Video created by PolarTREC teacher Kate Miller on her experience working with researcher Dr. Jim Madsen and other teachers with the Upward Bound Program in July 2017 in Rivers Falls, Wisconsin.
Kate Miller & Katey Shirey co-presented at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Regional Conference in Milwaukee, WI. Our presentation was entitled "Living & Working at the South Pole" and was part of the "Physics Day" set of IceCube-related presentations. About 100 people attended with several questions at the end.
Kate Miller co-presents with Jennifer Burgin, a kindergarten teacher who recently went to the Galapagos through the National Geographic Lindblad Expedition Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship, at Festival of Minds. Festival of Minds is a professional learning conference run by Arlington Public Schools that provides a diversity of sessions for all PK-12 instructional staff to hone their instructional practice (https://www.apsva.us/fom/). Kate and
Casey O'Hara, Katey Shirey, Liz Ratliff and Kate Miller put together a poster sharing the PolarTREC program, their experiences working with IceCube through PolarTREC, and details on how other teachers can apply. The poster is presented at the Knowles Teacher Initiative (former KSTF) Summer Meeting 2017 to over 300 high school math and science teachers from across the United States.
Katey Shirey and Kate Miller pose next to the poster at the Knowles Teacher Initiative Summer Meeting 2017.
Kate Miller is joined by IceCube undergraduate researcher, Samantha Pedek, in presenting at the Arlington Public Schools' Superintendent's Seminar.
Superintendent’s Seminar is a summer enrichment program for rising 11th and 12th graders who have demonstrated a desire for an academic experience. Approximately 30 students from across the district spend a week participating in activities focusing on this year's theme of
Kate Miller sits down with Arlington Public Schools' Communications Coordinator for Media Relations and Online Strategies, Frank Bellavia, to discuss her expedition to the South Pole in Episode 1 of a new podcast.
Oftentimes called “ghost particles,” neutrinos can travel through nearly everything (the sun, the earth, you!) undetected. Because they are nearly massless, gravitational fields do not affect neutrinos; Similarly, because they are chargeless, electric and magnetic fields do not con affect neutrinos. This lack of interaction is advantageous for IceCube researchers – when they detect a neutrino, it is a
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the Standard Model, learning key vocabulary such as Fermions, Hadrons, Mesons, Baryons, Quarks, Leptons, particles, and anti-particles. In particular, students will come to understand what a neutrino is and why it is such a unique particle. This understanding connects to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory’s search for neutrinos in an effort to
Kate Miller and Katey Shirey spoke about life in Antarctic and the science of IceCube to two groups of ~30 elementary-aged kids at the National Science Foundation's Take-Your-Daughter-or-Son-to-Work Day.
Kate showing students where the South Pole is on a blow up globe at NSF's Bring-Your-Daughter-or-Son-to-Work Day. Credit: Peter West (NSF)
Kate shows off the Digital Optical Module (DOM) to students at NSF's Bring-Your-Daughter-or-Son-to-Work Day. Credit: Peter West (NSF)
A young girl looks on as Kate presents at NSF's Bring-Your-Daughter-or-Son-to-Work Day. Credit: Peter West (NSF)
Kate presents to elementary-aged children at NSF's Bring-Your-Daughter-or-Son-to-Work Day. Credit: Peter West (NSF)
Katey presents to elementary-aged children at NSF's Bring-Your-Daughter-or-Son-to-Work Day. Credit: Peter West (NSF)
Katey explains what a neutrino is to elementary-aged children. Credit: Peter West (NSF)
Kate shows students the inner workings of the Digital Optical Module (DOM). Credit: Peter West (NSF)
Katey helps kids try on the ECW at NSF's Bring-Your-Daughter-or-Son-to-Work Day. Credit: Peter West (NSF)
Kate Miller teamed up with the Friends of the Arlington Planetarium for a Sunday presentation about her Antarctic expedition. After the 30-minute, full-dome showing of "Chasing the Ghost Particle," Kate presented about life in Antarctica and the IceCube Project. Near 50 people attended.
Kate poses with members of Friends of the Planetarium. (Photo Credit: Kathi Overton)
Kate talks with audience members after the planetarium presentation. (Photo Credit: Kathi Overton)
Kate talks with an interested member of the public after the planetarium presentation. (Photo Credit: Kathi Overton)
Kate discusses the ECW and life in Antarctica with interested members of the public. (Photo Credit: Kathi Overton)
Kate attended the IceCube Collaboration Meeting (Spring 2017) in Madison, WI. Here, she got a better feel for how the IceCube collaboration is organized and how science is done within the collaboration. Kate presented a short powerpoint presentation during Friday's poster session. These slides were also included in the Education and Outreach presentation given by Dr. Madsen Saturday morning. The
