Kevin McMahon
About
Expeditions:
Atmospheric Conditions and Arctic Climate
Occupation:
Teacher
Organization:
Renfroe Middle School
Kevin McMahon is a 6th grade earth science teacher at Renfroe Middle School in Decatur, Georgia. One of his main goals as a teacher is to inspire his students to become life-long learners. He hopes that the students leave sixth grade realizing that there is so much more to learn and understand than what is written in a science textbook. Kevin is very excited to bring this scientific research directly back to his classroom and community.
Kevin McMahon's Content
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| Can Carbon Dioxide Act Like a Greenhouse Gas? | Lesson | 21 February 2013 | |
| Human Creativity and Climate Change | Lesson | 24 July 2012 |
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Hello from Summit camp |
Greenland Education Tour 2011 | July 6, 2011 - 5:05am |
The big building at Summit Station is called the Big House. This building is heated Inside. There is a kitchen for cooking our meals and tables for everyone to eat meals and to relax. Every morning, at 8 a.m., we would have our morning meeting where the camp manager would give us the weather...{read more}
Thank you for your question. Yes, I am from the United States. I live in Decatur, Georgia which is very close to Atlanta.
I really like the Greenland flag because of the symbolism. It is not just a red and white flag with a circle. The circle represents the sun and the white represents...{read more}
Hi Jon' Carlos, we did a lot of exciting and adventurous things, such as:
building an igloo and sleeping in it;
riding snowmobiles a few miles outside camp to repair some flags; and
enjoying a Greenlandic meal that included raw narwhal, blue whale skin, reindeer meat and musk...{read more}
Hi again, Michael.
So far, I have learned that I can make an igloo and sleep in it! It was just as warm as my "Arctic Oven" tent. In terms of cool discoveries, we won't know for a couple of months. We are studying tiny particles that are floating in the air and landing on the surface of...{read more}
Hi Peggy, it is great to hear from you. Paris sounds awesome. My favorite french phrase is "pommes frites"! Thanks for following our expedition.
{read more}Hi Janarria, to find Alex's page, you should go back to the polartrec home page, www. polartrec.com and then click on the "upcoming expeditions" tab on the left side. You should be able to find her expedition and journals there. Thanks.
{read more}Hi, see my response to your 6:24 pm post. Thanks.
{read more}Hi, again, Paul, the other thing about our snow lab is that it needs to be really, really cold (colder than the air temperature). During the day, it can get up to 23 degrees Fahrenheit but we need to keep our snow samples and the chemicals that we use to preserve the snow samples at an even...{read more}
Hi Paul, it is great to hear from you. I hope you are enjoying your summer. You ask a very good question.
Most of the snow lab is made of snow. It is easier to use the materials that are here than to fly them in. And, we have a lot of snow here!
The trickiest part is making the...{read more}
Thanks, Thomas. I am glad you are enjoying the journals. See you soon. Kevin
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