Anne Marie Wotkyns
About
Expeditions:
Oden Antarctic Expedition 2010
Occupation:
Teacher
Organization:
J.B.Monlux Magnet Elem. School
Growing up on the shores of Hawaii, Anne Marie Wotkyns shared the company of her first, and most memorable science teacher, her grandfather—a sailor, diver, fisherman, and oceanographer—who loved to share his experiences with others. Now Ms. Wotkyns strives to share the wonders of the world with her students at J. B. Monlux Magnet Elementary School using a variety of creative, hands-on activities in her classroom, including raising trout from eggs, creating games using magnets, growing vegetables in a class garden, singing about science concepts, and building an inflatable planetarium.
Anne Marie was named a Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2006, received the Steve Allen Excellence in Education Award in 2007, and renewed her National Board Certificate in 2008. She earned her B.S. in Communication Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her M. Ed and teaching credential from the University of California, Los Angeles. In her free time, Anne Marie enjoys horseback riding, golfing, snow skiing, scuba diving, and traveling.
Anne Marie Wotkyns's Content
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February 26, 2012 Reflecting On My Reflections - One Year Later |
Read Full Journal | 26 February 2012 |
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March 1, 2011 A Too-Short Visit to Christchurch |
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January 18, 2011 A Day at McMurdo and A Flight on a C17 |
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January 17, 2011 Finally At McMurdo - Heading Home? |
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January 16, 2011 Flags on the Bridge |
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January 15, 2011 Flexibility, Rescheduling, and Freshies! |
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January 13, 2011 Waiting For McMurdo Station |
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January 10, 2011 Icebreaking on the Oden |
Read Full Journal | 22 January 2011 |
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January 8, 2011 The Bay of Whales |
Read Full Journal | 16 January 2011 |
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January 6, 2011 A Magical Day |
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Another C-ISE question |
Carbon Balance in Warming and Drying Tundra 2012 | April 9, 2012 - 2:33am |
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The "Big Idea" or Message |
Seawater Property Changes in the Southern Ocean | April 4, 2011 - 7:46pm |
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Tell me a little more about your students - ages, languages, challenges? |
Tundra Plants in a Changing Climate | May 5, 2010 - 10:48pm |
Sorry - forgot to Log In before I posted that question! Also wanted to add that the Drygalski Glacier was truly amazing to see from the air! We flew over it as we were leaving McMurdo - I think I posted a pic on my journal. Keep enjoying your amazing experience!
{read more}Hi! Most of us seemed to travel with rolling duffel bags, I used one relatively large one, with a pull up handle and wheels, and one small duffell bag, plus my back
pack and laptop case. The small duffel was very useful for carrying clothes to the laundry room, etc. The rolling duffel...{read more}
Hi! When the Oden is traveling in a straight line, with little to no ice, she can travel 250 nautical miles ( a little more than a land based mile) in 24 hours, with a speed of 10 knots. However, most days we stop to do science, or slow down due to ice breaking, so we do not travel 250 miles...{read more}
Wow David - let me try to answer your questions. Yes, we saw a lot of emperor penguins, mostly at the last few ice stations we worked, and we saw several different types of albatrosses while we were sailing from Chile south to near the Antarctic Peninsula. The gingerbread cookies we made (...{read more}
Hi John,
You asked a very interesting question, so I emailed Captain Mattias Peterson, Captain of the Oden for his thoughts on this. He was happy to help, first reminding us that although Shackleton and Scott are often the most mentioned Antarctic explorers, Norwegian Roald Amundsen...{read more}
Yes - the Oden can break through some fast ice. From Jan. 10-17 we were breaking through "fast" ice - the ice in McMurdo Sound as we were breaking the shipping channel into McMurdo Station. The Oden can break ice over 2 meters thick, but the thicker the ice, the longer it takes. See my latest...{read more}
Hi There!
This morning (it's Sunday, Jan. 16 here) the temperature was about -3.3 C. Right now at 1:30 pm, it is -1 C. The sun is shining and if you are in the sun, out of the wind, the metal deck of the ship is so warm you can sit outside in only a long sleeve t-shirt and jeans, like I...{read more}
Hi Lolly and Students,
Thanks for joining the webinar - Blake and I enjoyed answering your questions. The ship's plans are changing every few hours. Currently, it looks like sometime tomorrow I will be leaving the Oden, staying 1 or 2 nights in the dorms at McMurdo, then spending 2 nights...{read more}
Hi There! Those are some great questions. Let me help clarify...
Flags - I've got 2 more sets of flags pictures to post, and once we are at McMurdo Station I hope to get some really clear pictures showing all the flags. It is windy here all the time - hard to get those flags to hang down...{read more}
To all my students back at Monlux Magnet Elementary - I miss you all too, but I can't wait to share all the amazing things I have seen, experienced, and learned about with you and many other students and teachers too!
I should be back in class by Monday, Jan. 24, or maybe a day or two...{read more}