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Inspiring the next generation of polar scientists: Classroom extensions from teachers with research experiences

Article in Polar Record written by ARCUS staff and PolarTREC alumni educators that shares impacts of participating in a Teacher Research Experience. Abstract: PolarTREC-Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating (PolarTREC) has provided the opportunity for over 160 K-12 teachers and informal science educators from the USA to work directly with scientists in the Arctic and the Antarctic. As a Teacher

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Stoney Creek teacher returns from polar research experience

Eric Thuma, a physics teacher at Stoney Creek High School, recently spent three weeks in Antarctica assisting in scientific polar research.

Eric Thuma stands on the McMurdo Ice Sheet, preparing to extract a seismometer. (Photo provided by Dr. Doug MacAyeal)
Eric Thuma stands on the McMurdo Ice Sheet, preparing to extract a seismometer. (Photo provided by Dr. Doug MacAyeal)

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Project SCINI 2009

SCINI stands for Submersible Capable of under Ice Navigation and Imaging. She is an underwater robot specifically built to complete science missions beneath the frozen surface of the ocean in Antarctica. Learn more about the project, team, and read the "Daily Slog" from the team.

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Ice Stories: Meet Benthic Ecologist Stacy Kim

Stacy Kim is a benthic ecologist; she studies the animals that live on and in the seafloor and how they interact with one another in a community. Follow Stacy through blogs, videos, and more via the Ice Stories website.

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Antarctic Images by Anthony Powell

Antarctic time lapse movies and photos by professional photographer Anthony Powell. Website includes high resolution versions of the time lapse films, "Antarctica: A Year on Ice" and "Aurora Australis: The Southern Lights".

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Women Working in Antarctica

Learn about a diverse group of women with careers in Antarctica through mini videos and podcasts. One of the women featured, Dr. Stacy Kim, has hosted a PolarTREC teacher in Antarctica in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

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BIOSCIEDNET (BEN)

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About the Collaborative

The BEN Collaborative was established in 1999 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) with 11 other professional societies and coalitions. Since its inception, the BEN Collaborative has grown from its original 11 and continues to add new collaborators. The BEN Collaborative mission is not only to provide seamless access to

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Bowser Lab

Dr. Samuel Bowser is a researcher who goes on expeditions to the Antarctic to study organisms that live there. This site is his personal informational hub.

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Penguin Science

Taken from website: Today an international team of scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and supported by its Office of Polar Programs and the U.S. Antarctic Program is researching how penguins are coping with a rapidly changing climate, as well as to equally profound changes caused by commercial fishing. Researchers have come to Ross Island to study penguin

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MEVO - Mt. Erebus Volcano Observatory

This site provides access to ongoing integrated geological, geochemical, and geophysical research on the volcano, Mt. Erebus in Antarctica. It is our goal to provide as much information as possible about all things Erebus. However, this site is also designed not to be overwhelmingly technical, and thus to be useful and interesting to both the general public and to the

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