Catherine Campbell
About
Expeditions:
Changing Tundra Landscapes
Occupation:
Teacher
Organization:
Scarlett Middle School
Cathy Campbell became interested in science when she was a very little girl. Her grandfather had a city-lot sized garden, and every spring Cathy helped him plow and plant, water and weed, and watched as the plants bloomed, bore fruit, and were harvested. Worms, insects, birds, snakes, and all manner of critters fascinated her and led her to become a biologist. As the daughter of an English teacher, it was natural that she would also become a teacher. Ms. Campbell was a NASA Spaceward Bound teacher, leading to her research experiences in the Atacama Desert in Chile in 2006 and to the Mojave Desert in 2007. Many of the activities and experiences from her fieldwork have been translated into her classroom at Scarlett Middle School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Ms. Campbell has been teaching math and science for 12 years.
Catherine Campbell's Content
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August 26, 2008 It's Been a Month! |
Read Full Journal | 26 August 2008 | |
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July 23, 2008 Wrapping it up |
Read Full Journal | 24 July 2008 | |
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July 22, 2008 Snowy Day at Toolik Lake |
Read Full Journal | 22 July 2008 | |
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July 20, 2008 International Polar Science |
Read Full Journal | 22 July 2008 | |
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July 19, 2008 Soil Slurry Lab Day |
Read Full Journal | 19 July 2008 | |
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July 18, 2008 Yes! Another Field Trip! |
Read Full Journal | 18 July 2008 | |
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July 17, 2008 The Old and the New |
Read Full Journal | 17 July 2008 | |
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July 16, 2008 Christmas (lights) in July |
Read Full Journal | 16 July 2008 | |
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July 15, 2008 New Faces in Camp |
Read Full Journal | 16 July 2008 | |
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July 13, 2008 It's Sunday! |
Read Full Journal | 14 July 2008 |
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| Toolik Lake Research Station | Web Link |
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20 February 2013 |
| Toolik, Daylight, and Darkness | Activity | 20 March 2012 | |
| Length of Daylight Tables and Graphs | Web Link | 28 November 2011 | |
| Tomatosphere | Web Link | 28 November 2011 | |
| NASA Spaceward Bound | Web Link |
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28 November 2011 |
| Arctic Ground Squirrels (Siksik) | Web Link | 28 November 2011 | |
| Alaska Lightning Map | Web Link | 28 November 2011 | |
| Climate research professor slates live Web presentation tomorrow | Article | 28 January 2011 |
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Where you sleep? |
Nuvuk Archaeology Studies | July 16, 2008 - 8:31pm |
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Saying goodbye |
Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08 | July 13, 2008 - 2:25pm |
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How's your packing coming along? |
Ocean Dynamics Beaufort Sea | July 8, 2008 - 5:38pm |
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Update on your cracked nose. |
Greenland Atmospheric Studies | June 28, 2008 - 9:03pm |
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Whirlwind Tour |
Greenland Atmospheric Studies | June 25, 2008 - 4:39pm |
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Your room looks cozy! |
Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08 | June 17, 2008 - 3:42pm |
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Keep your stick on the ice! |
Greenland Atmospheric Studies | June 17, 2008 - 3:17pm |
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Thawing |
Arctic Tundra Dynamics 08 | June 13, 2008 - 2:29am |
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Preparing to trek! |
Greenland Atmospheric Studies | May 26, 2008 - 3:32am |
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When does sampling begin? |
Bering Ecosystem Change | March 16, 2008 - 7:32am |
Hi Frank,
I'm home now :) and let me say , it's been quite an adjustment! I still need to write my return journal since I've been traveling and getting caught up on things here in Michigan.
The siksiks at Toolik have very shallow burrows - the permafrost is actually very close...{read more}
Hi Bruce,
Thanks for your question. There have been many results from the researchers over the past years. The main finding has been that as the tundra warms and the permafrost thaws, more nutrients are made available for the plants. The shrub plants such as Betula nana (dwarf birch)...{read more}
Hi Elizabeth,
Yes it is great to be home!
I don't know about you, but it was so wonderful to see the night sky again. We have...{read more}
Hi Kristin,
Hopefully we are keeping our cold snowy weather north of the Brooks Range or at least north of you in Fairbanks. As I write this ,it is still snowing, although the tundra right around Toolik is no longer covered. The hills and ridges, from what I can see of them through the...{read more}
Hi Frank,
Yes we have Itex, AON and NEON as well as LTER here at Toolik. Steve Overbauer, Elizabeth's P.I. has people working here also. It's a small world in Polar Science :) We have all sorts of plant sorters, lichen sorters,algae sorters, fish sorters, siksik sorters, soil sorters,...{read more}
Hi Elizabeth,
In answer to the Brooks Range question, a few people who are really familiar with the area go out alone, but it is not encouraged. There are no trails, so whoever goes out must be really good at reading topo maps and GPS coordinates. There are also bears so people wear...{read more}
Hi Elizabeth,
It was great hearing your voice on the webinar today. It sounds like you and Rob are having a fantastic time during your stay in Alaska. It's weird how different our PolarTrec expeditions have been, and Frank's is so different from both of ours also. I really am amazed at...{read more}
Hi Jackie,
I answered the first one, but I'm happy to see your smiling face again. I hope your summer is fantastic and I know you can hardly wait to head to Antarctica in a few short months. I'm looking forward to following your expedition....{read more}
Hi Janet,
I found out people did all kinds of things. There was an overnight hike, an early morning hike, and another hike that started at noon. Some people napped, there was a group in the community center tent hanging out (I forgot to look in there) and pockets of people working in...{read more}
Hi Jackie,
Thanks for reading and checking out the photo gallery. It's not hard to take good pictures here, the area is extremely scenic and photogenic! Indeed I will be able to take soil samples and other samples, including mosses and lichens. I would love to take a chunk of tundra...{read more}