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High Arctic Change 08 Resources

Hands on experience in climate research

Type: Article
Date: Tue, 07/15/2008
Grade Level: All Ages
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This article highlights the REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Students upcoming fieldwork at Kapp Linne. The students, researchers, and PolarTREC teacher, Missy Holzer, spent a few days at...
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High Arctic Change with Missy Holzer, Svalbard, Norway

Type: Event
Date: Wed, 08/06/2008
This Live from IPY! event was held with Missy Holzer, REU Students, and researchers Mike Retelle and Al Werner from Svalbard, Norway. Missy and the team discussed the glacier-river-lake system in...
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Earth Science Institute with Missy Holzer from Svalbard

Type: Event
Date: Mon, 08/04/2008
This Live from IPY Event was conducted with the Earth Science Teachers Institute at Liberty Science Center. Missy Holzer and the REU Team presented about their geologic research in Svalbard, Norway.
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Global Snow Cover Changes

Type: Lesson
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
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Overview This lesson allows students to use online mapping tools to investigate global snow cover changes. Students develop a problem statement about global snow cover and then use mapping tools to...
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Understanding Geologic Time

Type: Web Link
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
A step by step guide to deep time for students and teachers. This educational module is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
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Comprehending Geologic Time

Type: Web Link
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
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...
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Geography and Geology of Svalbard Norway

Type: Web Link
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.
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Missy Holzer and the High Arctic Change Expedition

Type: Event
Date: Tue, 08/07/2012
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...
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What Can We Learn from Sediments?

Type: Lesson
Grade Level: High school and Up
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Overview In this activity students learn about varves, annual sediment layers found in lakes. Students will analyze authentic varve data from New England in order to correlate data from three...
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