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The work of professor Bryon Crump, graduate student Natasha Christman, and PolarTREC teacher David Walker is highlighted in the weekly newsletter of the Oregon State University College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (On the Horizon).

KVUE news video and article on PolarTREC teacher David Walker's Carbon in the Arctic expedition.

On 6 October 2014, Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, CA interviewed Dawn Sumner, Tyler Mackey and Lucy Coleman on connections between the research in Lake Joyce, Antarctica, and work by the Mars Curiosity rover. To listen to the interview, click here.

Overview

I, Elizabeth Eubanks PolarTREC teacher 2008 – Arctic Tundra Dynamics created this lesson to introduce my students to utilizing technology to document and share what they know, want to know and have learned about polar studies and environments.

Objective

The objective of this lesson is for students to utilize recording devices (audio with or without video) and

The Antarctic Research Group at Boston University is lead by Dr. David Marchant. Graduate students include Adam Lewis, Doug Kowalewski, and Kate Swanger.

Marchant's ongoing NSF funded research projects focus on:

1. Age, origin, and climatic significance of buried ice in the Dry Valleys region, southern Victoria Land

2. Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to middle Miocene global

As an educator you can from select a variety of Pacific animals and track their location. Animals have been tagged by scientists and are being monitored. You will be able to use real and on going data for a multitude of classroom activities with your students.

Overview taken from website
Tagging of Pacific Predators began in 2000 as one of