At the beginning of last summer I announced a "flag exchange” program. If a teacher or camp director requested a blank flag, I would send them a kit that included a nylon flag and instructions for…
Last weekend I lead our annual Fall Field Camp with my fellow teacher, Mr. Calderwood. We had 16 ninth grade Earth Science students who formed teams of 2-4 people and each team spent all day on…
Throughout the first 5 weeks of summer camp the staff and campers of Camp Talooli have participated in each of the scheduled PolarTREC webinars. Before most of the teleconferences I created paper…
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Fly your group’s flag over Antarctica and join PolarTREC teachers as they explore science and adventure in the Arctic and Antarctic.**
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I have lived most of my life in Upstate New York between Lake Ontario, the Adirondack Mountains and the Finger Lakes. The silly picture of me on this post shows me floating down the Black River in…
3/23/2008
*Ok, let’s start with a polar science riddle to solve. *
Everyone learns (when they are very young) that you expect to see snow at the tops of mountains and at the far northern and…
3/9/2008
Most of Alaska is still undeveloped, roadless wilderness and the only way to get to many of the villages is by small plane. Since my flight home (on the big commercial jet) was not until…
Click on the link below to hear a short audio file. Jeff welcomes everyone to join him as he prepares to join the 2008 expedition of the Swedish icebreaker, Oden.
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Click on the Video link below to watch a short video of Sean Topkok who tried to teach the PolarTREC teachers a traditional Iñupiaq dance. Sean is from the Alaska Native Knowledge Network.
Dance…
As an Earth Science teacher I was very excited when I learned that we would get a chance to explore a scientific research tunnel under the frozen landscape. The tunnel gives scientists the…
It was 2 degrees F at my house when I started my first PolarTREC adventure. On the car drive to the airport and throughout my day of airports and window seats I was looking forward to arriving in…
