16, 2012 - 8:05am
Excerpt:
This PDF handout and activity provides background information about polar weather and climate followed by an activity to help students consider their own local weather vs. polar weather. Students will observe the weather where they live and report on basic meteorological data such as air...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
March 16, 2012 - 3:24pm
Excerpt:
The attached Changing Earth flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, includes a summary of the history of planet Earth and an activity involving the use of a rope as a timeline to represents the Earth’s history from the present to 65 million years ago.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
March 16, 2012 - 3:26pm
Excerpt:
The attached Ice Sheets flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, includes a summary of information about ice sheets in both the Arctic and Antarctica, followed by an activity which allows students to make their own realistic model of an ice sheet with commonly...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
March 22, 2012 - 6:39am
Excerpt:
The attached Lands and Life flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, includes a summary of terrestrial polar ecosystems, from southern cold maritime islands to dry continental deserts in Antarctica and from tree line across the continental tundra to remote northern...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
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
Title:
Polar Week Unit Plan
Updated:
June 18, 2012 - 6:38am
Date:
Sun, 03/18/2012 - Sat, 03/24/2012
Excerpt:
This polar-themed unit plan provides a resource for teachers looking for ways to integrate a variety of challenging lessons and activities into their curriculum. The lessons touch on a variety of subject areas including language arts, math, and science. The unit is designed for a 3rd grade class...
Completion Time:
More than a week
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 5:25pm
Excerpt:
Overview
Wilderness Research Foundation (USA) has developed two teaching modules based on a project we conducted in the Antarctic Peninsula in January 2010. They're available free for any educator interested in reviewing them for classroom use. The project concerned the collection of soil samples...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
August 28, 2012 - 10:52am
Excerpt:
Purpose
To learn about the effects of air pollution on Sea Ice. This can be a library/computer lab-based activity.
Procedure
Teacher:
Mix up a 3.5% solution of NaCl. Make enough "sea-ice" cubes for each pair of students
Make another class set of ice cubes with tap water. Leave the ice in...
Completion Time:
Less than a week
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 6:37am
Excerpt:
Purpose
Glaciers are slow-moving masses of ice that exist where more snow falls than melts. They occupy about 10% of the Earth’s land, mostly in Greenland and Antarctica. Here, glaciers can be as much as 2 miles thick and weigh more than millions of tons. As they move, glaciers can widen and...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
February 24, 2013 - 8:56am
Excerpt:
Fall 2012 Polar Week Flagship Activity!
We hope that this activity will be completed by a multitude of classrooms, students, scientists, and teachers around the world in celebration of International Polar Week - a global celebration of the Polar Regions during the equinoxes each year. Please find...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
September 10, 2012 - 6:20am
Excerpt:
Objective
Just as the increase in atmospheric CO2 is causing the global air temperture to rise, the container with the added CO2 will trap more heat inside and will show a higher internal temperature.
Overview
This activity/demonstration can be used directly following lessons on greenhouse...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Related Expeditions:
Related Members:
John Wood
Event
Updated:
March 6, 2012 - 3:28pm
Date:
Mon, 05/16/2011
Excerpt:
PolarConnect event with John Wood and Dr. Sue Natali participating in the Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra expedition in Healy Alaska. There were some technical difficulties in the archive, so you can access Part 1 of the archive here and Part 2 of the archive is here.
Link:
Wimba Archive
Related Members:
Updated:
August 31, 2012 - 9:33am
Date:
Fri, 03/02/2012
Excerpt:
This 1 hour webinar presentation was conducted by Nell Herrmann and her team including Dr. Amsler and Dr. McClintock. The team presented from Palmer Station, Antarctica on seafloor organisms and the changing ocean conditions.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Expeditions:
Seafloor Organisms and Changing Ocean Conditions in Antarctic
Related Members:
Updated:
August 31, 2012 - 9:31am
Date:
Mon, 04/23/2012
Excerpt:
In this one hour webinar PolarTREC teacher Tim Spuck explains his work with the NASA IceBridge Project, the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever conducted.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Expeditions:
Airborne Survey of Polar Ice
Related Members:
Updated:
August 15, 2012 - 4:18pm
Date:
Thu, 05/10/2012
Excerpt:
This presentation is part of the Polaris Project Webinar Series preparing participants for the field season 2012. This is one of two lecture to view for Session Two. You need to also watch the Schade Presentation Archive.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Related Members:
Updated:
August 15, 2012 - 4:17pm
Date:
Thu, 05/10/2012
Excerpt:
This presentation is part of the Polaris Project Webinar Series preparing participants for the field season 2012. This is one of two lectures to view for Session Two. You need to also watch the Sobczak Presentation Archive.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Related Members:
Updated:
August 15, 2012 - 4:20pm
Date:
Thu, 05/17/2012
Excerpt:
This presentation is part of the Polaris Project Webinar Series preparing participants for the field season 2012.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Related Members:
Title:
Polaris Project Session Four
Updated:
August 15, 2012 - 4:21pm
Date:
Thu, 05/24/2012
Excerpt:
This is a one hour webinar specifically for the participants of the Polaris Project 2012, conducted by Max Holmes and John Schade. In this session, a variety of team members present their scientific work.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Related Members:
Updated:
August 31, 2012 - 9:30am
Date:
Thu, 05/17/2012
Excerpt:
This one hour event by Melissa Barker explains the research being done at Toolik Field Station, Alaska on nutrient transport in arctic watersheds. She is joined by team member Dr. Sarah Godsey.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Expeditions:
Nutrient Transport in Arctic Watersheds
Updated:
August 15, 2012 - 4:22pm
Date:
Thu, 05/31/2012
Excerpt:
This is a one hour webinar is part of the Polaris Project 2012, conducted by Max Holmes and John Schade. In this session Andy Bunn, professor at Western Washington University, presents a lecture on the history and science of climate change.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Members:
Updated:
August 31, 2012 - 9:33am
Date:
Thu, 06/07/2012
Excerpt:
In this one hour webinar, PolarTREC teacher Susan Steiner and researcher Michael Weintraub explain the science, research questions, and results of their work at Toolik Field Station.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Members:
Title:
Polaris Project Session Six
Updated:
August 15, 2012 - 4:29pm
Date:
Thu, 06/21/2012
Excerpt:
This is a one hour webinar specifically for the participants of the Polaris Project 2012, conducted by Max Holmes and John Schade. In this session, the team wraps up their preparations and students discuss their project proposals.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Members:
Max Holmes
Updated:
August 31, 2012 - 9:34am
Date:
Fri, 07/27/2012
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Cristina Solis and her team presented their work on microbial activity in the tundra to junior docents at Cabrillio Marine Aquarium. This is a one hour presentation with Cristina and her research team.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Expeditions:
Microbial Activity in Thawing Arctic Permafrost 2012
Related Members:
Updated:
August 15, 2012 - 4:43pm
Date:
Mon, 07/30/2012
Excerpt:
This one hour presentation by Dr. Al Werner is a professional development opportunity for educators to learn more about earth and geoscience research in Svalbard, Norway. Some noticeable technical issues are resolved a few minutes into the presentation.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Expeditions:
High Arctic Change 2012
Updated:
August 15, 2012 - 4:43pm
Date:
Tue, 08/07/2012
Excerpt:
This one hour webinar is conducted by PolarTREC alumni Missy Holzer. She highlighted her work with the High Arctic Change expedition 2008 and bringing inquiry-based science into her classroom. This webinar is part of the C-ISE online professional development course.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Expeditions:
High Arctic Change 08
Updated:
September 21, 2012 - 3:33pm
Date:
Thu, 09/20/2012
Excerpt:
This one hour webinar is part of the International Polar Week celebrations sponsored by APECS, ARCUS and PEI. The presenters are young scientists that work in the Polar Regions. They shared information about their work as well as how they became interested in polar science.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Updated:
November 5, 2012 - 10:42am
Date:
Wed, 10/17/2012
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Elizabeth Eubanks hosted a webinar from Costa Rica with Arctic Tundra Dynamics team from Barrow, AK. They are completing similiar research at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Related Members:
Updated:
December 19, 2012 - 10:11am
Date:
Mon, 12/03/2012
Excerpt:
This one hour live event is hosted by PolarTREC teacher Mike LeBaron and his team studying sub-glacial lakes and streams. The team is at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This event was part of the December 2012 Antarctica Day celebration. The team also speaks about the importance of the Antarctic...
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Updated:
April 17, 2013 - 4:59pm
Date:
Tue, 04/16/2013
Excerpt:
This one hour webinar is part of the online polar professional development course on physical science for educators. Dr. Hansen focuses on her research of the tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountain in Antarctica.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Updated:
April 25, 2013 - 2:31pm
Date:
Wed, 04/24/2013
Excerpt:
This one hour webinar is for educatorson the use of video and social media tools to bring polar science into the classroom. PolarTREC teacher Brian DuBay speaks in the context of his expedition to study the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Updated:
May 1, 2013 - 10:31am
Date:
Tue, 04/30/2013
Excerpt:
This one hour webinar is for students and the public hosted by Tom Lane. The team is studying carbon balance in warming and drying tundra in Healy, Alaska.
Completion Time:
About 1 period
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra 2013
Related Members:
Video
Title:
Arctic Sea Ice Animation
Updated:
March 13, 2013 - 5:44am
Excerpt:
From NASA, in this animation, the Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from September 1, 2009 when sea ice in the Arctic was near its minimum extent, through March 30, 2010. The animation plays at a rate of six frames per day or ten days per second.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
View Original
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:08am
Excerpt:
Learning more about the seismometers at Palmer Station, Antarctica.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Seafloor Organisms and Changing Ocean Conditions in Antarctic
Related Members:
Nell Herrmann
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
Updated:
March 6, 2012 - 3:10pm
Date:
Wed, 02/08/2012
Excerpt:
At the CREEL permafrost tunnel outside Fairbanks, AK. Our guide, Art, explains a potential issue with the carbon balance in soils as the permafrost thaws as we traveled underground to see it the changes.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Updated:
June 15, 2012 - 3:12pm
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Tim Martin interview researcher Julie Brigham-Grette in regards to geologic climate research in siberia.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Members:
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:
March 7, 2012 - 6:03pm
Date:
Sun, 02/19/2012
Excerpt:
Permafrost is a key cryospheric component and of global interest for better understanding climate change. This short film presents an overview of permafrost on Earth and focuses on the International Polar Year (IPY) activities of a research group from the University of Lisbon and its international...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Link:
View Original
Updated:
March 7, 2012 - 5:53pm
Date:
Tue, 08/05/2008
Excerpt:
Tunnel Man is a super hero who lives in Ice Tunnels, and teaches children and adults about the unique geomorphology of Alaska. Tunnel Man is played by Kenji Yoshikawa, a Research Associate Professor for the Institute of Northern Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Tunnel Man's...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
View Original
Updated:
May 7, 2012 - 5:51am
Date:
Mon, 01/05/2009
Excerpt:
Tunnel Man is a super hero who lives in Ice Tunnels, and teaches children and adults about the unique geomorphology of Alaska. Tunnel Man is played by Kenji Yoshikawa, a Research Associate Professor for the Institute of Northern Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Tunnel Man's...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
View Original
Updated:
March 7, 2012 - 5:55pm
Date:
Fri, 04/10/2009
Excerpt:
Tunnel Man is a super hero who lives in Ice Tunnels, and teaches children and adults about the unique geomorphology of Alaska. Tunnel Man is played by Kenji Yoshikawa, a Research Associate Professor for the Institute of Northern Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Tunnel Man's...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
View Original
Updated:
March 7, 2012 - 6:00pm
Date:
Thu, 09/10/2009
Excerpt:
Tunnel Man is a super hero who lives in Ice Tunnels, and teaches children and adults about the unique geomorphology of Alaska. Tunnel Man is played by Kenji Yoshikawa, a Research Associate Professor for the Institute of Northern Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Tunnel Man's...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
View Original
Title:
Measuring the Earth's Tilt
Updated:
June 21, 2012 - 8:35am
Excerpt:
Michelle Brown and Andy Stillinger calculate the tilt of the Earth's axis by using height and shadow length at the South Pole on winter solstice.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Space Weather Monitoring on the Antarctic Plateau
Related Members:
Updated:
March 7, 2012 - 7:28am
Date:
Fri, 01/15/2010
Excerpt:
University of Alaska Fairbanks Professor Katey Walter Anthony takes us onto a frozen lake in Fairbanks, AK to demonstrate why methane gas has "exploded" onto the climate change scene.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
March 5, 2012 - 5:35pm
Date:
Fri, 02/26/2010
Excerpt:
In an explosive clip from the BBC's landmark series, scientists drill into a frozen lake to ignite methane gas that is trapped in bubbles beneath the surface. Do greenhouse gases pose a signficant threat to our planet? Dr Iain Stewart assesses the dangers.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Updated:
March 5, 2012 - 5:39pm
Date:
Thu, 03/04/2010
Excerpt:
Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are studying the East Siberian Arctic Shelf region and finding the seafloor there holds vast stores of frozen methane and is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the powerful greenhouse gas. In this video University of Alaska...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Updated:
June 21, 2012 - 8:33am
Excerpt:
In this one hour webinar PolarTREC teacher Tim Spuck explains his work with the NASA IceBridge Project, the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever conducted.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Airborne Survey of Polar Ice
Related Members:
Updated:
June 1, 2012 - 11:41am
Excerpt:
View sequential still images of thermokarst (thawed permafrost) at Horn Lake in northern Alaska during the summer of 2010. The video was made by researchers studying the responses of Arctic landscapes to permafrost degradation.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Nutrient Transport in Arctic Watersheds
Updated:
April 2, 2013 - 4:51pm
Excerpt:
This short video provides an overview of the types of rocks found in Antarctica and what we can learn about Antarctica from polar geology. This video is designed to accompany the September 2008 issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears. The magazine is a professional...
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Title:
TAMNNET Team Introduction
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 10:59am
Date:
Sun, 11/11/2012
Excerpt:
Introductions to Dr. Hansen's TAMNNET Team working on seismology and tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountains.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Title:
TransAntarctic Scenery
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 12:04pm
Excerpt:
Flying through the Eisenhower Range, Priestley Glacier, and Mario Zuchelli
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Brian DuBay
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 11:04am
Date:
Tue, 11/20/2012
Excerpt:
Dr. Samantha Hansen and the team building and installing seismometers in Antarctica.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Updated:
May 6, 2013 - 6:23am
Date:
Sat, 12/01/2012
Excerpt:
Helicopter flights in Antarctica with annotations on specific geographic and geologic features.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 3:07pm
Date:
Thu, 12/06/2012
Excerpt:
Working at Terra Nova, Antarctica. This is the Italian Base where PolarTREC teacher Brian Dubay and his team continued their study of the Transantarctic Mountains.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Updated:
December 26, 2012 - 3:33pm
Date:
Wed, 11/21/2012
Excerpt:
This local TV interview is about PolarTREC teacher Liz Ratliff heading to South Pole Station, Antarctica to work with the IceCube project.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
View on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
IceCube In Ice Antarctic Telescope 2012
Related Members:
Liz Ratliff
Updated:
April 9, 2013 - 5:59am
Date:
Thu, 02/28/2013
Excerpt:
The Yale Climate Forum released this YouTube video on Permafrost in 2013. The causes and effects of melting permafrost are explained and linked to larger phenomena. Visit the Yale Climate Forum Website to learn more.
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Link:
View on YouTube
Updated:
June 14, 2013 - 6:50am
Excerpt:
Antarctic educator, Mark Walsh, created this video for the PolarTREC 2013 spring online professional development course. This video uses the concept of Density to explore how mountains are built as well as how to throw a good Cinco de Mayo party at McMurdo Station Antarctica. He uses the Dr....
Completion Time:
Less than 1 period
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Expeditions:
Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains
Related Members:
Article
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:
March 12, 2012 - 3:27pm
Date:
Wed, 09/05/2007
Publication:
University of the Arctic Curriculum
Excerpt:
The Circumpolar World introduces students to the landscape, peoples and issues of the circumpolar region.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Updated:
March 12, 2012 - 3:34pm
Date:
Wed, 09/05/2007
Publication:
University of the Arctic Curriculum
Excerpt:
This module gives a general overview of environmental issues that affect the Arctic, including climate change related themes. Compiled by Ake Bjorke, Lars Kullerud UNEP/GRID-Arendal, and Olav Hesjedal
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Updated:
March 12, 2012 - 3:38pm
Date:
Wed, 09/05/2007
Publication:
University of the Arctic Curriculum
Excerpt:
The Circumpolar World introduces students to the landscape, peoples and issues of the circumpolar region. This module gives a brief introduction to the physical features and processes of the Arctic region and highlights the significant factors that influence those features and processes. Developed...
Grade Level:
High school and Up
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:
August 28, 2012 - 11:43am
Date:
Thu, 04/26/2012
Publication:
The Wanderer
Excerpt:
Kevin Tavares and his fourth graders at Old Hammondtown School in Massachusetts built a website to share what they were learning with the rest of the world. Mr. Tavares installed a location tracking device on the page that assigns a red dot to the country of each visitor. The students wanted to get...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
The Wanderer
Related Expeditions:
Updated:
February 20, 2013 - 4:40pm
Publication:
Frontier Scientists: A Nature Network Blog
Excerpt:
This article describes the remarkable efforts of a team of scientists to extract cores from deep under a frozen lake in Siberia, Russia. PolarTREC teacher Tim Martin joined the project which will provide an astounding record of past climates preserved in layers of lake bed sediment. The sediment,...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 11:21am
Date:
Wed, 06/13/2012
Publication:
NASA - Online Feature
Excerpt:
In mid-April 2012, five teachers from Denmark, Greenland, and the United States, were given the experience of a lifetime. The teachers lived, worked, and flew alongside airborne polar scientists in Greenland, and saw firsthand how remote data are collected on NASA’s Operation IceBridge. In the...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Airborne Survey of Polar Ice
Related Members:
Title:
Northern Hydrology
Updated:
June 22, 2012 - 2:41pm
Publication:
University of the Arctic Curriculum
Excerpt:
College level information on northern hydrology. At the University of the Arctic, the primary aim of this course is to provide students with a more in-depth understanding of the lands and environments that defines the Circumpolar North.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Title:
Ground-Breaking Radar Design
Updated:
July 23, 2012 - 6:09am
Date:
Mon, 05/10/2010
Excerpt:
An article on technology used for ground-based radar to measure basal conditions and internal layers in an area between two ice core drilling site locations.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Title:
Technology: Sediment Corer
Updated:
June 26, 2012 - 4:52pm
Excerpt:
The Alfred Wegener Institute developed a corer for use in ice covered areas such as the Antarctic Ice Shelf. The sampler can be lowered and heaved through several 100 m deep ice boreholes. This resource explains the technology of this polar science tool.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
July 5, 2012 - 11:03am
Date:
Mon, 07/02/2012
Publication:
The Daily Breeze
Excerpt:
Article from the Daily Breeze (Los Angeles) describes PolarTREC teacher Cristina Solis's upcoming expedition to Barrow, Alaska.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Members:
Updated:
August 15, 2012 - 9:51am
Publication:
Frontier Scientists
Excerpt:
This article and associated video describe the findings of researchers who undertook core drilling at Lake El’gygytgyn, a lake that sits today inside a basin formed by a meteorite that struck the earth 3.6 million years ago. An associated video allows us to hear the enthusiasm and details as...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
Frontier Scientists
Updated:
October 11, 2012 - 12:00pm
Date:
Tue, 09/18/2012
Publication:
Western Carolina Magazine
Excerpt:
Article posted in Western Carolina University's alumni magazine Class Notes section about Susan Steiner's expedition to Toolik Field Station, Alaska.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 12:12pm
Date:
Mon, 10/01/2012
Publication:
Makin News
Excerpt:
Susan Steiner, Science Teacher at Macon Early College High School, returns from her summer in the tundra
Grade Level:
Elementary and Up
Link:
Source
Related Expeditions:
Tundra Nutrient Seasonality
Related Members:
Susan Steiner
Updated:
November 1, 2012 - 9:37am
Date:
Thu, 11/01/2012
Publication:
The Derrick / The News-Herald
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Tim Spuck presented on his experience with the IceBridge project, monitoring Greenland's glaciers and how they are being affected by climate change.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Airborne Survey of Polar Ice
Related Members:
Updated:
November 19, 2012 - 6:37am
Date:
Wed, 10/31/2012
Publication:
Sun Sentinel/Boyton Forum
Excerpt:
Teacher Elizabeth Eubanks recently returned from a research trip to Costa Rica along with Steve Oberbauer, a professor of biological sciences at Florida International University. In 2008, they had traveled to Barrow, Alaska to study the role of global warming on Arctic ecosystems as part of a...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08
Related Members:
Updated:
November 13, 2012 - 11:38am
Date:
Fri, 11/09/2012
Publication:
Antarctic Sun
Excerpt:
The Antarctic Sun published this news article about the WISSARD Project that PolarTREC Teacher Mike LeBaron is with at McMurdo Station. The article provides a brief overview of the project and some history about the projects origins.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
January 15, 2013 - 11:45am
Date:
Tue, 11/13/2012
Publication:
The Daily Herald
Excerpt:
This article in the suburban Chicago newspaper The Daily Herald, describes the WISSARD project and it's science objectives. The article highlights the work of NIU professor Dr. Ross Powell, John Winans, and graduate student Timothy Hodson.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Link:
View Article
Related Expeditions:
Antarctic Sub Glacial Lake and Stream Studies
Related Members:
Updated:
December 26, 2012 - 3:46pm
Date:
Sat, 11/03/2012
Publication:
The Gaston Gazette
Excerpt:
The Gaston Gazette article outlining PolarTREC teacher Liz Ratliff's upcoming expedition to South Pole Station, Antarctica with the IceCube project.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
IceCube In Ice Antarctic Telescope 2012
Related Members:
Liz Ratliff
Updated:
February 21, 2013 - 12:22pm
Date:
Tue, 12/18/2012
Publication:
National Geographic News
Excerpt:
National Geographic article about the WISSARD project that is studying subglacial lakes and streams in Antarctica.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Updated:
February 28, 2013 - 11:14am
Date:
Fri, 01/25/2013
Publication:
Lake County News Sun
Excerpt:
Article describing PolarTREC teacher Mark Buesing's upcoming expedition to Greenland in April to participate in NASA’s Operation IceBridge, a six-year mission to map polar ice.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Title:
Really Down South
Updated:
March 5, 2013 - 10:52am
Date:
Thu, 02/28/2013
Publication:
Lake Norman Currents Magazine
Excerpt:
Article about earth science and environmental science teacher Mike LeBaron's expedition to Antarctica as part of the WISSARD project (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Antarctic Sub Glacial Lake and Stream Studies
Updated:
March 4, 2013 - 11:00am
Date:
Wed, 02/13/2013
Publication:
Chicago Tribune
Excerpt:
Chicago Tribune article describing PolaTREC teacher Mark Buesing's expedition to Greenland with NASA's Operation IceBridge.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Members:
Mark Buesing
Updated:
March 20, 2013 - 9:03am
Date:
Tue, 03/19/2013
Publication:
The Star-Ledger, www.nj.com
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Bruce Taterka's expedition to Toolik Field Station is featured in a local paper.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Arctic Sunlight and Microbial Interactions
Related Members:
Bruce Taterka
Updated:
April 23, 2013 - 10:39am
Date:
Tue, 01/01/2013
Publication:
The Mount Magazine - Mount St.Mary's College
Excerpt:
Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles profiles one of its alumni, teacher Cristina Solis who also happens to be a PolarTREC alumnus. Read about her journey to become an educator and her participation in a PolarTREC study of microbial activity in thawing arctic permafrost near Barrow, Alaska.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Microbial Activity in Thawing Arctic Permafrost 2012
Related Members:
Cristina Solis
Updated:
April 23, 2013 - 10:21am
Date:
Mon, 04/14/2014
Publication:
Watertown Daily Times
Excerpt:
PolarTREC teacher Glenn clark is preparing for his 2013-14 expedition to Antarctica with researcher Amy Leventer.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Totten Glacier System in East Antarctica
Related Members:
Updated:
April 23, 2013 - 10:43am
Date:
Sat, 04/13/2013
Publication:
Daily Herald
Excerpt:
Libertyville High's Mark Buesing working with NASA in Greenland. Veteran Libertyville High School science teacher Mark Buesing packed some cold-weather gear and headed to glacier-filled Greenland, where he is part of a NASA mission to study ice in both of our planet's polar regions.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Airborne Survey of Polar Ice 2013
Related Members:
Mark Buesing
Title:
Effects of experimental warming of air, soil and permafrost on carbon balance in Alaskan tundra
Updated:
April 26, 2013 - 6:16am
Date:
Thu, 07/01/2010 - Sun, 05/01/2011
Publication:
Global Change Biology (2011)
Excerpt:
A scientific report describing the results of the CiPEHR Experiment as of 2011. This report attempts to answer these questions:
(1) Does ecosystem warming cause a net release of C from the ecosystem to the atmosphere?,
(2) Does the decomposition of old C that comprises the bulk of the soil C pool...
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Link:
Effects of experimental warming of air, soil and permafrost on carbon balance in Alaskan tundra
Related Expeditions:
Related Members:
Title:
Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle2
Updated:
May 6, 2013 - 8:40am
Date:
Mon, 09/08/2008 - Sat, 04/27/2013
Publication:
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/36312
Excerpt:
This scientific article, focuses on one of the largest pools of global carbon that is, the organic C stored in permafrost (perennially frozen) ground, and on the vulnerability to change under an increasingly warmer climate.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Related Expeditions:
Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra 2013
Related Members:
Ted Schuur
Updated:
May 1, 2013 - 4:51pm
Date:
Tue, 04/30/2013
Publication:
Phys.Org
Excerpt:
Article describing the final stages of this year's Operation IceBridge, the NASA campaign to maintain and expand on Arctic ice measurements. Along with PolarTREC teacher Mark Buesing, the IceBridge team has successfully completed a variety of aerial measurements on sea ice, sub-ice bedrock and...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Related Members:
Mark Buesing
Updated:
June 3, 2013 - 3:03pm
Date:
Fri, 05/24/2013
Publication:
Libertyville Review
Excerpt:
This article summarizes PolarTREC teacher Mark Buesing’s amazing and varied career as a cyclist, engineer, teacher, and now participant on NASA's airborne mission to map and measure ice in the Polar Regions.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Airborne Survey of Polar Ice 2013
Related Members:
Mark Buesing
Title:
Life Under Antarctica's Ice
Updated:
June 14, 2013 - 6:56am
Date:
Sat, 06/01/2013
Publication:
Discover
Excerpt:
This story in Discover magazine profiles the work of the WISSARD (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling) project team and the challenges faced by drilling thousands of feet into the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to reach a lake buried for millennia.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Antarctic Sub Glacial Lake and Stream Studies
Related Members:
Mike LeBaron
Updated:
June 3, 2013 - 12:24pm
Date:
Sun, 06/02/2013
Publication:
CDAPress.com
Excerpt:
Read this online interview with PolarTREC teacher Jamie Esler for a snapshot of his cool summer plans. Mr. Esler will be joining polar researchers Dr. Neal Iverson and Dr. Thomas Hooyer, and Scandinavian colleagues, in a remote location of Iceland for three weeks for his PolarTREC Expedition. The...
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Drumlin Formation in Iceland
Related Members:
Jamie Esler
Presentation
Updated:
July 9, 2012 - 11:40am
Date:
Sat, 07/07/2012
Excerpt:
A PDF copy of Steve Roof's lecture on the Quaternary glaciation of Svalbard.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Related Members:
Updated:
October 15, 2012 - 12:48pm
Excerpt:
This is a stand-alone PowerPoint presentation about sediments that could be used to complement an Earth Science lesson.
Credit: Turtle Haste haste [at] aps [dot] edu
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
October 15, 2012 - 11:49am
Excerpt:
This is a stand-alone PowerPoint presentation on glacial erosion features that could be used to complement a lesson in Earth Science.
Credit: Tammy Orilio at tammyorilio [at] gmail [dot] com
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Title:
When Water Rolls Over
Updated:
October 11, 2012 - 11:42am
Excerpt:
The attached PowerPoint is an introduction to thermal stratification and turnover in lakes, and interpretation of temperature profile data. The stand-alone presentation can be used to complement a lesson in Earth Science.
Credit: Julia West at jwest [at] oakmeadow [dot] com
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Updated:
November 16, 2012 - 8:01am
Date:
Fri, 05/18/2012 - Thu, 05/24/2012
Excerpt:
Senior Scientist Anne Jensen gave a presentation about cultural resilience and sustainability at the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska. Read more about her archaeological work here.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Members:
Anne Jensen
Updated:
November 13, 2012 - 10:59am
Date:
Tue, 10/30/2012
Excerpt:
Presented Powerpoint slideshow including two interactive activities for two 90 minutes sessions of North Carolina New Schools Common Practices Symposium. The presentation included activities I've used in the classroom based on the PolarTREC experience, as well as images from the summer at Toolik.
Grade Level:
All Ages
Related Expeditions:
Tundra Nutrient Seasonality
Related Members:
Updated:
November 13, 2012 - 11:04am
Date:
Thu, 11/08/2012
Excerpt:
Powerpoint presentation given at 2012 North Carolina Science Teachers Association professional development conference "Catch the Wave". Co-presenters Nick LaFave and Susan Steiner presented their PolarTREC experiences and information about PolarTREC.
Grade Level:
Middle School and Up
Related Expeditions:
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:
April 9, 2013 - 6:22am
Date:
Sun, 03/10/2013 - Tue, 03/12/2013
Excerpt:
A poster by PolarTREC alum Dan Frost describing the integration of Arctic research into secondary education through a field season in Svalbard. It details possibilities for curriculum building and outreach through Arctic field work experience.
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Related Expeditions:
High Arctic Change 2012
Updated:
April 2, 2013 - 5:00pm
Date:
Sat, 03/03/2012
Excerpt:
A one hour webinar by Dr. Samantha Hansen on geology and seismology in Antarctica as part of a webinar series for IRIS Core Programs. (www.iris.edu)
Grade Level:
High school and Up
Link:
Watch on YouTube
Related Members:
Samantha Hansen
Image
Updated:
July 31, 2012 - 12:30pm
Date:
Tue, 07/31/2012
Excerpt:
Here is a high resolution .pdf of the mooring C ice-out temperature probe data from the Lake Linne, Svalbard (Norway) water column.
Related Journals:
July 30, 2012 Some data to sink your teeth into...
Updated:
April 3, 2013 - 9:55am
Excerpt:
The Transantarctic Mountains are an extreme example of rift flank uplift, extending over 3500 km across Antarctica and reaching elevations up to 4500 m (see map of the region). The mountain range was formed in the extensional environment associated with the breakup of Gondwanaland. Geological and...
Related Members:
Michael Studinger
| Type | Title | Excerpt | Completion Time | Grade Level | Link |
Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web Link | Mystery Class: Tracking Sunlight to Solve a Mystery | Mystery Class is a global game of hide-and-seek. Follow photoperiod clues to search for ten secret sites around the world. Track sunlight to solve a mystery! Discover the reasons for seasons along the way. | All Ages | Journey North Mystery Class | 14 June 2013 | |
| Article | Life Under Antarctica's Ice | This story in Discover magazine profiles the work of the WISSARD (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling) project team and the challenges faced by drilling thousands of feet into the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to reach a lake buried for millennia. | All Ages | Life Under Antarctica's Ice | 14 June 2013 | |
| Video | GuacScience: Density, Guacamole, and Mountain Building | Antarctic educator, Mark Walsh, created this video for the PolarTREC 2013 spring online professional development course. This video uses the concept of Density to explore how mountains are built as well as how to throw a good Cinco de Mayo party at McMurdo Station Antarctica. He uses the Dr.... | Less than 1 period | Middle School and Up | Watch on YouTube | 14 June 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 | 12 June 2013 | |
| Article | Libertyville High School teacher sharing lessons from Greenland NASA mission | This article summarizes PolarTREC teacher Mark Buesing’s amazing and varied career as a cyclist, engineer, teacher, and now participant on NASA's airborne mission to map and measure ice in the Polar Regions. | All Ages | Libertyville High School teacher sharing lessons from Greenland NASA mission | 3 June 2013 | |
| Article | Jamie Esler: A cool summer adventure | Read this online interview with PolarTREC teacher Jamie Esler for a snapshot of his cool summer plans. Mr. Esler will be joining polar researchers Dr. Neal Iverson and Dr. Thomas Hooyer, and Scandinavian colleagues, in a remote location of Iceland for three weeks for his PolarTREC Expedition. The... | All Ages | Jamie Esler: A cool summer adventure | 3 June 2013 | |
| Lesson | See You as a Scientist! Research Adventures in the Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs) | Overview: Students will use the TAMMNET project and accompanying PolarTREC resources to learn about seismology in the Antarctic, culminating in the creation of an annotated map using google maps. Objective: Students will understand the different ways mountain ranges are formed, and appreciate... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 2 June 2013 | |
| Web Link | The Polar Earth Observing Network (POLENET) | POLENET (The Polar Earth Observing Network) is a global network dedicated to observing the polar regions in a changing world. The project is focused on collecting GPS and seismic data from autonomous systems deployed at remote sites spanning much of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. GPS and... | Elementary and Up | The Polar Earth Observing Network | 25 May 2013 | |
| Lesson | Mapping A Photographic Investigation | Organizing Questions: 1) Why is it important to collect large quantities of research data? 2) How can photographing a subject be similar to scientific observation? 3) How can one plot photographic data on a map? Introduction: This lesson was written for a Photography I course, to be taught in a... | About a week | High school and Up | 13 May 2013 | |
| Lesson | Feasting on Faults | This student lesson focuses on plate tectonics and large-scale system interactions, utilizing PolarTREC teacher Brian DuBay's Transantarctic Mountains expedition videos. Objectives: The student will investigate, make observations, and analyze geologic processes of plate tectonics. Key concepts... | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 13 May 2013 | |
| Lesson | Clean Air - Good For Us and Our Environment | Overview In this lesson, students will play a fun board game that teaches about the sources and types of some air pollutants, and how they affect the health of both people and the environment. Students will learn that not all pollutants are greenhouse gases. This game can be a lead-in for a... | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 10 May 2013 | |
| Article | Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle2 | This scientific article, focuses on one of the largest pools of global carbon that is, the organic C stored in permafrost (perennially frozen) ground, and on the vulnerability to change under an increasingly warmer climate. | High school and Up | Permafrost Carbon and Climate Change | 6 May 2013 | |
| Video | Helicopter flights in Antarctica | Helicopter flights in Antarctica with annotations on specific geographic and geologic features. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 6 May 2013 |
| Article | NASA's IceBridge finishing up successful Arctic campaign | Article describing the final stages of this year's Operation IceBridge, the NASA campaign to maintain and expand on Arctic ice measurements. Along with PolarTREC teacher Mark Buesing, the IceBridge team has successfully completed a variety of aerial measurements on sea ice, sub-ice bedrock and... | All Ages | NASA's IceBridge finishing up successful Arctic campaign | 1 May 2013 | |
| Event | Tom Lane and Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra | This one hour webinar is for students and the public hosted by Tom Lane. The team is studying carbon balance in warming and drying tundra in Healy, Alaska. | About 1 period | Watch on YouTube | 1 May 2013 | |
| Article | Effects of experimental warming of air, soil and permafrost on carbon balance in Alaskan tundra | A scientific report describing the results of the CiPEHR Experiment as of 2011. This report attempts to answer these questions: (1) Does ecosystem warming cause a net release of C from the ecosystem to the atmosphere?, (2) Does the decomposition of old C that comprises the bulk of the soil C pool... | High school and Up | Effects of experimental warming of air, soil and permafrost on carbon balance in Alaskan tundra | 26 April 2013 | |
| Lesson | Water Cycling: Movement through Watersheds and Water Tracks | Overview Students will conduct a demonstration that will help them gain a better understanding of the water cycle and runoff in a watershed. They will be able to replicate arctic and non-arctic watersheds by varying the size of the watershed. They will be able to visualize the difference in runoff... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 26 April 2013 | |
| Event | Brian DuBay and the use of multimedia of polar education | This one hour webinar is for educatorson the use of video and social media tools to bring polar science into the classroom. PolarTREC teacher Brian DuBay speaks in the context of his expedition to study the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. | About 1 period | Watch on YouTube | 25 April 2013 | |
| Article | Libertyville High teacher goes to Greenland with NASA | Libertyville High's Mark Buesing working with NASA in Greenland. Veteran Libertyville High School science teacher Mark Buesing packed some cold-weather gear and headed to glacier-filled Greenland, where he is part of a NASA mission to study ice in both of our planet's polar regions. | All Ages | Libertyville High teacher goes to Greenland with NASA | 23 April 2013 | |
| Article | Middle school teacher brings arctic research to the classroom | Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles profiles one of its alumni, teacher Cristina Solis who also happens to be a PolarTREC alumnus. Read about her journey to become an educator and her participation in a PolarTREC study of microbial activity in thawing arctic permafrost near Barrow, Alaska. | All Ages | The Mount Magazine - Mount St.Mary's College | 23 April 2013 | |
| Article | Parishville-Hopkinton teacher prepares for trip to Antarctica | PolarTREC teacher Glenn clark is preparing for his 2013-14 expedition to Antarctica with researcher Amy Leventer. | All Ages | Parishville-Hopkinton teacher prepares for trip to Antarctica | 23 April 2013 | |
| Web Link | Permafrost lab | The Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory (GIPL) The Permafrost Laboratory deals with scientific questions related to the circumpolar permafrost dynamics and feedbacks between permafrost and global change. At the Permafrost Laboratory, data related to the thermal and structural state of... | All Ages | Permafrost Lab | 23 April 2013 | |
| Event | Dr. Samantha Hansen and the tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountains | This one hour webinar is part of the online polar professional development course on physical science for educators. Dr. Hansen focuses on her research of the tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountain in Antarctica. | About 1 period | Watch on YouTube | 17 April 2013 | |
| Web Link | Discovering Antarctica - Geology | What kind of rocks make up Antarctica? What geological processes are occurring today? What rock and mineral resources exist there? Learn more from this website. For a more generalized review of Antarctica you can also start here | All Ages | Discovering Antarctica - Geology | 12 April 2013 | |
| Web Link | Geologic Information about Antarctica | Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province Project (AGAP) provides an overview of antarctic geologic information. | Middle School and Up | Geologic Information about Antarctica | 12 April 2013 | |
| Web Link | How Do You Make and Break a Mountain | How Physical Processes Form Physical Features. PolarTREC researcher Samantha Hansen shares this resource as a background to her work and information on geologic processes. | Elementary and Up | How Do You Make and Break a Mountain? | 12 April 2013 | |
| Web Link | Introduction to Mountain Building | Class notes and detailed information on mountain building. PolarTREC researcher Samantha Hansen shares this resource as a background to her work and information on geologic processes. Created by John C. Butler, July 29, 1995. Credit to: John Butler jbutler [at] uh [dot] edu | Middle School and Up | Introduction to Mountain Building | 12 April 2013 | |
| Web Link | Mountain Building and Plate Tectonics | PolarTREC researcher Samantha Hansen shares this resource as a background to her work and information on geologic processes. | Middle School and Up | Mountain Building and Plate Tectonics | 12 April 2013 | |
| Presentation | Integrating Arctic Research Into Secondary Education: 43rd Arctic Workshop Poster | A poster by PolarTREC alum Dan Frost describing the integration of Arctic research into secondary education through a field season in Svalbard. It details possibilities for curriculum building and outreach through Arctic field work experience. | High school and Up | 9 April 2013 | ||
| Video | Permafrost: The Tipping Time Bomb | The Yale Climate Forum released this YouTube video on Permafrost in 2013. The causes and effects of melting permafrost are explained and linked to larger phenomena. Visit the Yale Climate Forum Website to learn more. | Less than 1 period | High school and Up | View on YouTube | 9 April 2013 |
| Video | Working at Terra Nova, Antarctica | Working at Terra Nova, Antarctica. This is the Italian Base where PolarTREC teacher Brian Dubay and his team continued their study of the Transantarctic Mountains. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | TransAntarctic Scenery | Flying through the Eisenhower Range, Priestley Glacier, and Mario Zuchelli | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Video | Seismometer at Palmer Station | Learning more about the seismometers at Palmer Station, Antarctica. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | 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 | Building and Installing Seismometers | Dr. Samantha Hansen and the team building and installing seismometers in Antarctica. | 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 |
| Video | TAMNNET Team Introduction | Introductions to Dr. Hansen's TAMNNET Team working on seismology and tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountains. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 3 April 2013 |
| Web Link | IRIS - Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology | Founded in 1984 with support from the National Science Foundation, IRIS is a consortium of over 100 US universities dedicated to the operation of science facilities for the acquisition, management, and distribution of seismological data. This weblink is directed to their education and public... | IRIS - Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology | 3 April 2013 | ||
| Web Link | TransAntarctic Mountains Seismic Experiment (TAMSEIS) | This website is an overview of the TAMSEIS project addressing the questions of the Transantarctic Mountain origins and the structure of the East Antarctic craton. | High school and Up | TransAntarctic Mountains Seismic Experiment (TAMSEIS) | 3 April 2013 | |
| Web Link | Introduction to the Transantarctic Mountains | This website is an overview on the Transantarctic Mountains with information on geography, geology, mechanisms for formation, issues, and additional references. | High school and Up | Introduction to the Transantarctic Mountains | 3 April 2013 | |
| Web Link | The Roof at the Bottom of the World | The Roof at the Bottom of the World: Discovering the Transantarctic Mountains comprehensively documents the 1,500-mile length of the Transantarctic Mountains. It is the first atlas of the most remote mountain range on Earth. The presentation is historical, following a narrative of the voyages and... | All Ages | The Roof at the Bottom of the World | 3 April 2013 | |
| Image | Map of Transantarctic Mountains | The Transantarctic Mountains are an extreme example of rift flank uplift, extending over 3500 km across Antarctica and reaching elevations up to 4500 m (see map of the region). The mountain range was formed in the extensional environment associated with the breakup of Gondwanaland. Geological and... | Map of Transantarctic Mountains | 3 April 2013 | ||
| Web Link | Mountain Building Processes | National Earth Science Teachers Association website, Windows to the Universe, presents the basics on mountain building processes. | All Ages | Mountain Building Processes | 3 April 2013 | |
| Lesson | Geologists in Training | Overview The study of rock and sediment layers, or stratigraphy, can be used to introduce students to the fundamental principles of geology and to lead into the idea of geologic time. In this lesson, students are introduced to Nicolas Steno's 3 major laws of stratigraphy: the law of original... | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 3 April 2013 | |
| Web Link | Basics of Polar Geology | Rocks and minerals make up the earth around us. But what exactly are rocks and minerals? What is the difference between them? How do they form? Where are they found? This article provides content knowledge about minerals, the three types of rocks, the rock cycle, and polar geology as well as... | All Ages | Basics of Polar Geology | 3 April 2013 | |
| Lesson | Playground Profiling: Topographic Profile Mapping | Overview This lesson was modeled after some of the routine activities undertaken by the geologists on the Kuril Island Expedition. Complete the following activities: Day 1 To measure a simple topographic profile with a level instrument or hand level and stadium rod. Day 2 To use the... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 3 April 2013 | |
| Activity | How is Glacier Goo Similar to a Real Glacier? | Purpose Glaciers are slow-moving masses of ice that exist where more snow falls than melts. They occupy about 10% of the Earth’s land, mostly in Greenland and Antarctica. Here, glaciers can be as much as 2 miles thick and weigh more than millions of tons. As they move, glaciers can widen and... | About 1 period | All Ages | 3 April 2013 | |
| Presentation | Geologic Structure at the Bottom of the World: Highlights of Antarctic Seismology | A one hour webinar by Dr. Samantha Hansen on geology and seismology in Antarctica as part of a webinar series for IRIS Core Programs. (www.iris.edu) | High school and Up | Watch on YouTube | 2 April 2013 | |
| Video | Antarctic Rocks: Telling Polar Stories | This short video provides an overview of the types of rocks found in Antarctica and what we can learn about Antarctica from polar geology. This video is designed to accompany the September 2008 issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears. The magazine is a professional... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 2 April 2013 |
| Web Link | Icy IPY! - Polar Classroom Activities from the International Polar Year | Icy IPY activities can be downloaded in word documents and tried in your classroom. From 'Blubber Gloves' to 'Experiments with Ice and Snow', there are a wealth of different activities to introduce students to the Polar Regions or complement their existing knowledge of the Poles. The International... | All Ages | 20 March 2013 | ||
| Activity | Sediment Tubes | Students will observe how soils and rocks of different densities behave in wind and in water. They will make predictions and careful observations as they learn about sediment transport and sediment rates in streams and rivers. | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 20 March 2013 | |
| Article | West Morris Mendham teacher to assist scientists on tundra | PolarTREC teacher Bruce Taterka's expedition to Toolik Field Station is featured in a local paper. | All Ages | West Morris Mendham teacher to assist scientists on tundra | 20 March 2013 | |
| Video | Arctic Sea Ice Animation | From NASA, in this animation, the Arctic sea ice and seasonal land cover change progress through time, from September 1, 2009 when sea ice in the Arctic was near its minimum extent, through March 30, 2010. The animation plays at a rate of six frames per day or ten days per second. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | View Original | 13 March 2013 |
| Web Link | National Geographic Polar Regions MapMaker Kits | MapMaker Kits offer K-12 students the opportunity to work with key mapping concepts at a variety of scales and to see the world in new ways. Unique large-scale maps and activities engage students in the manipulation and analysis of a variety of geographic information sets, helping them build skills... | All Ages | National Geographic Polar Regions Map Maker Kit | 8 March 2013 | |
| Article | Really Down South | Article about earth science and environmental science teacher Mike LeBaron's expedition to Antarctica as part of the WISSARD project (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. | All Ages | Lake Norman Currents E-publication | 5 March 2013 | |
| Article | Libertyville Teacher Heading to NASA Polar Project | Chicago Tribune article describing PolaTREC teacher Mark Buesing's expedition to Greenland with NASA's Operation IceBridge. | All Ages | Libertyville Teacher Heading to NASA Polar Project | 4 March 2013 | |
| Article | Libertyville teacher tapped by NASA | Article describing PolarTREC teacher Mark Buesing's upcoming expedition to Greenland in April to participate in NASA’s Operation IceBridge, a six-year mission to map polar ice. | All Ages | Libertyville teacher tapped by NASA | 28 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | Earth Exploration Toolkit | Developed by teams of scientists and educators, the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET) is a collection of online Earth system science activities. Each activity, or chapter, introduces one or more scientific data sets and analysis tools that enables users to explore some aspect of the Earth system. | High school and Up | Earth Exploration Toolkit | 28 February 2013 | |
| Activity | Flakes, Blobs and Bubbles - An Ice Core Art Project | Fall 2012 Polar Week Flagship Activity! We hope that this activity will be completed by a multitude of classrooms, students, scientists, and teachers around the world in celebration of International Polar Week - a global celebration of the Polar Regions during the equinoxes each year. Please find... | About 1 period | All Ages | 24 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 | |
| Activity | Photosynthesis, Decomposition and the "Buried Carbon" Hypothesis | Overview Wilderness Research Foundation (USA) has developed two teaching modules based on a project we conducted in the Antarctic Peninsula in January 2010. They're available free for any educator interested in reviewing them for classroom use. The project concerned the collection of soil samples... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | Wilderness Research Foundation | 21 February 2013 |
| Article | Race Is On to Find Life Under Antarctic Ice | National Geographic article about the WISSARD project that is studying subglacial lakes and streams in Antarctica. | All Ages | Race Is On to Find Life Under Antarctic Ice | 21 February 2013 | |
| Article | Macon County teacher featured in Macon County Schools Newsletter | Susan Steiner, Science Teacher at Macon Early College High School, returns from her summer in the tundra | Elementary and Up | Source | 21 February 2013 | |
| Lesson | Can Carbon Dioxide Act Like a Greenhouse Gas? | Overview Textbooks say that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and can make earth's climate hotter. Try this lab to see if carbon dioxide gas can really act like a greenhouse. Objectives Students should be able to make a hypothesis, perform an experiment, analyze data and write a conclusion... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 21 February 2013 | |
| Article | Embedded Educators: Teacher Research Experience in Greenland with Operation IceBridge | In mid-April 2012, five teachers from Denmark, Greenland, and the United States, were given the experience of a lifetime. The teachers lived, worked, and flew alongside airborne polar scientists in Greenland, and saw firsthand how remote data are collected on NASA’s Operation IceBridge. In the... | All Ages | NASA Icebridge - Arctic 2012 | 21 February 2013 | |
| Article | Sunken Treasure Under Lake El'gygytgyn | This article describes the remarkable efforts of a team of scientists to extract cores from deep under a frozen lake in Siberia, Russia. PolarTREC teacher Tim Martin joined the project which will provide an astounding record of past climates preserved in layers of lake bed sediment. The sediment,... | All Ages | Frontier Scientists: A Nature Network Blog | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | National Geographic Education Resources | This National Geographic database is currently growing and will be updated frequently. Find multimedia activities aligned with national standards, educational projects, and more. Navigate iconic National Geographic maps with new interactive features and tools for creating custom materials that can... | All Ages | National Geographic Education Resources | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | Icefields and Glaciers | A U.S. Forest Service website with information about glaciers and icefields in general and their place in Tongass National Forest in Alaska. | All Ages | Icefields and Glaciers | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | National Geographic Video - Arctic Ocean | This video, available from National Geographic, is an overview of the earth and life science properties of the Arctic Ocean. | All Ages | National Geographic Video - Arctic Ocean | 20 February 2013 | |
| Web Link | ARCUS Internet Media Archives - Climate Change Collection 2009 | A collection of eight videos focusing on the topic of climate change in the Arctic. Videos are from the 2007 ARCSS Synthesis Workshop, the 2007 Arctic Forum, and the 2008 Arctic Forum. | Middle School and Up | ARCUS Internet Media Archives- Climate Change Collection 2009 | 20 February 2013 | |
| Article | NIU Professors From Suburbs Studying What Lies Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelf | This article in the suburban Chicago newspaper The Daily Herald, describes the WISSARD project and it's science objectives. The article highlights the work of NIU professor Dr. Ross Powell, John Winans, and graduate student Timothy Hodson. | All Ages | View Article | 15 January 2013 | |
| Lesson | What Is My Footprint? | Overview Students will investigate what a carbon footprint is and calculate their own personal carbon footprint. Finally, students will develop ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Objectives Students will know that the principles of chemistry underlie the functioning of biological systems.... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 28 December 2012 | |
| Article | Teacher Bringing South Pole to Classroom | The Gaston Gazette article outlining PolarTREC teacher Liz Ratliff's upcoming expedition to South Pole Station, Antarctica with the IceCube project. | All Ages | Teacher Bringing South Pole to Classroom | 26 December 2012 | |
| Video | Liz Ratliff heads to the South Pole | This local TV interview is about PolarTREC teacher Liz Ratliff heading to South Pole Station, Antarctica to work with the IceCube project. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | View on YouTube | 26 December 2012 |
| Event | Antarctica Day 2012 with Michael LeBaron and the Wissard Expedition, McMurdo Station | This one hour live event is hosted by PolarTREC teacher Mike LeBaron and his team studying sub-glacial lakes and streams. The team is at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This event was part of the December 2012 Antarctica Day celebration. The team also speaks about the importance of the Antarctic... | About 1 period | 19 December 2012 | ||
| Web Link | Back to the Ice! | PolarTREC teacher Jacquelyn Hams' expedition is featured in Foundations: the Newsletter of the Geo2YC division of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. | All Ages | Back to the Ice! | 18 December 2012 | |
| Web Link | Space Weather Prediction Website | SpaceWeather.com is an excellent tool used to predict space weather events like the Northern Lights and solar activity levels. | All Ages | SpaceWeather.com | 13 December 2012 | |
| Lesson | Soil Study | Overview Students will conduct a soil study by investigating pH and water absorption. Objectives Students will learn: How to describe the composition of soil and explain how it forms. That soil is made up of tiny particles of rock, plant, and animal matter. How to determine whether a... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 29 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 | ||
| Article | Saint Mark school teacher brings Costa Rica back to the classroom | Teacher Elizabeth Eubanks recently returned from a research trip to Costa Rica along with Steve Oberbauer, a professor of biological sciences at Florida International University. In 2008, they had traveled to Barrow, Alaska to study the role of global warming on Arctic ecosystems as part of a... | All Ages | 19 November 2012 | ||
| Presentation | Cultural Resilience Depends on the Young: Students and Time Depth | Senior Scientist Anne Jensen gave a presentation about cultural resilience and sustainability at the 2012 Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Workshop in Barrow, Alaska. Read more about her archaeological work here. | Middle School and Up | 16 November 2012 | ||
| Article | WISSARD in the Antarctic News | The Antarctic Sun published this news article about the WISSARD Project that PolarTREC Teacher Mike LeBaron is with at McMurdo Station. The article provides a brief overview of the project and some history about the projects origins. | All Ages | Magical Realism: WISSARD project poised to explore subglacial Lake Whillans | 13 November 2012 | |
| Presentation | The PolarTREC Experience: Real Science for you and your students! | Powerpoint presentation given at 2012 North Carolina Science Teachers Association professional development conference "Catch the Wave". Co-presenters Nick LaFave and Susan Steiner presented their PolarTREC experiences and information about PolarTREC. | Middle School and Up | Catch the Wave at NCSTA PDI | 13 November 2012 | |
| Presentation | Scientific Research Study Trips | Presented Powerpoint slideshow including two interactive activities for two 90 minutes sessions of North Carolina New Schools Common Practices Symposium. The presentation included activities I've used in the classroom based on the PolarTREC experience, as well as images from the summer at Toolik. | All Ages | 13 November 2012 | ||
| Event | Elizabeth Eubanks and the Arctic Tundra Dynamics team in Costa Rica | PolarTREC teacher Elizabeth Eubanks hosted a webinar from Costa Rica with Arctic Tundra Dynamics team from Barrow, AK. They are completing similiar research at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. | About 1 period | 5 November 2012 | ||
| Article | Oil City teacher presents on trip to Greenland | PolarTREC teacher Tim Spuck presented on his experience with the IceBridge project, monitoring Greenland's glaciers and how they are being affected by climate change. | All Ages | 1 November 2012 | ||
| Presentation | Looking Beneath - How Scientists Gather Information From Sediments | This is a stand-alone PowerPoint presentation about sediments that could be used to complement an Earth Science lesson. Credit: Turtle Haste haste [at] aps [dot] edu | Middle School and Up | 15 October 2012 | ||
| Presentation | Glacial Erosion Landscape Features | This is a stand-alone PowerPoint presentation on glacial erosion features that could be used to complement a lesson in Earth Science. Credit: Tammy Orilio at tammyorilio [at] gmail [dot] com | Middle School and Up | 15 October 2012 | ||
| Article | Polar Express, Expedition puts teacher on top of the world | Article posted in Western Carolina University's alumni magazine Class Notes section about Susan Steiner's expedition to Toolik Field Station, Alaska. | All Ages | Western Carolina: Polar Express | 11 October 2012 | |
| Presentation | When Water Rolls Over | The attached PowerPoint is an introduction to thermal stratification and turnover in lakes, and interpretation of temperature profile data. The stand-alone presentation can be used to complement a lesson in Earth Science. Credit: Julia West at jwest [at] oakmeadow [dot] com | Middle School and Up | 11 October 2012 | ||
| Lesson | Svalbard Islands and Our Community | Overview This inquiry-based activity can be done using the slides of the attached PowerPoint presentation, or using a smart board. The slides describe the phases of the Inquiry Based Learning, step by step. The reference model is the "BSCS 5E model" (Bybee W. et al., 2006). Objectives Students... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 3 October 2012 | |
| Event | Polar Week: Connecting to the Poles with Brittany Potter, John Lenters, Reny Tyson and Karita Negandhi | This one hour webinar is part of the International Polar Week celebrations sponsored by APECS, ARCUS and PEI. The presenters are young scientists that work in the Polar Regions. They shared information about their work as well as how they became interested in polar science. | About 1 period | 21 September 2012 | ||
| Activity | Is it Getting Warm in Here? Ecology - Carbon Cycle | Objective Just as the increase in atmospheric CO2 is causing the global air temperture to rise, the container with the added CO2 will trap more heat inside and will show a higher internal temperature. Overview This activity/demonstration can be used directly following lessons on greenhouse... | About 1 period | Elementary and Up | 10 September 2012 | |
| Web Link | US Students Experience Hands-On Science In Greenland | Science360 News focuses on the latest developments in scientific research. This link provides a short video on the 2012 Joint Science Education Program (JSEP). JSEP brings high-school students from diverse countries to Arctic research sites to experience hands-on science. Provided by the National... | All Ages | U.S. Students Experience Hands-On Science In Greenland | 31 August 2012 | |
| Event | Cristina Solis and the Microbial Activity in Arctic Permafrost Expedition | PolarTREC teacher Cristina Solis and her team presented their work on microbial activity in the tundra to junior docents at Cabrillio Marine Aquarium. This is a one hour presentation with Cristina and her research team. | About 1 period | 31 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Susan Steiner and the Tundra Nutrient Seasonality Expedition | In this one hour webinar, PolarTREC teacher Susan Steiner and researcher Michael Weintraub explain the science, research questions, and results of their work at Toolik Field Station. | About 1 period | 31 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Nell Herrmann with the Seafloor Organisms and Ocean Conditions Expedition | This 1 hour webinar presentation was conducted by Nell Herrmann and her team including Dr. Amsler and Dr. McClintock. The team presented from Palmer Station, Antarctica on seafloor organisms and the changing ocean conditions. | About 1 period | 31 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Tim Spuck and the NASA IceBridge Project | In this one hour webinar PolarTREC teacher Tim Spuck explains his work with the NASA IceBridge Project, the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever conducted. | About 1 period | 31 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Melissa Barker and the Nutrient Transport in the Arctic expedition | This one hour event by Melissa Barker explains the research being done at Toolik Field Station, Alaska on nutrient transport in arctic watersheds. She is joined by team member Dr. Sarah Godsey. | About 1 period | 31 August 2012 | ||
| Article | Students Take Their Education Global | Kevin Tavares and his fourth graders at Old Hammondtown School in Massachusetts built a website to share what they were learning with the rest of the world. Mr. Tavares installed a location tracking device on the page that assigns a red dot to the country of each visitor. The students wanted to get... | All Ages | The Wanderer | 28 August 2012 | |
| Activity | The Effects of Air Pollution on the Melting of Polar Ice | Purpose To learn about the effects of air pollution on Sea Ice. This can be a library/computer lab-based activity. Procedure Teacher: Mix up a 3.5% solution of NaCl. Make enough "sea-ice" cubes for each pair of students Make another class set of ice cubes with tap water. Leave the ice in... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 28 August 2012 | |
| Event | Missy Holzer and the High Arctic Change Expedition | This one hour webinar is conducted by PolarTREC alumni Missy Holzer. She highlighted her work with the High Arctic Change expedition 2008 and bringing inquiry-based science into her classroom. This webinar is part of the C-ISE online professional development course. | About 1 period | 15 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Al Werner and the High Arctic Change Expedition | This one hour presentation by Dr. Al Werner is a professional development opportunity for educators to learn more about earth and geoscience research in Svalbard, Norway. Some noticeable technical issues are resolved a few minutes into the presentation. | About 1 period | 15 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Polaris Project Session Six | This is a one hour webinar specifically for the participants of the Polaris Project 2012, conducted by Max Holmes and John Schade. In this session, the team wraps up their preparations and students discuss their project proposals. | About 1 period | 15 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Polaris Project Session Five: Public Presentation | This is a one hour webinar is part of the Polaris Project 2012, conducted by Max Holmes and John Schade. In this session Andy Bunn, professor at Western Washington University, presents a lecture on the history and science of climate change. | About 1 period | 15 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Polaris Project Session Four | This is a one hour webinar specifically for the participants of the Polaris Project 2012, conducted by Max Holmes and John Schade. In this session, a variety of team members present their scientific work. | Less than 1 period | 15 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Polaris Project Session Three | This presentation is part of the Polaris Project Webinar Series preparing participants for the field season 2012. | Less than 1 period | 15 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Polaris Project Session Two: Sobczak Presentation | This presentation is part of the Polaris Project Webinar Series preparing participants for the field season 2012. This is one of two lecture to view for Session Two. You need to also watch the Schade Presentation Archive. | Less than 1 period | 15 August 2012 | ||
| Event | Polaris Project Session Two: Schade Presentation | This presentation is part of the Polaris Project Webinar Series preparing participants for the field season 2012. This is one of two lectures to view for Session Two. You need to also watch the Sobczak Presentation Archive. | Less than 1 period | 15 August 2012 | ||
| Article | Unexpected disoveries at Lake El’gygytgyn, Russia | This article and associated video describe the findings of researchers who undertook core drilling at Lake El’gygytgyn, a lake that sits today inside a basin formed by a meteorite that struck the earth 3.6 million years ago. An associated video allows us to hear the enthusiasm and details as... | All Ages | Frontier Scientists | 15 August 2012 | |
| Activity | Sun Shadows Project - Italy, Belgium, Global! | Introduction Join the International Sun Shadows Project! - Pupils and teachers all over the world will join forces to measure the shadows of a 1m long stick. Participation in the project is free and open to all! Teachers, students and scientists from around the world are encouraged to join in and... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | Sun Shadows Project | 14 August 2012 |
| Image | High Resolution Graph of Mooring C Ice-Out Temp. Data - Svalbard, Norway | Here is a high resolution .pdf of the mooring C ice-out temperature probe data from the Lake Linne, Svalbard (Norway) water column. | 31 July 2012 | |||
| Web Link | Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms | This web site from the University of Wisconsin offers definitions and examples of various alpine glacial landforms as well as topographic maps depicting each type of landform. | All Ages | Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms | 24 July 2012 | |
| Lesson | Human Creativity and Climate Change | Overview Humans are creative. They try to solve problems in original ways. For example, some scientists are thinking of ways to decrease the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. Other scientists are thinking of ways to limit the amount of sun that reaches Earth so that the Earth won’t get so... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 24 July 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 | |
| Article | Ground-Breaking Radar Design | An article on technology used for ground-based radar to measure basal conditions and internal layers in an area between two ice core drilling site locations. | High school and Up | Ground-Breaking Radar Design | 23 July 2012 | |
| Presentation | Quaternary Glaciation of Svalbard | A PDF copy of Steve Roof's lecture on the Quaternary glaciation of Svalbard. | High school and Up | 9 July 2012 | ||
| Article | Destination: North Pole for Torrance Teacher | Article from the Daily Breeze (Los Angeles) describes PolarTREC teacher Cristina Solis's upcoming expedition to Barrow, Alaska. | All Ages | Destination: North Pole for Torrance Teacher | 5 July 2012 | |
| Article | Technology: Sediment Corer | The Alfred Wegener Institute developed a corer for use in ice covered areas such as the Antarctic Ice Shelf. The sampler can be lowered and heaved through several 100 m deep ice boreholes. This resource explains the technology of this polar science tool. | Middle School and Up | Technology: Sediment Corer | 26 June 2012 | |
| Web Link | The Svalbard Pages | A general information page about Svalbard, facts, history, travel, and events. The site is in English and Norwegian. | All Ages | The Svalbard Pages | 22 June 2012 | |
| Web Link | Kjell Henriksen Observatory, Svalbard Norway | Built as an Auroral Station, this observation site has regularly updated weather observations, sun/moon charts, and updated photos. | Middle School and Up | Kjell Henriksen Observatory | 22 June 2012 | |
| Article | Northern Hydrology | College level information on northern hydrology. At the University of the Arctic, the primary aim of this course is to provide students with a more in-depth understanding of the lands and environments that defines the Circumpolar North. | High school and Up | University of the Arctic - Land and Environment 1 | 22 June 2012 | |
| Video | Measuring the Earth's Tilt | Michelle Brown and Andy Stillinger calculate the tilt of the Earth's axis by using height and shadow length at the South Pole on winter solstice. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 21 June 2012 |
| Video | Tim Spuck and the NASA IceBridge Project Webinar | In this one hour webinar PolarTREC teacher Tim Spuck explains his work with the NASA IceBridge Project, the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever conducted. | Less than 1 period | Middle School and Up | Watch on YouTube | 21 June 2012 |
| Activity | Polar Week Unit Plan | This polar-themed unit plan provides a resource for teachers looking for ways to integrate a variety of challenging lessons and activities into their curriculum. The lessons touch on a variety of subject areas including language arts, math, and science. The unit is designed for a 3rd grade class... | More than a week | Elementary and Up | 18 June 2012 | |
| Video | Lake El'gygytgyn Area Geology | PolarTREC teacher Tim Martin interview researcher Julie Brigham-Grette in regards to geologic climate research in siberia. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 15 June 2012 |
| Web Link | U.S. Polar Rock Repository | The Polar Rock Repository, located at the Byrd Polar Research Center, is a national facility that provides rock samples for research, education, and museum use under a no-cost loan program. | Elementary and Up | U.S. Polar Rock Repository | 15 June 2012 | |
| Web Link | Geography and Geology of Svalbard Norway | Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, located about midway between Norway and the North Pole. This site explains the physical geography and geology of Svalbard in depth. | Geography and Geology of Svalbard Norway | 15 June 2012 | ||
| Web Link | Comprehending Geologic Time | This geologic time calculator allows the user to manipulate the relativism of time to other markers. It builds from the classic analogy for illustrating the relative durations of parts of the geologic time scale is the yardstick. | Middle School and Up | Comprehending Geologic Time | 15 June 2012 | |
| Web Link | Understanding Geologic Time | A step by step guide to deep time for students and teachers. This educational module is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. | Middle School and Up | Understanding Geologic Time | 15 June 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 | North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling | North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling website. The North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling - NEEM - is an international ice core research project aimed at retrieving an ice core from North-West Greenland (camp position 77.45°N 51.06°W) reaching back through the previous interglacial, the Eemian. | High school and Up | North Greenland Eemien Ice Drilling | 15 June 2012 | |
| Web Link | Summit Station, Greenland Website | Summit Station, Greenland Website. The station is located atop 3200 m of ice and is nearly 400 km from the nearest point of land. Summit supports a diversity of scientific research, including year-round measurements of air-snow interactions that provide crucial knowledge for interpreting data from... | High school and Up | Summit Station, Greenland Website | 15 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 | |
| Video | Influences of Thermokarst Failures in Arctic Landscapes | View sequential still images of thermokarst (thawed permafrost) at Horn Lake in northern Alaska during the summer of 2010. The video was made by researchers studying the responses of Arctic landscapes to permafrost degradation. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Influences of Thermokarst Failures in Arctic Landscapes | 1 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 | NASA Cryosphere | This web site provides an assessment of the state of the cryosphere in 2009, including detailed animations of ice extents worldwide. | All Ages | NASA - A Tour of the Cryosphere 2009 | 15 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 | |
| Web Link | Animation about the Polar Night: Available in English, Dutch, and French | This detailed animation shows how the Earth is lit by the Sun throughout the year. The lighting of the Arctic and the Antarctic is detailed for every month of the year to help explain, among other things, the resulting polar night. The animation is available in the following languages: English:... | Elementary and Up | Polar Nights - EducaPoles | 15 May 2012 | |
| Video | Tunnel Man - Episode 2 - Permafrost Monitoring | Tunnel Man is a super hero who lives in Ice Tunnels, and teaches children and adults about the unique geomorphology of Alaska. Tunnel Man is played by Kenji Yoshikawa, a Research Associate Professor for the Institute of Northern Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Tunnel Man's... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | View Original | 7 May 2012 |
| Web Link | Wow A Biface! | Share in the excitement of unearthing a biface and other archaeological treasures, as Alaskan researchers explain how they discover and document early human settlement sites across arctic Alaska. This video is part of a larger story on the Frontier Scientists website (http://frontierscientists.com... | All Ages | Wow A Biface! | 6 May 2012 | |
| Web Link | Interactive animation showing the size of Antarctica relative to other continents | Explore this interactive animation showing the size of Antarctica relative to other continents and countries. This resource was developed by the Italian educational project in the context of ANDRILL (Antarctic Geological drilling) research. The site is in Italian but the animation can be used... | All Ages | Progetto Smilla and IPrase Trentino | 9 April 2012 | |
| Web Link | Polar Resource Book - Polar Science and Global Climate: An International Resource for Education and Outreach | The Polar Resource Book - Polar Science and Global Climate: An International Resource for Education & Outreach - was written to ensure that the efforts catalyzed by the International Polar Year (IPY) will continue to inspire educators, students, and emerging polar researchers with a shared... | All Ages | Pearson Bookshop | 29 March 2012 | |
| Web Link | Exhibit Antarctica's Climate Secrets - Order a Flexhibit! | What's a Flexhibit? A Flexhibit is a Flexible Exhibit package that contains a set of hands-on learning activities, attractive banner graphics, and video podcasts that make it possible for groups of 10- to 15- year olds to engage in both learning and teaching. Groups of students can complete the... | Middle School and Up | Antarctica's Climate Secrets | 26 March 2012 | |
| Web Link | Time Travel in the Alaskan Arctic | Travel back in time as scientists and PolarTREC teacher Karl Horeis take you out to their dig sites to uncover hidden clues about early human settlement in arctic Alaska. This video is part of a larger story on the Frontier Scientists website (http://frontierscientists.com/), the University of... | All Ages | Time Travel in the Alaskan Arctic | 26 March 2012 | |
| Activity | Polar Lands and Life Activity: Permafrost Demonstration | The attached Lands and Life flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, includes a summary of terrestrial polar ecosystems, from southern cold maritime islands to dry continental deserts in Antarctica and from tree line across the continental tundra to remote northern... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | 22 March 2012 | |
| Activity | Pumping Carbon | Overview This activity allows students to participate in a physically interactive dramatization of the oceanic biological pump. Objective The purpose of this activity is to develop a conceptual understanding of how the biological pump moves carbon through the oceans. Preparation Background... | Less than 1 period | Middle School and Up | 19 March 2012 | |
| Web Link | ANDRILL Project Iceberg International Video Journals | ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) has drilled and recovered thousands of meters of rock core from beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf in Antarctica. What secrets are hidden in this rock? Why do scientists from around the world work together to uncover these secrets that have been shrouded beneath... | All Ages | ANDRILL Project Iceberg | 16 March 2012 | |
| Activity | Ice Sheet Activity: Make an 'Ice' Sheet | The attached Ice Sheets flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, includes a summary of information about ice sheets in both the Arctic and Antarctica, followed by an activity which allows students to make their own realistic model of an ice sheet with commonly... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | 16 March 2012 | |
| Activity | Changing Earth Activity: Make a Timeline | The attached Changing Earth flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, includes a summary of the history of planet Earth and an activity involving the use of a rope as a timeline to represents the Earth’s history from the present to 65 million years ago. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | 16 March 2012 | |
| Activity | Above the Poles - Weather Observation | This PDF handout and activity provides background information about polar weather and climate followed by an activity to help students consider their own local weather vs. polar weather. Students will observe the weather where they live and report on basic meteorological data such as air... | About 1 period | Middle School and Up | 16 March 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 | Circumpolar World - Geography and Physical Processes | The Circumpolar World introduces students to the landscape, peoples and issues of the circumpolar region. This module gives a brief introduction to the physical features and processes of the Arctic region and highlights the significant factors that influence those features and processes. Developed... | High school and Up | Circumpolar World - Geography and Physical Processes | 12 March 2012 | |
| Article | Circumpolar World - Environment and Global Climate Change | This module gives a general overview of environmental issues that affect the Arctic, including climate change related themes. Compiled by Ake Bjorke, Lars Kullerud UNEP/GRID-Arendal, and Olav Hesjedal | High school and Up | Circumpolar World - Environment and Global Climate Change | 12 March 2012 | |
| Article | Introduction to the Circumpolar World | The Circumpolar World introduces students to the landscape, peoples and issues of the circumpolar region. | High school and Up | Introduction to the Circumpolar World | 12 March 2012 | |
| Video | Polar Science at 62ºS - Permafrost Video - Portugal | Permafrost is a key cryospheric component and of global interest for better understanding climate change. This short film presents an overview of permafrost on Earth and focuses on the International Polar Year (IPY) activities of a research group from the University of Lisbon and its international... | Less than 1 period | Middle School and Up | View Original | 7 March 2012 |
| Video | Tunnel Man - Episode 4 - Geomorphology | Tunnel Man is a super hero who lives in Ice Tunnels, and teaches children and adults about the unique geomorphology of Alaska. Tunnel Man is played by Kenji Yoshikawa, a Research Associate Professor for the Institute of Northern Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Tunnel Man's... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | View Original | 7 March 2012 |
| Video | Tunnel Man - Episode 3 - Active Layer Monitoring | Tunnel Man is a super hero who lives in Ice Tunnels, and teaches children and adults about the unique geomorphology of Alaska. Tunnel Man is played by Kenji Yoshikawa, a Research Associate Professor for the Institute of Northern Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Tunnel Man's... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | View Original | 7 March 2012 |
| Video | Tunnel Man Episode 1 - Ice in Permafrost | Tunnel Man is a super hero who lives in Ice Tunnels, and teaches children and adults about the unique geomorphology of Alaska. Tunnel Man is played by Kenji Yoshikawa, a Research Associate Professor for the Institute of Northern Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Tunnel Man's... | Less than 1 period | All Ages | View Original | 7 March 2012 |
| Video | Hunting for Methane with Katey Walter Anthony | University of Alaska Fairbanks Professor Katey Walter Anthony takes us onto a frozen lake in Fairbanks, AK to demonstrate why methane gas has "exploded" onto the climate change scene. | Less than 1 period | Middle School and Up | 7 March 2012 | |
| Lesson | Permafrost Thaw Depth and Ground Cover | Overview Students are presented with an actual series of tundra photos, which they use to develop a hypothesis for which sort of ground cover will have the most/least permafrost depth. Then they are given a set of actual data and use this to test their hypothesis Objective Students will:... | Less than a week | Middle School and Up | 6 March 2012 | |
| Event | John Wood and Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra | PolarConnect event with John Wood and Dr. Sue Natali participating in the Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra expedition in Healy Alaska. There were some technical difficulties in the archive, so you can access Part 1 of the archive here and Part 2 of the archive is here. | Wimba Archive | 6 March 2012 | ||
| Video | Engineer Explaining Carbon in Permafrost | At the CREEL permafrost tunnel outside Fairbanks, AK. Our guide, Art, explains a potential issue with the carbon balance in soils as the permafrost thaws as we traveled underground to see it the changes. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | 6 March 2012 |
| Web Link | Soil Microbes and Greenhouse Gases | In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, learn how one-celled organisms in permafrost may be contributing to greenhouse gas levels and global warming. Investigate how soil microbes, once thought to be dormant in cold temperatures, may... | Middle School and Up | Soil Microbes and Greenhouse Gases | 5 March 2012 | |
| Web Link | Its all about Carbon - NPR Video Series | NPR and National Geographic teamed up to create an animated video series that begins with the basics of Carbon as an element and with 5 episodes draws the links between carbon and our warming planet. This is a part of the Climate Connections Series | Elementary and Up | Its all about Carbon - NPR Video Series | 5 March 2012 | |
| Web Link | Permafrost Observatory at Barrow, Alaska | The Permafrost Observatory was established at Barrow under the auspices of the International Arctic Research Center (IARC). The observatory was established to compare present permafrost temperatures with those obtained during the 1950s and early 1960s by Max Brewer. | Middle School and Up | Permafrost Observatory at Barrow, Alaska | 5 March 2012 | |
| Video | Frozen Methane from Seabed and Terrestrial Sites | Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are studying the East Siberian Arctic Shelf region and finding the seafloor there holds vast stores of frozen methane and is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the powerful greenhouse gas. In this video University of Alaska... | Less than 1 period | High school and Up | 5 March 2012 | |
| Video | BBC Explore - Exploding Methane Gas Bubbles | In an explosive clip from the BBC's landmark series, scientists drill into a frozen lake to ignite methane gas that is trapped in bubbles beneath the surface. Do greenhouse gases pose a signficant threat to our planet? Dr Iain Stewart assesses the dangers. | Less than 1 period | Elementary and Up | 5 March 2012 | |
| Web Link | Science and the Polar Regions Introduction | Polar science is a topic both your students and you can get into. This publication gives you a variety of angles to choose from in implementing a study of polar science. This resource was created under a National Science Foundation Grant by Middle School Portal 2: Math & Science Pathways. | Elementary and Up | Science and the Polar Regions Introduction | 28 February 2012 | |
| Web Link | Landforms of Glaciation | This web site from the University of British Columbia Okanagan presents information about erosional and depositional landforms created by glaciers. | All Ages | Landforms of Glaciation | 5 January 2012 | |
| Web Link | Interactive Glacier Simulations | A web site with many interactive simulations suitable for teaching. The glacier simulation specifically allows users to see, among other things, how environmental conditions such as temperature and precipitation impact glacier size and flow. | All Ages | Interactive Simulations | 5 January 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 | ||
| 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 | All About Glaciers | All About Glaciers is a web site produced by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) with information on all aspects of glaciers including data and science, facts, a gallery, a glossary and more. | All Ages | 12 December 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 | Polar Books Collection | A book collection for all ages from the United Nations Environment Programme. This collections page allows you to select a book and read a more detailed description. | All Ages | Polar Books Collection | 28 November 2011 | |
| Web Link | Teachers Domain - Polar Sciences Collection | Teacher's Domain is an online educational service with two related components — Collections and Courses — that help teachers enhance their students' learning experiences and advance their own teaching skills. This collection was built to celebrate the International Polar Year. Learn about the... | All Ages | Teachers Domain - Polar Sciences Collection | 8 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 | Animals of the Arctic - For Students by Students | A Thinkquest project created by students about Arctic Animals. "The world has many different animals. In the Arctic we have many animals that are unique to the north that we would like to tell you about. We have chosen some of the most unique arctic animals there are. We have stories to read,... | All Ages | Animals of the Arctic - For Students by Students | 26 October 2011 | |
| Web Link | Antarctica - Terra Incognita Index | This information is a resource on everything Antarctica created by 3 students in a Thinkquest project, collaborating internationally - Oliver Strebel, Robert Merki and Ho Lik Man. | Elementary and Up | Antarctica - Terra Incognita Index | 26 October 2011 | |
| Web Link | Comparing the Poles | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution offers a comprehensive comparison of the polar regions with sections specific to physical features, seasons, weather, ice, plants and wildlife, human impacts, global warming, and science. | All Ages | Comparing the Poles | 26 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 |
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| Article | Parishville-Hopkinton teacher prepares for trip to Antarctica | PolarTREC teacher Glenn clark is preparing for his 2013-14 expedition to Antarctica with researcher Amy Leventer. | All Ages | Parishville-Hopkinton teacher prepares for trip to Antarctica | View Resource | April 23, 2013 - 10:21am | |
| Article | Jamie Esler: A cool summer adventure | Read this online interview with PolarTREC teacher Jamie Esler for a snapshot of his cool summer plans. Mr. Esler will be joining polar researchers Dr. Neal Iverson and Dr. Thomas Hooyer, and Scandinavian colleagues, in a remote location of Iceland for three weeks for his PolarTREC Expedition. The... | All Ages | Jamie Esler: A cool summer adventure | View Resource | June 3, 2013 - 12:24pm | |
| Article | Life Under Antarctica's Ice | This story in Discover magazine profiles the work of the WISSARD (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling) project team and the challenges faced by drilling thousands of feet into the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to reach a lake buried for millennia. | All Ages | Life Under Antarctica's Ice | View Resource | June 14, 2013 - 6:56am | |
| Article | Libertyville High School teacher sharing lessons from Greenland NASA mission | This article summarizes PolarTREC teacher Mark Buesing’s amazing and varied career as a cyclist, engineer, teacher, and now participant on NASA's airborne mission to map and measure ice in the Polar Regions. | All Ages | Libertyville High School teacher sharing lessons from Greenland NASA mission | View Resource | June 3, 2013 - 3:03pm | |
| Article | NASA's IceBridge finishing up successful Arctic campaign | Article describing the final stages of this year's Operation IceBridge, the NASA campaign to maintain and expand on Arctic ice measurements. Along with PolarTREC teacher Mark Buesing, the IceBridge team has successfully completed a variety of aerial measurements on sea ice, sub-ice bedrock and... | All Ages | NASA's IceBridge finishing up successful Arctic campaign | View Resource | May 1, 2013 - 4:51pm | |
| Event | Tom Lane and Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra | This one hour webinar is for students and the public hosted by Tom Lane. The team is studying carbon balance in warming and drying tundra in Healy, Alaska. | About 1 period | Watch on YouTube | View Resource | May 1, 2013 - 10:31am | |
| Event | Brian DuBay and the use of multimedia of polar education | This one hour webinar is for educatorson the use of video and social media tools to bring polar science into the classroom. PolarTREC teacher Brian DuBay speaks in the context of his expedition to study the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. | About 1 period | Watch on YouTube | View Resource | April 25, 2013 - 2:31pm | |
| Event | Dr. Samantha Hansen and the tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountains | This one hour webinar is part of the online polar professional development course on physical science for educators. Dr. Hansen focuses on her research of the tectonic history of the Transantarctic Mountain in Antarctica. | About 1 period | Watch on YouTube | View Resource | April 17, 2013 - 4:59pm | |
| Article | Libertyville High teacher goes to Greenland with NASA | Libertyville High's Mark Buesing working with NASA in Greenland. Veteran Libertyville High School science teacher Mark Buesing packed some cold-weather gear and headed to glacier-filled Greenland, where he is part of a NASA mission to study ice in both of our planet's polar regions. | All Ages | Libertyville High teacher goes to Greenland with NASA | View Resource | April 23, 2013 - 10:43am | |
| Web Link | Permafrost lab | The Geophysical Institute Permafrost Laboratory (GIPL) The Permafrost Laboratory deals with scientific questions related to the circumpolar permafrost dynamics and feedbacks between permafrost and global change. At the Permafrost Laboratory, data related to the thermal and structural state of... | All Ages | Permafrost Lab | View Resource | April 23, 2013 - 10:11am | |
| Article | West Morris Mendham teacher to assist scientists on tundra | PolarTREC teacher Bruce Taterka's expedition to Toolik Field Station is featured in a local paper. | All Ages | West Morris Mendham teacher to assist scientists on tundra | View Resource | March 20, 2013 - 9:03am | |
| Presentation | Integrating Arctic Research Into Secondary Education: 43rd Arctic Workshop Poster | A poster by PolarTREC alum Dan Frost describing the integration of Arctic research into secondary education through a field season in Svalbard. It details possibilities for curriculum building and outreach through Arctic field work experience. | High school and Up | View Resource | April 9, 2013 - 6:22am | ||
| Video | Permafrost: The Tipping Time Bomb | The Yale Climate Forum released this YouTube video on Permafrost in 2013. The causes and effects of melting permafrost are explained and linked to larger phenomena. Visit the Yale Climate Forum Website to learn more. | Less than 1 period | High school and Up | View on YouTube | View Resource | April 9, 2013 - 5:59am |
| Article | Really Down South | Article about earth science and environmental science teacher Mike LeBaron's expedition to Antarctica as part of the WISSARD project (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. | All Ages | Lake Norman Currents E-publication | View Resource | March 5, 2013 - 10:52am | |
| Article | Libertyville Teacher Heading to NASA Polar Project | Chicago Tribune article describing PolaTREC teacher Mark Buesing's expedition to Greenland with NASA's Operation IceBridge. | All Ages | Libertyville Teacher Heading to NASA Polar Project | View Resource | March 4, 2013 - 11:00am | |
| Article | Libertyville teacher tapped by NASA | Article describing PolarTREC teacher Mark Buesing's upcoming expedition to Greenland in April to participate in NASA’s Operation IceBridge, a six-year mission to map polar ice. | All Ages | Libertyville teacher tapped by NASA | View Resource | February 28, 2013 - 11:14am | |
| Article | Middle school teacher brings arctic research to the classroom | Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles profiles one of its alumni, teacher Cristina Solis who also happens to be a PolarTREC alumnus. Read about her journey to become an educator and her participation in a PolarTREC study of microbial activity in thawing arctic permafrost near Barrow, Alaska. | All Ages | The Mount Magazine - Mount St.Mary's College | View Resource | April 23, 2013 - 10:39am | |
| Article | Race Is On to Find Life Under Antarctic Ice | National Geographic article about the WISSARD project that is studying subglacial lakes and streams in Antarctica. | All Ages | Race Is On to Find Life Under Antarctic Ice | View Resource | February 21, 2013 - 12:22pm | |
| Web Link | Back to the Ice! | PolarTREC teacher Jacquelyn Hams' expedition is featured in Foundations: the Newsletter of the Geo2YC division of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. | All Ages | Back to the Ice! | View Resource | December 18, 2012 - 9:24am | |
| Web Link | Space Weather Prediction Website | SpaceWeather.com is an excellent tool used to predict space weather events like the Northern Lights and solar activity levels. | All Ages | SpaceWeather.com | View Resource | December 13, 2012 - 9:52am | |
| Video | Working at Terra Nova, Antarctica | Working at Terra Nova, Antarctica. This is the Italian Base where PolarTREC teacher Brian Dubay and his team continued their study of the Transantarctic Mountains. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | View Resource | April 3, 2013 - 3:07pm |
| Event | Antarctica Day 2012 with Michael LeBaron and the Wissard Expedition, McMurdo Station | This one hour live event is hosted by PolarTREC teacher Mike LeBaron and his team studying sub-glacial lakes and streams. The team is at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This event was part of the December 2012 Antarctica Day celebration. The team also speaks about the importance of the Antarctic... | About 1 period | View Resource | December 19, 2012 - 10:11am | ||
| Video | Helicopter flights in Antarctica | Helicopter flights in Antarctica with annotations on specific geographic and geologic features. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | View Resource | May 6, 2013 - 6:23am |
| Video | Liz Ratliff heads to the South Pole | This local TV interview is about PolarTREC teacher Liz Ratliff heading to South Pole Station, Antarctica to work with the IceCube project. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | View on YouTube | View Resource | December 26, 2012 - 3:33pm |
| Video | Building and Installing Seismometers | Dr. Samantha Hansen and the team building and installing seismometers in Antarctica. | Less than 1 period | All Ages | Watch on YouTube | View Resource | April 3, 2013 - 11:04am |
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