Presentation on David Walker's PolarTREC expedition and research being conducted in the Arctic on thawing permafrost. This presentation was given to LASA High School faculty and staff in Austin, TX on Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
Jeremy May discusses an overview of his research that takes place at Toolik Field Station and in the village of Utqiagvik, Alaska. This virtual presentation took place on 1 April 2019.
On 25 August, teacher Svea Anderson gave a presentation on the highlights from her PolarTREC expedition at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum at their annual Teacher Appreciation Night.
Poster presentation about teachers and researchers working together as participants of the PolarTREC program and the benefits to both. The poster outlines my experiences as a PolarTREC teacher working with Operation IceBridge.
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.
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 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.