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Michael Wing

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Expeditions: Prehistoric Human Response to Climate Change
Occupation: Teacher
Organization: Sir Francis Drake High School

Michael Wing has taught at Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California since 1998. He teaches science to students in the Revolution of Core Knowledge (ROCK) program, an academy within Drake High focused on college preparation and interdisciplinary projects. Recently, Dr. Wing and his students built an insulated mini-greenhouse at the University of California’s White Mountain Research Station, at an elevation of 12,500 feet. Not only is the greenhouse the highest school garden in America, it is the highest garden of any kind in the USA or Canada!

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any more adventures soon?

Dear Katey: Since you asked, I went to Namibia with NASA's Spaceward Bound program http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/spacewardbound/ last April, and a made a very brief trip this...{read more}

November 21, 2010 - 8:53am
Tsunamis too??

OK now I'm very curious about your mention of tsunamis. How has sea level changed, and how frequent are tsunamis in your area? What a DYNAMIC location you inhabit! yours always, Michael Wing

{read more} 		July 25, 2010 - 4:39pm
I see - the tephra layers must be very even

I see - the tephra layers must be so even that the depressions in the ground don't get filled in - otherwise you wouldn't be able to find them today. yours, Mike

{read more} 		July 20, 2010 - 10:54am
Re: New Forum topic: Russian Islands, Russian waters?

Dear Deanna and Christina:

Wrangel Island in Russia is famous because it is the last place on Earth where woolly mammoths lived!  Most mammoths went extinct around 11,000 years ago all over the Arctic, but a small population of woolly mammoths held survived on Wrangel Island until just...{read more}

September 30, 2009 - 7:29pm
Finnish food, fun, and

Thank you Beth!

There's not much left to my stay, but I am visiting a Finnish school tomorrow and Friday.  I'm looking forward to that.  yours always, Mike

{read more} 		May 27, 2009 - 11:28am
Hi Deanna: I'm still here so

Hi Deanna:

I'm still here so I am still processing my experiences.  I think the thing that has surprised me the most about Finland is something intangible - it's hard to put it into words, but an undergraduate I know who has lived here almost a year put it best:

"Finland's not...{read more}

May 27, 2009 - 10:55am
Shake, rattle, n' roll?

Dear Maggie:

It astounds me to think of how many time zones separate us!  As I type this it is 8:30 in the evening and I am trying to do the math to figure out what time it is for you, but the result seems improbabe.

There are no earthquakes in Finland as far as I know.

...{read more}

May 26, 2009 - 9:27am
Comb Pottery

Dear Elizabeth:

I am not even allowed to pick up a crumb of fire-cracked rock and put it in my pocket.

Archaeology is much more tightly regulated than most other fields of research.  The Finns are no different in this regard.

It makes sense, because archaeological sites are...{read more}

May 23, 2009 - 1:00pm
UMAMI RESPONSE

Thank you Umami:  I miss all of you, too.  Hey, Finland is the land of the carnivores!  There's hardly a vegetable in sight.  (A note of explanation for those readers unfamiliar with the ROCK Program:  Almost everyone in the class called Umami is studying a meat or other animal food for ROCK's...{read more}

May 23, 2009 - 1:08pm
Your Fantastic Trip!

Dear Gourmet:  I'm afraid I won't be wearing furs or playing guitar when I return.  But I'm coming back next week!  I really regret missing the food presentations which Jasper said were superb. 

That fish weir definitely did have a few trout-like fish trapped in it.  I couldn't say for...{read more}

May 23, 2009 - 1:13pm

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